cough
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- symptom hypernym
Parts & wholes
- respiratory disease part holonym
Related & opposite
- cough derivation
Sense 2 verb
exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
The smoker coughs all day
Types & categories
- cough out hypernym
- whoop hyponym
- clear the throat hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cough |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | respiratory disease |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | symptom |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | cough out |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | cough up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cough |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cough out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | whoop |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clear the throat |