/ English Dictionary

RETCH

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting

Example:

a bad case of the heaves

Synonyms:

heave; retch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("retch" is a kind of...):

spasm ((pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel))

Derivation:

retch (eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth)

retch (make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Example:

The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night

Synonyms:

barf; be sick; cast; cat; chuck; disgorge; honk; puke; purge; regorge; regurgitate; retch; sick; spew; spue; throw up; upchuck; vomit; vomit up

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "retch" is one way to...):

egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

retch (an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

Synonyms:

gag; heave; retch

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

retch (an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting)

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