EXPECTORATE
\ɛkspˈɛktəɹˌe͡ɪt], \ɛkspˈɛktəɹˌeɪt], \ɛ_k_s_p_ˈɛ_k_t_ə_ɹ_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of EXPECTORATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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clear out the chest and lungs; "This drug expectorates quickly"
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discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
By Princeton University
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clear out the chest and lungs; "This drug expectorates quickly"
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discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.
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To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit.
By Oddity Software
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To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.
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To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To expel from the breast or lungs, by coughing, etc.: to spit forth.
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To discharge or eject phlegm from the throat.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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eks-pek'to-r[=a]t, v.t. to expel from the breast or lungs by coughing, &c.: to spit forth.--v.i. to discharge or eject phlegm from the throat.--adj. EXPEC'TORANT, tending to promote expectoration.--n. a medicine which promotes expectoration.--n. EXPECTOR[=A]'TION, act of expectorating: that which is expectorated: spittle.--adj. EXPEC'TOR[=A]TIVE, having the quality of promoting expectoration. [L. expector[=a]re, -[=a]tum--ex, out of, from, pectus, pectoris, the breast.]
By Thomas Davidson
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