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How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: puke, throw up, upchuck, barf, vomit, retch, regorge, be sick, sick, vomit up, disgorge, spue, spew, chuck, honk, regurgitate, purge
Categories: egest, eliminate, excrete, pass
How to sign: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
"The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They ro;
Similiar / Same: wander, stray, roam, rove, vagabond, swan, ramble, range, drift, tramp, roll
Categories: go, locomote, move, travel
Within this category: gallivant, maunder
How to sign: (of molten metal or glass) formed by pouring or pressing into a mold
How to sign: select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
"He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona";
Categories: assign, delegate, depute, designate
Within this category: miscast, recast, typecast
How to sign: throw forcefully
See also: cast anchor, drop anchor, anchor
Categories: throw
Within this category: crash, precipitate, sling
How to sign: bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
Similiar / Same: plaster cast, plaster bandage
How to sign: get rid of
"he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes";
Similiar / Same: shed, cast off, throw off, shake off, throw away, throw, drop
Categories: remove, take, take away, withdraw
Within this category: abscise, autotomize, exfoliate, shed
How to sign: the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
Similiar / Same: casting
Categories: fishing, sportfishing
Within this category: bait casting, fly casting, overcast, surf casting
How to sign: choose at random
"draw a card"; "cast lots";
Similiar / Same: draw
