DISGORGE - 11 definitions found
disgorge v 1: cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table" [syn: spill, shed, disgorge] 2: 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" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down] disgorge c.1477, from O.Fr. desgorger, from des- "dis-" + gorge "throat." Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) disgorge verb Etymology: Middle French desgorger, from des- dis- + gorge gorge Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to discharge by the throat and mouth ; vomit b. to discharge or let go of rapidly or forcefully <the train disgorged its passengers> c. to give up on request or under pressure <refused to disgorge his ill-gotten gains> 2. to discharge the contents of (as the stomach) intransitive verb to discharge contents <where the river disgorges into the sea> Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary disgorge (disgorges, disgorging, disgorged) If something disgorges its contents, it empties them out. (WRITTEN) The ground had opened to disgorge a boiling stream of molten lava. VERB: V n English Explanatory Dictionary disgorge dɪsˈɡɔ:dʒ v.tr. 1 eject from the throat or stomach. 2 pour forth, discharge (contents, ill-gotten gains, etc.). øødisgorgement n. [ME f. OF desgorger (as DIS-, GORGE)] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Disgorge \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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Disgorge \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. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms disgorge v. a. 1. Vomit, spew, cast up, throw up. 2. Eject, discharge, throw out. 3. Relinquish, surrender, yield, give up, give back. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 84 Moby Thesaurus words for "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 |
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