Meaning

1 senses

  1. To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.

    Your open pores excrete sweat and dirt.

    ausscheiden

    выделя́тьvydeljátʹ

More definitions
  • eliminate from the body

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I occasionally excrete concrete: this is not strange.

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  2. When someone is diabetic, they excrete sugar in their urine.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to discharge material:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to discharge material:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin excrētum, past participle of excernō, from ex- (“out”), and cernō (“se

Borrowed from Latin excrētum, past participle of excernō, from ex- (“out”), and cernō (“separate”).

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Forms

excretes, excreting, excreted, excreted
Base formexcrete · to excrete
3rd person singularexcretes
Present participleexcreting
Past simpleexcreted
Past participleexcreted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyexcrete
he, she, itexcretes

Past simpleLesson

all personsexcreted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave excreted
he, she, ithas excreted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill excrete

Synonyms

4 synonyms
passA2urinate and Thesaurus:defecate
Close in meaning

Word family

13 related words
Relatedexcernexcrementexcretaexcretionexcretoryexcreting
Derivedexcretableexcreterexcretinexcretiveexcretomehyperexcreteunexcreted

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
excommunicateexcrementexcruciatingexcruciatinglyexculpateexcursionB2
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