| ancestress | | |
| n. (person) | 1. ancestress | a woman ancestor. |
| ~ ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent). |
| cough | | |
| n. (state) | 1. cough, coughing | 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. |
| ~ respiratory disease, respiratory disorder, respiratory illness | a disease affecting the respiratory system. |
| ~ symptom | (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease. |
| v. (body) | 2. cough | exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion.; "The smoker coughs all day" |
| ~ whoop, hack | cough spasmodically.; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day" |
| ~ cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit up, spit out | discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth. |
| ~ clear the throat, hawk | clear mucus or food from one's throat.; "he cleared his throat before he started to speak" |
| hunch | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. hunch, intuition, suspicion | an impression that something might be the case.; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" |
| ~ impression, notion, belief, feeling, opinion | a vague idea in which some confidence is placed.; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying" |
| ~ heart, bosom | the locus of feelings and intuitions.; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom" |
| n. (act) | 2. hunch | the act of bending yourself into a humped position. |
| ~ bending | the act of bending something. |
| v. (motion) | 3. hump, hunch, hunch forward, hunch over | round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward. |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ bend, flex | form a curve.; "The stick does not bend" |
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