About The Word Disgorge
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Disgorge
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What's The Definition Of Disgorge?
[v] eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
[v] cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table" Synonyms | Synonyms for Disgorge: barf | be sick | cast | cat | chuck | honk | puke | purge | regorge | regurgitate | retch | shed | sick | spew | spill | spue | throw up | upchuck | vomit | vomit up Related Terms | Find terms related to Disgorge: abandon | abjure | barf | be seasick | be sick | belch | blow open | blow out | break out | bring up | burst forth | burst out | cast | cast forth | cede | chuck up | debouch | decant | discharge | disembogue | dispense with | dispose of | do without | drop | dump | egest | ejaculate | eject | eruct | erupt | exhaust | expel | extravasate | feed the fish | forgo | forswear | gag | get along without | get rid of | give away | give up | have done with | heave | heave the gorge | hurl forth | irrupt | jet | keck | kiss good-bye | make a sacrifice | outpour | part with | pour | pour forth | pour out | puke | quitclaim | recant | regurgitate | reject | relinquish | render up | renounce | resign | retch | retract | sacrifice | send forth | send out | sick up | spare | spew | spout | spurt | squirt | surrender | swear off | throw out | throw up | upchuck | vacate | vomit | waive | yield See Also | displace | egest | eliminate | excrete | move | pass | seed Disgorge In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*gorge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disgorged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Disgorging}.] [F. d['e]gorger, earlier desgorger;
pref. d['e]-, des- (L. dis-) + gorge. See {Gorge}.]
1. To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit;
to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the
mouth; to discharge violently or in great quantities from
a confined place.
This mountain when it rageth, . . . casteth forth
huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone. --Hakluyt.
They loudly laughed To see his heaving breast
disgorge the briny draught. --Dryden.
2. To give up unwillingly as what one has wrongfully seized
and appropriated; to make restitution of; to surrender;
as, he was compelled to disgorge his ill-gotten gains.
\Dis*gorge"\, v. i. To vomit forth what anything contains; to discharge; to make restitution. See where it flows, disgorging at seven mouths Into the sea. --Milton. |
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