verb
Meaning 1
To eject.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
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verb
To eject.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To remove from membership.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: drive away, drive out, force out
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To deport.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
eliminate (a substance)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: exhaust, discharge, eject, release
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out, blow, ejaculate, abort, ovulate, excrete, egest, eliminate, pass, shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage, spew, spew out, eruct, fester, maturate, suppurate, emit, breathe, pass off
verb
cause to flee
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: rout, rout out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: get the better of, overcome, defeat
verb
remove from a position or office
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: remove
Narrower terms: excommunicate, depose, force out
verb
force to leave or move out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: throw out, kick out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move, displace
Narrower terms: eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out, expatriate, deport, exile, suspend, debar, extradite, deliver, banish, relegate, bar, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball
History
Late Middle English: from Latin expellere, from ex- (“out”) + pellere (“to drive”).
Across languages
128 source translations are retained for this English entry.