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Meaning of EXCRETE

Pronunciation:  ik'skreet

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
 
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 Synonyms: egest, eliminate, pass
 
 See Also: barf, be sick, ca-ca, cast, cat, chuck, crap, defecate, discharge, disgorge, eject, empty, evacuate, expel, exudate, exude, honk, make, make water, micturate, ooze, ooze out, pass water, pee, pee-pee, perspire, piddle, piss, puddle, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, release, relieve oneself, retch, shit, sick, spend a penny, spew, spue, sudate, sweat, take a crap, take a leak, take a shit, throw up, transude, upchuck, urinate, void, vomit, vomit up, wee, wee-wee

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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
excreted.'' --Hooper.
 
Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: to get rid of waste from the body.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: 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, strain, tear, transpire, transude, water, weep
 

 

 

 

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