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expelling

expelling is the present participle and gerund of expel.

Meaning of expel

Verb

expel (third-person singular simple present expels, present participle expelling, simple past and past participle expelled)

  1. (transitive) To eject.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
    • But to the ground the idle quarrell fell: / Then he another and another did expell.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  3. (transitive) To remove from membership.
    • He was expelled from school multiple times for disruptive behaviour.
  4. (transitive) To deport.

Noun

expelling (plural expellings)

  1. The process by which something is expelled.
    Synonyms:
    ejection, expulsion

Synonyms of expelling

Forms of expelling

pluralexpellings

Questions about expelling

What does expelling mean?
Expelling means the process by which something is expelled.
What is expelling the present participle and gerund of?
Expelling is the present participle and gerund of expel.
What part of speech is expelling?
Expelling is a noun.
What is the plural of expelling?
The plural of expelling is expellings.

Words near expelling in the dictionary

  1. expellent
  2. expellents
  3. expeller
  4. expellers
  5. expelleth
  6. expelling
  7. expellings
  8. expells
  9. expels
  10. expence
  11. expences

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