excretes

Meaning of excretes

verb, 3rd person present
  1. (of a living organism or cell) separate and expel as waste (a substance, especially a product of metabolism).
    excess bicarbonate is excreted by the kidney

early 17th century: from Latin excret- ‘sifted out’, from the verb excernere, from ex- ‘out’ + cernere ‘sift’.

Information about excretes

Hyphenation of excretes

ex-cretes

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • excretes is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

excretes synonyms

Meaning force out (something), especially from the body:

expel

Meaning discharge (something, especially urine or faeces) from the body:

pass

Meaning excrete (waste matter):

void

Meaning allow (a liquid, gas, or other substance) to flow out from where it has been confined:

discharge

Meaning force or throw (something) out in a violent or sudden way:

eject

Meaning remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place:

evacuate

Meaning completely remove or get rid of (something):

eliminate

Meaning (with reference to moisture or a smell) discharge or be discharged slowly and steadily:

exude

Meaning produce and discharge (something, especially gas or radiation):

emit

Meaning discharge faeces from the body:

defecate

Meaning discharge urine; pass water:

urinate

Meaning (of a cell or organism) excrete (waste matter):

egest

excretes antonyms

Meaning take in or soak up (energy or a liquid or other substance) by chemical or physical action:

absorb

Meaning take (food, drink, or another substance) into the body by swallowing or absorbing it:

ingest

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