"excrete" meaning in English

See excrete in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɛkˈskriːt/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-excrete.wav [UK] Forms: excrete [canonical], excretes [third-person, singular], excreted [past], excreted [past, participle], excreting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|excret|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If your body excretes waste material, it removes the substance from it in ways such as sweating and urinating.
    Sense id: simple-excrete-en-verb-x4lETKli Categories (other): Biology
     
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