excrete
verb (used with object)
to separate and eliminate from an organic body; separate and expel from the blood or tissues, as waste or harmful matter.
excreted
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past participleof excrete.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof excrete.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
excreteverb (used with object)to separate and eliminate from an organic body; separate and expel from the blood or tissues, as waste or harmful matter.
Example Sentences
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“Most of it doesn’t get metabolized, meaning that we don’t extract energy from it, and it passes through and is excreted in the stool,” Fetter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
Similarly, betalains, the pigments responsible for rich reds and yellows, offer detoxifying and anti-inflammatory benefits but are excreted by the body without a visible effect on skin tone.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2025
In a final step, the researchers used a chemical process to confirm whether the excreted seeds were capable of germinating.
From Science Magazine ● May 8, 2024
They found that the bacteria converted cholesterol into intermediate products that can then be broken down by other bacteria and excreted from the body.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2024
To the guards who walked up and down outside, each car became a single organism which ate and drank and excreted through its ventilators.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
