Excreting

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Excrete \Ex*crete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excreted}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Excreting}.] [L. excretus, p. p. of excernere to sift
     out, discharge; ex out + cernere to sift, separate. See
     {Crisis}.]
     To separate and throw off; to excrete urine. "The mucus thus
     excreted." --Hooper.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  excreting
       n : the bodily process of discharging waste matter [syn: {elimination},
            {evacuation}, {excretion}, {voiding}]