What is another word for excretes?

Pronunciation: [ɛkskɹˈiːts] (IPA)

Excretes, meaning to discharge waste materials from the body, can be substituted with different words depending on the context. Some synonyms for excretes include eliminates, expels, evacuates, secretes, voids, and exudes. Eliminates is often used in relation to the elimination of bodily waste, while expels is commonly used to refer to the expulsion of something foreign from the body. Evacuates is another term used to describe the removal of waste or other substances from the body. Secretes is used when referring to the discharge of bodily fluids such as sweat or saliva. Voids and exudes can both be used in a more general sense to refer to the release of anything.

What are the hypernyms for Excretes?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Excretes

As this bacillus vegetates and increases in numbers it excretes substances which act as irritants and poisons and which lead to the formation of a small nodule, called a tubercle, at the point of irritation.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
His physical structure uses and excretes energy so rapidly that he cannot store it up and go to sleep on his savings, and his harvests are usually so lean and disconnected that the exercise of thrift is equally an impossibility and a mockery.
"Mary, Mary"
James Stephens Commentator: Padraic Colum
It protects the delicate structures which it covers, assists in the regulation of the temperature of the body, and excretes waste products.
"The Prospective Mother A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy"
J. Morris Slemons

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