- present tense form of excrete (3rd person singular).
excretes
Example Sentences
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One proposed mechanism, as outlined in previous research, suggests that gas accretes onto the black hole as it gravitates towards the center of the host galaxy.
From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2023
The novel, then, limns the cumulative nature of grief, how it accretes, week by week, month by month, the long goodbye.
From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2022
What's happened is that the police department, as it accretes more and more functions, occupies a very prominent role among the city agencies.
From Salon • Oct. 25, 2022
Dumping sewage into lakes and rivers and shoveling plastic waste into the ocean, where it swirls and accretes into a ghastly new continent.
From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2018
This type of supernova occurs when a white dwarf accretes enough material from a companion star to exceed the Chandrasekhar limit and then collapses and explodes.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
