| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Expectorate.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb expectorate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (expectorate) | 1. Clear out the chest and lungs; "This drug expectorates quickly".[Wordnet]. 2. Discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth.[Wordnet]. 3. To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.[Websters]. 4. To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: expectorating, expectorated, expectorates, expectorater, expectoraters, expectoratingly and expectoratedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EXPECTORATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EXPECTORATED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Discharged from the lungs.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of expectorate. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
