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to expectorate
01
to cough and spit a kind of thick, liquid substance out of the lungs
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
action verb
regular
present tense
expectorate
3rd person singular
expectorates
present participle
expectorating
past simple
expectorated
past participle
expectorated
Examples
Doctors advise drinking plenty of fluids to make it easier to expectorate.
Lexical Tree
expectoration
expectorator
expectorate
