try+to+vomit

  • 1retch — To make an involuntary effort to vomit. [A.S. hraecan, to hawk] * * * retch rech, esp Brit rēch vi to make an effort to vomit vt VOMIT retch n * * * (rech) to try to …

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  • 2retch — retʃ v. try to vomit, make an unsuccessful effort to heave; vomit, heave …

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  • 3retched — retʃ v. try to vomit, make an unsuccessful effort to heave; vomit, heave …

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  • 4retches — retʃ v. try to vomit, make an unsuccessful effort to heave; vomit, heave …

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  • 5retching — retʃ v. try to vomit, make an unsuccessful effort to heave; vomit, heave …

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  • 6heave — I. v. a. 1. Lift, hoist, raise, elevate, raise up. 2. Breathe, force from the breast, raise, exhale. 3. Throw, toss, hurl, send, fling. II. v. n. 1. Pant. 2. Swell, dilate, expand. 3. Retch, keck, try to vomit …

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  • 7retch — verb (I) to try to vomit, or feel as if you are going to vomit when you do not: Like someone drowning, she fought for air, gasping and retching …

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  • 8heave — [hēv] vt. HEAVED or (esp. Naut.) hove, heaving, heaved [ME heven < OE hebban, akin to Ger heben (Goth hafjan) < IE base * kap , to seize, grasp > HAVE, L capere] 1. to raise or lift, esp. with effort 2. a) to lift in this …

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