Exsert

3 definitions found

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

  Exsert \Ex*sert"\, Exserted \Ex*sert"ed\, a. [L. exsertus, p. p.
     of exserere to stretch out or forth. See {Exert}.]
     Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert
     stamens.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           A small portion of the basal edge of the shell
           exserted.                                --D. H.
                                                    Barnes.
     [1913 Webster]

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

  Exsert \Ex*sert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exserted}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Exserting}.] [See {Exsert}, a., {Exert}.]
     To thrust out; to protrude; as, some worms are said to exsert
     the proboscis.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exsert
       v : thrust or extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a
           finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting"
           [syn: {stretch out}, {put out}, {extend}, {hold out}, {stretch
           forth}]