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ex·pec·to·rate
 expectorate
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- pronunciation:
- ihk
spek
t
reIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
expectorates, expectorating, expectorated |
| definition: |
to cough up or spit out (phlegm).
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to spit, or to clear the respiratory tract by spitting out matter clogging it.
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| derivations: |
expectoration (n.), expectorator (n.) |
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