excrete
To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.
Example
“Your open pores excrete sweat and dirt.”
Synonyms
- eliminate
- pass
Related words
- unexcreted
- excretable
- excreter
- excretin
- excretive
- excretome
- hyperexcrete
- excretory
Word history
From Latin "excrētum".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “excrete” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.