excrete

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UK, US/ɛkˈskɹiːt/UK, US/ɪkˈskɹiːt/

verb

To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.

“Your open pores excrete sweat and dirt.”

Similar
passurinate and Thesaurus:defecateegesteliminate
OriginLatin excrētum →
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Meanings

verbexcrete (third-person singular simple present excretes, present participle excreting, simple past and past participle excreted)

present singular third person excretes · participle present excreting · participle past excreted · past excreted

  1. ambitransitivebiologyTo discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.

    Your open pores excrete sweat and dirt.

    Synonyms: pass, urinate and Thesaurus:defecate

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.

Similar
passurinate and Thesaurus:defecate

More synonyms by meaning

verbeliminate from the body

Similar
egesteliminatepass
Broader
exhaustdischargeexpel
Also see
egesteliminatepassuse the toilet

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinexcrētum
  2. Englishexcrete

Borrowed from Latin excrētum, past participle of excernō, from ex- (“out”), and cernō (“separate”).

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Translations

Arabic أَفْرَزَ
  • أَفْرَزَ (ʔafraza)to discharge material
Bulgarian отделям
  • отделям (otdeljam)to discharge material
Catalan excretar
  • excretarto discharge material
Chinese 排泄
  • 排泄 (páixiè)to discharge material
Czech vylučovat, vyměšovat
  • vylučovatto discharge material
  • vyměšovatto discharge material
Dutch afscheiden
  • afscheidento discharge material
Finnish erittää, ulostaa (to defecate)
  • erittääto discharge material
  • ulostaa (to defecate)to discharge material
French excréter
  • excréterto discharge material
German ausscheiden
  • ausscheidento discharge material
Greek εκκρίνει
  • εκκρίνει (ekkrínei)to discharge material
Hungarian kiválaszt
  • kiválasztto discharge material
Italian espellere
  • espellereto discharge material
Japanese 排泄する
  • 排泄する (haisetsusuru)to discharge material
Māori whakatikotiko, tukupara
  • whakatikotikoto discharge material
  • tukuparato discharge material
Polish wydalać, wydalić
  • wydalaćto discharge material
  • wydalićto discharge material
  • wydzielaćto discharge material
  • wydzielićto discharge material
Portuguese excretar
  • excretarto discharge material
Romanian a excreta, a elimina
  • a excretato discharge material
  • a eliminato discharge material
Russian выделя́ть
  • выделя́ть (vydeljátʹ)to discharge material
Spanish excretar
  • excretarto discharge material
Turkish salgılamak, boşaltmak
  • salgılamakto discharge material
  • boşaltmakto discharge material
Welsh ysgarthu
  • ysgarthuto discharge material

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with excrete

completestreetmeetfeetsuitesheetheatdeletesweeteatseattreatconcretereceiptrepeatelitefleetcheatpetecompetewheatincompletedefeatretreat
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Cite this entry
APA

excrete. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excrete

MLA

“excrete.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excrete. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “excrete,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excrete.

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