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"2": "räöke",
"t": "to induce vomiting"
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"1": "bar",
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"To make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting; to gag."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gadi mi se",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "гади ми се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "povdiga mi se",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "повдига ми се"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dávit se"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "gylpe"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "kokhalzen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "braken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "kakoa"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "arquexar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "würgen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "öklendezik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "avere conati di vomito"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "pūtanetane"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "whakapoutiki"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "pūkanekane"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ogix",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "огих"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "haler au tchoeu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "rwać (impersonal, the person afflicted is put in accusative)",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "engulhar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pytátʹsja",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "пыта́ться рыгнуть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "на̀пињати се на повраћање"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "nàpinjati se na povraćanje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "tener arcadas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "hulka"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "pagsuka"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to make an effort to vomit",
"word": "ọe"
}
]
}
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},
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"word": "reach"
}
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"1": "bar",
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"t": "to retch, gag"
},
"expansion": "Bavarian reckn (“to retch, gag”)",
"name": "cog"
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"1": "de",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gadene",
"sense": "an unsuccessful effort to vomit",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "гадене"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "povdigane",
"sense": "an unsuccessful effort to vomit",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "повдигане"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "an unsuccessful effort to vomit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "arcada"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "an unsuccessful effort to vomit",
"word": "乾嘔"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gān'ǒu",
"sense": "an unsuccessful effort to vomit",
"word": "干呕"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an unsuccessful effort to vomit",
"word": "braakneiging"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an unsuccessful effort to vomit",
"word": "haut-le-cœur"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an unsuccessful effort to vomit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "conato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an unsuccessful effort to vomit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "conato di vomito"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "an unsuccessful effort to vomit",
"word": "whakapoutikitanga"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "harâš",
"sense": "an unsuccessful effort to vomit",
"word": "هراش"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an unsuccessful effort to vomit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arranco"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an unsuccessful effort to vomit",
"tags": [
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"form": "retching",
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"(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To reck."
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"past"
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"(dialectal) Alternative form of reach"
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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "recchen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English recchen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "reċċan",
"t": "to stretch, extend"
},
"expansion": "Old English reċċan (“to stretch, extend”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*rakkjan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *rakkjan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*rakjaną",
"t": "to straighten, stretch"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *rakjaną (“to straighten, stretch”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₃roǵéyeti"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵéyeti",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English recchen, from Old English reċċan (“to stretch, extend”), from Proto-West Germanic *rakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną (“to straighten, stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵéyeti.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "retches",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "retching",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "retched",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "retched",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "raught",
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "raught",
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"past2": "raught",
"past2_qual": "obsolete"
},
"expansion": "retch (third-person singular simple present retches, present participle retching, simple past and past participle retched or (obsolete) raught)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "reach"
}
],
"categories": [
"English dialectal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of reach"
],
"links": [
[
"reach",
"reach#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dialectal) Alternative form of reach"
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"dialectal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹɛt͡ʃ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛtʃ"
},
{
"homophone": "wretch"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-retch.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f5/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-retch.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-retch.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f5/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-retch.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-retch.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "retch"
}
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