excreting
Meaning of excreting
- (of a living organism or cell) separate and expel as waste (a substance, especially a product of metabolism).
excess bicarbonate is excreted by the kidney
early 17th century: from Latin excret- ‘sifted out’, from the verb excernere, from ex- ‘out’ + cernere ‘sift’.
Information about excreting
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of excreting
ex-cret-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- excreting is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
excreting synonyms
Meaning elimination:
elimination, evacuation, excretion, voiding
Meaning force out (something), especially from the body:
Meaning discharge (something, especially urine or faeces) from the body:
Meaning excrete (waste matter):
Meaning allow (a liquid, gas, or other substance) to flow out from where it has been confined:
Meaning force or throw (something) out in a violent or sudden way:
Meaning remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place:
Meaning completely remove or get rid of (something):
Meaning (with reference to moisture or a smell) discharge or be discharged slowly and steadily:
Meaning produce and discharge (something, especially gas or radiation):
Meaning discharge faeces from the body:
Meaning discharge urine; pass water:
Meaning (of a cell or organism) excrete (waste matter):
excreting antonyms
Meaning take in or soak up (energy or a liquid or other substance) by chemical or physical action:
Meaning take (food, drink, or another substance) into the body by swallowing or absorbing it:
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