expectorate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: expectorate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for expectorate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expectorate v clear out the chest and lungs; "This drug expectorates quickly" Synonym(s): expectorate, clear out, drive out discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth Synonym(s): expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expectorate \Expec"torate\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expectorate \Expec"torate\, v. i. To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit.