Cough vs. Sofa

Coughverb

(intransitive) To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.

Coughverb

To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.

Coughverb

(intransitive) To make a noise like a cough.

Coughnoun

A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.

Coughnoun

A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.

Coughnoun

Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame

Coughverb

To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner.

Coughverb

To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; - followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm.

Coughverb

To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse.

Coughnoun

A sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the chest, caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the reflex action of nervous or gastric disorder, etc.

Coughnoun

The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease.

Coughnoun

sudden expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis

Coughnoun

the act of exhaling air suddenly with a noise

Coughverb

exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion;

Cough

A cough is a sudden expulsion of air through the large breathing passages that can help clear them of fluids, irritants, foreign particles and microbes. As a protective reflex, coughing can be repetitive with the cough reflex following three phases: an inhalation, a forced exhalation against a closed glottis, and a violent release of air from the lungs following opening of the glottis, usually accompanied by a distinctive sound.Frequent coughing usually indicates the presence of a disease.

Sofanoun

A raised area of a building's floor, usually covered with carpeting, used for sitting.

Sofanoun

(furniture) A upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.

Sofanoun

A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends; - much used as a comfortable piece of furniture.

Sofanoun

an upholstered seat for more than one person