EXPECTORATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does expectorate mean?
• EXPECTORATE (verb)
The verb EXPECTORATE has 2 senses:
1. clear out the chest and lungs
2. discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
Familiarity information: EXPECTORATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EXPECTORATE (verb)
Meaning:
Clear out the chest and lungs
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
expectorate; clear out; drive out
Context example:
This drug expectorates quickly
Hypernyms (to "expectorate" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
cough out; cough up; expectorate; spit up; spit out
Hypernyms (to "expectorate" is one way to...):
discharge; eject; expel; release (eliminate (substances) from the body)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "expectorate"):
cough (exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion)
ptyalise; ptyalize; spew; spit; spue (expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth)
spit out; splutter; sputter (spit up in an explosive manner)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
