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excrete::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | egest, eliminate, pass |
| Type of | expel, release, discharge, eject, exhaust |
| Has types | chuck, crap, defecate, disgorge, empty, evacuate, exudate, exude, honk, make, make water, micturate, ooze, ooze out, pass water, pee, pee-pee, perspire, piddle, piss, puddle, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, relieve oneself, retch, shit, sick, spend a penny, spew, spue, stool, sudate, sweat, take a crap, take a leak, take a shit, throw up, transude, upchuck, urinate, void, vomit, vomit up, wee, barf, wee-wee, be sick, ca-ca, cast, cat |
| Derivation | excreting, excretion, excretory |
Examples of excrete
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They excrete their skeletons as they grow, and this forms the basis of the reef.
From the economist.com
Modern mammals excrete urea, which requires a lot of water to keep it dissolved.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Wasps excrete fluids to build their nests, which house the queen and offspring.
From the charlotteobserver.com
This is achieved by the creatures'kidneys, which excrete water and retain salt.
From the newscientist.com
Grazing marine worms burrow through it and then excrete waste onto the surface.
From the newscientist.com
Birds normally excrete uric acid in their urine, so this suggests kidney disease.
From the newscientist.com
The animals are almost exclusively fed coffee berries, which they then excrete.
From the guardian.co.uk
Here in the UK we have politicians who speak and excrete through the same orifice.
From the independent.co.uk
They're also less able to excrete toxic compounds, according to the research plan.
From the sltrib.com
- Eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
- (excretion) elimination: the bodily process of discharging waste matter
- (excretion) body waste: waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
- Excretion is the process by which waste products of metabolism and other non-useful materials are eliminated from an organism. It is an essential process in all forms of life. It contrasts secretion, where the substance may have specific tasks after leaving the cell.
- To discharge from the system
- (excretion) The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting; Something being excreted in that manner
- (Excretion) is the removal of the medicine from the body through the kidneys and liver.
- (Excretion) Elimination of alcohol from the body in an unchanged state.
- (excretion) The loss of ethanol from the body through urine, sweat, breath, and other routes of exit.
