excrete

  • 11excrete —   Ki o, kākā, hana lepo.    ♦ Need to excrete, pu u ki o, pu aki o.    ♦ Discomfort preceding excreting, hōkūkū …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 12excrete — transitive verb (excreted; excreting) Etymology: Latin excretus, past participle of excernere to sift out, discharge, from ex + cernere to sift more at certain Date: 1620 to separate and eliminate or discharge (waste) from the blood, tissues, or… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 13excrete — excreter, n. excretive, adj. /ik skreet /, v.t., excreted, excreting. to separate and eliminate from an organic body; separate and expel from the blood or tissues, as waste or harmful matter. [1610 20; < L excretus (ptp. of excernere to sift out …

    Universalium

  • 14excrete — verb /ɛkˈskɹiːt,ɪkˈskɹiːt/ to discharge from the system …

    Wiktionary

  • 15excrete — To separate from the blood and cast out; to perform excretion. * * * ex·crete ik skrēt vt, ex·cret·ed; ex·cret·ing to separate and eliminate or discharge (waste) from the blood or tissues or from the active protoplasm * * * ex·crete (eks&#8230; …

    Medical dictionary

  • 16excrete — Synonyms and related words: bleed, discharge, effuse, egest, eliminate, emit, exfiltrate, extravasate, exudate, exude, filter, filtrate, give off, give out, lactate, leach, lixiviate, ooze, pass, percolate, produce, reek, secern, secrete, seep,&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 17excrete — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. eliminate, eject, defecate, urinate, discharge, secrete, void, expel, throw off waste matter, go to the bathroom, go to the toilet, relieve oneself, answer a call of nature, evacuate, pass, exude, perspire, sweat, squeeze&#8230; …

    English dictionary for students

  • 18excrete — ex|crete [ıkˈskri:t] v [I and T] [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: excretus, past participle of excernere to separate out , from cernere to separate ] formal to get rid of waste material from your body through your ↑bowels, your skin etc&#8230; …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19excrete — ex|crete [ ık skrit ] verb intransitive or transitive FORMAL to pass liquid or solid waste from your body …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20excrete — ex·crete || ek skriːt v. discharge or expel waste matter from the body …

    English contemporary dictionary