What does expectorate mean?
Expectorate means (ambitransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs..
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/ɪkˈspɛktəɹeɪt/ · verb
(ambitransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs..
These rules are equally applicable to pneumonia and perhaps also to bronchitis. It will, therefore, be best to call them, not rules for consumptives, but for all persons who cough and expectorate .
…the gap in his upper row of teeth enabled him to expectorate in a new and admirable way.
Use expectorate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Expectorate means (ambitransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs..
Common synonyms include cough up, spit up, cough out.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
These rules are equally applicable to pneumonia and perhaps also to bronchitis. It will, therefore, be best to call them, not rules for consumptives, but for all persons who cough and expectorate .
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