"expectorate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪkˈspɛktəɹeɪt/ Audio: en-us-expectorate.ogg [US] Forms: expectorates [present, singular, third-person], expectorating [participle, present], expectorated [participle, past], expectorated [past]
Etymology: From Latin expectorātus, past participle of expectorāre (“only fig. banish from the mind, but literally (as in modern use) expel from the breast”), from ex (“out of”) + pectus (“the breast”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|expectorātus}} Latin expectorātus, {{m|la|expectorāre||only fig. banish from the mind, but literally (as in modern use) expel from the breast}} expectorāre (“only fig. banish from the mind, but literally (as in modern use) expel from the breast”), {{m|la|ex||out of}} ex (“out of”), {{m|la|pectus||the breast}} pectus (“the breast”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} expectorate (third-person singular simple present expectorates, present participle expectorating, simple past and past participle expectorated)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to cough up fluid from the lungs): խորխել (xorxel) (Armenian), изкашлям (izkašljam) (Bulgarian), изхрачвам (izhračvam) (Bulgarian), expectorar (Catalan), vykašlat [perfective] (Czech), yskiä (Finnish), expectorer (French), expectorar (Galician), esgarrar (Galician), felköhög (Hungarian), felkrákog (Hungarian), kiköhög (Hungarian), hósta (Icelandic), hósta upp (Icelandic), espettorare (Italian), иска́шлува (iskášluva) (Macedonian), expectorar (Portuguese), ха́ркать (xárkatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ха́ркнуть (xárknutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), отха́ркивать (otxárkivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отка́шливать (otkášlivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), expectorar (Spanish), khạc đờm (Vietnamese), khạc (Vietnamese), nhổ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-expectorate-en-verb-XAlU6hYO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'to cough up fluid from the lungs': 100 0
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To spit. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-expectorate-en-verb-9ozlJbBO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: expectorant, expectoration, sputum

Inflected forms

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