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retch |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb retch Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb retch Entailment of verb retch Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb retch 2 senses of retch Sense 1 vomit, vomit up cast, sick, cat, regurgitate, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, throw up => excrete, egest, eliminate, pass Sense 2 gag, heave, retch Familiarity of verb retch retch used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb retch Sense 1 vomit, vomit up cast, sick, cat, regurgitate, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, throw up => excrete, egest, eliminate, pass -------------- Sense 2 gag, heave, retch -------------- Grep of noun retch homestretch retch stretch thankless wretch wretch Overview of noun retch The noun retch has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. heave, retch -- (an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves") Overview of verb retch The verb retch has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) vomit, vomit up cast, sick, cat, regurgitate, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, throw up -- (eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much the students vomited") 2. gag, heave, retch -- (make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit) Grep of adj retch stretch Overview of noun retch The noun retch has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. heave, retch -- (an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves") Overview of verb retch The verb retch has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) vomit, vomit up cast, sick, cat, regurgitate, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, throw up -- (eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much the students vomited") 2. gag, heave, retch -- (make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit)
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