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excreting

excreting is the present participle and gerund of excrete.

Meaning of excrete

Verb

excrete (third-person singular simple present excretes, present participle excreting, simple past and past participle excreted)

  1. (ambitransitive) To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.
    • Your open pores excrete sweat and dirt.
    Synonyms:
    pass

Noun

excreting (plural excretings)

  1. An act of excretion.
    • […] their breathings, cryings, and excretings would have been damaged […]1848, The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal
    • […] itself will always be with you, despite all cuttings, excretings, and buryings.2000, John Limon, Stand-up Comedy in Theory, or, Abjection in America, page 117

Forms of excreting

pluralexcretings

Questions about excreting

What does excreting mean?
Excreting means an act of excretion.
What is excreting the present participle and gerund of?
Excreting is the present participle and gerund of excrete.
What part of speech is excreting?
Excreting is a noun.
What is the plural of excreting?
The plural of excreting is excretings.

Words near excreting in the dictionary

  1. excreted
  2. excreter
  3. excreters
  4. excretes
  5. excretin
  6. excreting
  7. excretings
  8. excretion
  9. excretionary
  10. excretions
  11. excretive

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