vomit

«vomit» in Mova's school dictionary: to be sick: food and liquid come back up from your… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (vomit, vomits, vomited, vomiting); noun (vomit)

meaning for a pupil

1) To vomit is to be sick: food and liquid come back up from your stomach and out of your mouth. tree →

2) Vomit is the food and liquid that comes out when you are sick. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health lessons and everyday life, vomiting can be caused by a tummy bug, food poisoning, travel sickness or eating something bad. Children are taught to tell an adult, wash their hands, drink small sips of water, and stay home until they are better. In first aid, a person who vomits and is very sleepy needs help. Everyday words: «be sick», «throw up», «puke» (slang).

examples

• He vomited in the car on the way to Grandma's. tree →
• She felt sick and then vomited. tree →
• The cleaner cleaned up the vomit. tree →
• Tell a teacher if you feel like you might vomit. tree →
• Food poisoning can make you vomit. tree →
• Drink small sips of water after vomiting. tree →
• Stay home from school for two days after vomiting. tree →
• The cat vomited a fur ball. tree →

note

Past form: vomited (one t). The noun is uncountable: «some vomit», not «a vomit». In British English «be sick» usually means vomit; in American English «be sick» usually means be ill. «Throw up» is the most common everyday phrase.

In the corpora

• "Be sick" in British English means vomit, not just feel ill.
• "Throw up" is the everyday word for vomit.
• "Technicolour yawn" is joking Australian slang for vomit.
• "Chunder" is Australian slang for vomit.
• And the land was defiled, therefore I did visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «vomit» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.