| VERB | body | cough | exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion |
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| NOUN | state | cough, coughing | a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages |
| Sounds | kaa'f; kao'f | |
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| Rhymes | Molotov | |
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| Meaning | A sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis. | |
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| Synonym | coughing | |
| Part of | respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder | A disease affecting the respiratory system |
| Broader | symptom | (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease |
| Spanish | tos | |
| Catalan | tos | |
| Verbs | cough | exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion |
| Meaning | exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The smoker coughs all day" | |
| Narrower | clear the throat, hawk | Clear mucus or food from one's throat |
| hack, whoop | cough spasmodically | |
| Broader | expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out | Discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth |
| See also | cough up, cough out | discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth |
| cough up | give reluctantly | |
| Spanish | toser, tos | |
| Catalan | tossir, tos | |
| Nouns | cough, coughing | a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages |
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