What does "bile" mean?

A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.

What is a synonym for "bile"?

Common synonyms include: gall, gall, ;, absorption, acerbity, acid.

Bile

//baɪl// name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion. uncountable, usually
2
A boil (kind of swelling). obsolete
3
a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats wordnet
4
Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility. uncountable, usually
5
Either of two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology. uncountable, usually
"I shall tire of my Journal if it is to contain nothing but biles and plasters and unguents."

Verb

1
Pronunciation spelling of boil. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
"We pretty near biled ourselves and Miss Euly done got her bes' pink apron stained, an' I dropped Sis Suky's big kitchen spoon in de hogshead of sand […]"