- excrete
- excrete 1610s, from L. excretus, pp. of excernere (see EXCREMENT (Cf. excrement)). Related: Excreted; excreting.
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Excrete — Ex*crete , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excreted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excreting}.] [L. excretus, p. p. of excernere to sift out, discharge; ex out + cernere to sift, separate. See {Crisis}.] To separate and throw off; to excrete urine. The mucus thus… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
excrete — index exude, purge (purify) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
excrete — [v] discharge, usually liquified substance defecate, egest, ejaculate, eject, eliminate, emanate, evacuate, exhale, expel, exudate, exude, give off, leak, pass, perspire, produce, remove, secrete, sweat, throw off, urinate, void; concepts 179,185 … New thesaurus
excrete — ► VERB ▪ expel (a substance, especially a product of metabolism) as waste. DERIVATIVES excretion noun excretory adjective. ORIGIN Latin excernere sift out … English terms dictionary
excrete — [eks krēt′, ikskrēt′] vt., vi. excreted, excreting [< L excretus, pp. of excernere, to sift out < ex , out of + cernere, to sift: see HARVEST] 1. to separate (waste matter) from the blood or tissue and eliminate from the body, as through… … English World dictionary
excrete — 01. The waste products [excreted] by yeast in the beer making process actually add flavor to the beer. 02. Trees are very important to our environment because, unlike humans, they take in carbon dioxide and [excrete] oxygen. 03. When an owl eats… … Grammatical examples in English
excrete — UK [ɪkˈskriːt] / US [ɪkˈskrɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms excrete : present tense I/you/we/they excrete he/she/it excretes present participle excreting past tense excreted past participle excreted biology to get rid of liquid,… … English dictionary
excrete — [[t]ɪkskri͟ːt[/t]] excretes, excreting, excreted VERB When a person or animal excretes waste matter from their body, they get rid of it in faeces, urine, or sweat. [TECHNICAL or, FORMAL] [V n] Your open pores excrete sweat and dirt... [V n]… … English dictionary
excrete — to defecate Literally, to discharge from a body. It could therefore (but does not) refer to blood, sweat, tears, snot, urine, etc.: Soldiers lucky enough to find a soup kitchen discovered that boiling soup froze solid before they could… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
excrete — Ki o, kākā, hana lepo. ♦ Need to excrete, pu u ki o, pu aki o. ♦ Discomfort preceding excreting, hōkūkū … English-Hawaiian dictionary
