excrete
/ɪkˈskriːt
/ /ɛkˈskriːt/verb [with object]
(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...
- Throughout the pregnancy the fetus obtains nutrients and oxygen from the mother's blood, by transfer in the placenta to its own umbilical cord blood, and it excretes waste products of metabolism by the same route in reverse.
- Then these bacteria excrete organic material to the clam and the clam can use that organic material as a food source.
- Usually, a pregnant woman with preeclampsia develops dangerously high blood pressure and begins excreting protein in the urine.
Synonyms
expel, pass, void, discharge, eject, evacuate, eliminate;
exude, emit;
defecate, urinate
rare egest
Derivatives
excreter
excretive
/ /ɛkˈskriːtɪv / adjectiveOrigin
Early 17th century: from Latin excret- 'sifted out', from the verb excernere, from ex- 'out' + cernere 'sift'.
Rhymes
- take a jerry to
- take a leaf out of someone's book
- take-all
- take a load off someone's mind
- take a lot of (or some) ——
- take a (or the) hint
- take a (or the) load off one's feet
- take-apart
- take a poke at someone
- take a poor view of
- take a powder
- take a rain check
- take a running jump
- take a shine to
- take a toss
- take a trip (or walk) down memory lane
- takeaway
- take away from
- take a wicket
- take a woman to wife
- take-back
- take breath
- take care
- take care of
- take charge