"excrete" meaning in English

See excrete in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɛkˈskɹiːt/ [UK, US], /ɪkˈskɹiːt/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-excrete.wav Forms: excretes [present, singular, third-person], excreting [participle, present], excreted [participle, past], excreted [past]
Rhymes: -iːt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin excretum, past participle of excerno, from ex- (“out”), and cerno (“separate”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*krey-}}, {{bor|en|la|excretum}} Latin excretum Head templates: {{en-verb}} excrete (third-person singular simple present excretes, present participle excreting, simple past and past participle excreted)
  1. (biology, transitive, intransitive) To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Biology, Bodily functions Synonyms: urinate and Thesaurus:defecate Derived forms: excretory Related terms: excern, excrement, excreta, excretion Translations (to discharge material): отделям (otdeljam) (Bulgarian), excretar (Catalan), 排泄 (páixiè) (Chinese), vyloučit (Czech), afscheiden (Dutch), erittää (Finnish), ulostaa (to defecate) (Finnish), excréter (French), ausscheiden (German), εκκρίνει (ekkrínei) (Greek), kiválaszt (Hungarian), espellere (Italian), 排泄する (haisetsusuru) (alt: はいせつする) (Japanese), whakatikotiko (Maori), tukupara (Maori), wydalać [imperfective] (Polish), wydalić [perfective] (Polish), wydzielać [imperfective] (Polish), wydzielić [perfective] (Polish), excretar (Portuguese), a excreta (Romanian), a elimina (Romanian), выделя́ть (vydeljátʹ) (Russian), excretar (Spanish), tee (Tetum), boşaltım (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vydeljátʹ",
      "sense": "to discharge material",
      "word": "выделя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to discharge material",
      "word": "excretar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tet",
      "lang": "Tetum",
      "sense": "to discharge material",
      "word": "tee"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to discharge material",
      "word": "boşaltım"
    }
  ],
  "word": "excrete"
}

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