Expectorate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Expectorate \Ex*pec"to*rate\, v. i.
     To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and
     spitting; to spit.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]