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verb
To eliminate undigested food or waste from the body (as feces).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
eliminate from the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: excrete, eliminate, pass
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release
Narrower terms: sweat, sudate, perspire, exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze, make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water, evacuate, void, empty, stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up
History
From Latin ēgestus, the perfect passive participle of ēgerō (“to carry, bear, or bring out or away; to discharge”).
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
