Found 3 items, similar to expectorate.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: expectorate
meludah, mendahak
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: expectorate
expectorate
v 1: clear out the chest and lungs;
“This drug expectorates
quickly” [syn:
clear out,
drive out]
2: discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the
mouth [syn:
cough up,
cough out,
spit up,
spit out]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Expectorate
Expectorate
\Ex*pec"to*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Expectorated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Expectorating.] [L.
expecrorare to drive from the breast; ex out + pectus,
pectiris, breast. See
Pectoral.]
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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Expectorate
\Ex*pec"to*rate\, v. i.
To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and
spitting; to spit.
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