exsert

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/ɪkˈsɜː(ɹ)t/

verb

To thrust out; to cause to protrude.

“exsert stamens”

Similar
stretch output outextendhold outstretch forth
OriginLatin exsertus →
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Meanings

verbexsert (third-person singular simple present exserts, present participle exserting, simple past and past participle exserted)

present singular third person exserts · participle present exserting · participle past exserted · past exserted

  1. transitiveTo thrust out; to cause to protrude.

    Some worms are said to exsert the proboscis.

adjectiveexsert (comparative more exsert, superlative most exsert)

comparative more exsert · superlative most exsert

  1. Standing out; projecting beyond some other part.

    exsert stamens

Synonyms & antonyms

verbthrust or extend out

Similar
stretch output outextendhold outstretch forth
Broader
gesticulategesturemotion
Also see
extendhold outprojectput outstretch forthstretch outthrust out

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinexsertus
  2. Englishexsert

From Latin exsertus, past participle of exserō (“to stretch out or forth”). See exert.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sexter
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APA

exsert. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exsert

MLA

“exsert.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exsert. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exsert,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exsert.

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