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excrete
[ik-skreet] 
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excrete
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge, usually liquified substance |
| Synonyms: | defecate, egest, ejaculate, eject, eliminate, emanate, evacuate, exhale, expel, exudate, exude, give off, leak, pass, perspire, produce, remove, secrete, sweat, throw off, urinate, void |
| Main Entry: | emit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diffuse, discharge |
| Synonyms: | afford, beam, belch, breathe, cast out, disembogue, drip, eject, emanate, erupt, evacuate, excrete, exhale, expectorate, expel, expend, expire, extrude, exude, give off, give out, give vent to, gush, issue, jet, let off, loose, ooze, pass, perspire, pour, pronounce, purge, radiate, reek, secrete, send forth, send out, shed, shoot, speak, spew, spill, spit, squirt, throw out, transmit, utter, vent, voice, void, vomit, yield |
| Antonyms: | conceal, contain, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | exude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | display, emit |
| Synonyms: | bleed, discharge, emanate, evacuate, excrete, exhibit, expel, flow out, give forth, give off, issue, leak, manifest, ooze, pass, percolate, radiate, secrete, seep, show, sweat, throw off, trickle, weep |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rid of waste |
| Synonyms: | defecate, discharge, eliminate, emit, empty, evacuate, excrete, expel, exude, give off, send forth, void |
| Main Entry: | purge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rid of; clean out |
| Synonyms: | abolish, absolve, clarify, cleanse, clear, depurate, disabuse, dismiss, dispose of, do away with, eject, eradicate, erase, excrete, exonerate, expel, expiate, expunge, exterminate, forgive, kill, liquidate, oust, pardon, prevent, purify, remove, rout out, shake out, sweep out, unload, wash, wipe off map, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, maintain |
| Main Entry: | secrete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give off, emit |
| Synonyms: | discharge, emanate, excrete, extravasate, extrude, exude, perspire, produce, sweat |
| Antonyms: | fill, pour in |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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