Expelling

5 definitions found

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

  expelling \expelling\ n.
     any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of
     the body.
  
     Syn: discharge, emission.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Expel \Ex*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expelled}, p. pr. & vb.
     n.. {Expelling}.] [L. expellere, expulsum; ex out + pellere
     to drive: cf.F. expeller. See {Pulse} a beat.]
     1. To drive or force out from that within which anything is
        contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as, to expel
        air from a bellows.
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              Did not ye . . . expel me out of my father's house?
                                                    --Judg. xi. 7.
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     2. To drive away from one's country; to banish.
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              Forewasted all their land, and them expelled.
                                                    --Spenser.
        .
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              He shall expel them from before you . . . and ye
              shall possess their land.             --Josh. xxiii.
                                                    5.
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     3. To cut off from further connection with an institution of
        learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student
        or member.
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     4. To keep out, off, or away; to exclude. "To expel the
        winter's flaw." --Shak.
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     5. To discharge; to shoot. [Obs.]
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              Then he another and another [shaft] did expel.
                                                    --Spenser.
        .
  
     Syn: To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See {Banish}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  expel
       v 1: force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native
            country" [syn: {throw out}, {kick out}]
       2: put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from
          the classroom" [syn: {eject}, {chuck out}, {exclude}, {throw
          out}, {kick out}, {turf out}, {boot out}, {turn out}]
       3: remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted
          after he misappropriated funds" [syn: {oust}, {throw out},
           {drum out}, {boot out}, {kick out}]
       4: cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves"
          [syn: {rout}, {rout out}]
       5: eliminate (substances) from the body [syn: {discharge}, {eject},
           {release}]
       [also: {expelling}, {expelled}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  expelling
       n : any of several bodily processes by which substances go out
           of the body; "the discharge of pus" [syn: {discharge}, {emission}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  expelling
       See {expel}