verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system. ambitransitive

   "Your open pores excrete sweat and dirt."

2. 2
   eliminate from the body wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

passbleeddefecatedischargeeffuseegest

Example

More examples

"When someone is diabetic, they excrete sugar in their urine."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excrētum, past participle of excernō, from ex- (“out”), and cernō (“separate”).

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