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cough
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- pronunciation:
- kawf
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- phrases:
- cough up
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
coughs, coughing, coughed |
| definition 1: |
to release air noisily and spasmodically from the lungs as a result of illness or foreign matter in the respiratory system.
Hours after the fire was put out, we were still coughing.He's been coughing all night and feels miserable. |
| definition 2: |
to emit a noise like that of coughing.
The failing engine coughed a few times, then refused to start again. |
| related words: |
hack, stall |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to eject or bring up by means of coughing (often fol. by "up").
People with tuberculosis often cough up blood. |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an instance of coughing.
Several coughs could be heard from throughout the audience.He could restrain his cough no longer and had to go out into the hallway. |
| definition 2: |
an illness with coughing as a main symptom.
I had a dreadful cough that lasted for weeks. |
| definition 3: |
any noise like that of coughing.
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| related words: |
hack |
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| phrase: |
cough up |
| derivation: |
cougher (n.) |
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