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| Main Entry: | throw up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regurgitate |
| Synonyms: | barf, be nauseous, be sick, blow grits, blow lunch, bring up, disgorge, drive a truck, gag, heave, hurl, pray to the porcelain god, puke, puke*, ralph, regurgitate, retch, spew, spit up, toss one's cookies, upchuck, upchuck, urp, vomit, vomit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | throw up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | build quickly |
| Synonyms: | patch, put together, build overnight, jerrybuild, knock together, roughcast, roughhew, run up*, slap together, throw together |
| Antonyms: | destroy, raze, tear down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cascade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall in a rush |
| Synonyms: | descend, disgorge, flood, gush, heave, overflow, pitch, plunge, pour, spew, spill, surge, throw up, tumble, vomit, spit up |
| Main Entry: | construct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assemble, build |
| Synonyms: | build up, compose, compound, constitute, cook up*, create, design, dream up*, elevate, engineer, envision, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, formulate, found, frame, hammer out*, imagine, invent, make, manufacture, organize, produce, put out, put together, put up, raise, rear, set up, shape, throw up*, whip up*, cobble up, fudge together, hoke up, prefab, throw together, trump up, uprear |
| Antonyms: | annihilate, break, demolish, destroy, dismantle, raze, ruin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disgorge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit |
| Synonyms: | be sick, discharge, lose one's lunch, regurgitate, retch, spew, throw up, upchuck |
| Main Entry: | erect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | build; establish |
| Synonyms: | assemble, bring about, cock, compose, construct, create, effect, elevate, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, found, frame, heighten, hoist, initiate, institute, join, lift, make, make up, manufacture, mount, organize, pitch, plant, produce, put together, put up, raise, rear, set up, shape, stand, throw up, cobble up, fit together, fudge together, knock together, prefabricate, run up, stand up, throw together, upraise, uprear |
| Antonyms: | raze, topple |
| Main Entry: | puke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit |
| Synonyms: | barf, be sick, bring up, chunder, cough up, do the technicolor yawn, gag, get sick, heave, hurl*, regurgitate, retch, spew, spit up, throw up, toss one's cookies, upchuck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | regurgitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit |
| Synonyms: | be seasick, be sick, boff, drive the bus, dry heave, eject, emit, expel, gag*, heave*, hurl*, lose one's lunch, pray to the porcelain god, puke*, ralph, retch, spew, spit up, throw up, toss one's cookies, upchuck, urp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spit out |
| Synonyms: | belch, bring up, cascade, disgorge, eject, erupt, expel, flood, gush, heave, puke*, regurgitate, scatter, spit, spread, throw up, vomit, eruct, irrupt, spit up, spritz, urp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vomit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disgorge |
| Synonyms: | bring up*, eject, emit, expel, gag*, heave*, hurl*, puke*, regurgitate, ruminate, spew, throw up, be seasick, be sick, dry heave, retch, spit up, upchuck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | build |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | construct structure |
| Synonyms: | assemble, bring about, carpenter, cast, compile, compose, contrive, engineer, erect, evolve, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, make, manufacture, model, produce, put together, put up, raise, rear, reconstruct, sculpture, set up, synthesize, throw up*, fit together, jerry-build, knock together, prefabricate, superstruct, throw together |
| Notes: | billed is having a beak or having been presented a statement of costs or charges, while build is to construct |
| Antonyms: | demolish, destroy, dismantle, raze, ruin, take down, knock down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fabricate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manufacture |
| Synonyms: | assemble, brainstorm, build, compose, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up*, create, devise, dream up, erect, fashion, form, formulate, frame, head trip, invent, join, make, make up, mix, organize, produce, put together, shape, structure, throw up*, turn out, whip up*, cobble up, fit together, knock together, piece together, prefab, think up, throw together, whomp up |
| Antonyms: | break, demolish, destroy, ruin, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | raise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lift; build from the ground |
| Synonyms: | boost, bring up, construct, elevate, erect, establish, exalt, heave, hoist, hold up, lever, lift, mount, promote, pry, pull up, put up, rear, set up, shove, take up, throw up, uplift, lift up, move up, place up, put on its end, run up, set upright, stand up, upcast, upheave, upraise, uprear |
| Antonyms: | demolish, destroy, drop, lower, raze |
| Main Entry: | gag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit, choke |
| Synonyms: | disgorge, gasp, heave, nauseate, pant, puke*, sicken, spew, strain, struggle, throw up, be nauseated, retch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge with force; expel from digestive system by mouth |
| Synonyms: | billow, breathe, cast, dilate, disgorge, exhale, expand, gag, groan, huff, palpitate, pant, puff, puke*, rise, sign, sob, spew, surge, swell, throb, throw up, vomit, retch, spit up, suspire, upchuck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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