Definition

1. Verb:
   • To vomit, to disgorge the contents of the stomach through the mouth: "regorge" means to eject what is in the stomach back through the mouth. It is a formal or literary synonym for "vomit."
   • To flow or gush back, to surge back: In a more archaic or specialized sense, it can mean to flow or pour back, as in a river or crowd.

Usage and Examples

• Verb (to vomit):
  • The sight of the spoiled food made him regorge his meal.
  • Patients with severe food poisoning may regorge repeatedly.
• Verb (to flow back - archaic/rare):
  • The tide regorged upon the rocky shore. (This usage is very rare in modern English.)

Advanced Usage

• Medical/Formal Context: "Regorge" is often used in formal, medical, or literary contexts rather than in everyday conversation, where "vomit," "throw up," or "be sick" are more common.
  • The doctor noted that the infant would frequently regorge after feeding.

Variants and Related Words

• Regurgitate (verb): A more common formal synonym meaning to bring swallowed food back into the mouth. It can also mean to repeat information without understanding.
• Disgorge (verb): Can mean to vomit, but more commonly means to pour out or eject contents from a confined space (e.g., ).
• Emesis (noun): The medical term for the act of vomiting.

Synonyms

• Vomit
• Throw up
• Puke (informal)
• Spew (can also mean to flow out forcefully)
• Barf (slang)

Antonyms

• Ingest
• Swallow
• Consume
• Keep down

Phrasal Verbs / Related Constructions

• None directly formed with "regorge." The word itself is not typically used in phrasal verb constructions.

Idioms and Phrases

• None commonly associated with "regorge." The word is generally used in its literal sense.

Verb

1. 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