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exsert

/ɪkˈsɜː(ɹ)t/

exsert verb: to thrust out; to cause to protrude.

Verb

exsert (third-person singular simple present exserts, present participle exserting, simple past and past participle exserted)

  1. (transitive) To thrust out; to cause to protrude.
    • Some worms are said to exsert the proboscis.

Adjective

exsert (comparative more exsert, superlative most exsert)

  1. Standing out; projecting beyond some other part.
    • exsert stamens

exsert meaning in Tamil

exsert in Tamil

முன்நிறுத்து, வெளிநீட்டு, வெளிப்படுத்து

Forms of exsert

Verb
third-person singular presentexserts
present participleexserting
past participleexserted
pastexserted
Adjective
comparativemore exsert
superlativemost exsert

Origin of exsert

From Latin exsertus, past participle of exserō (“to stretch out or forth”). See exert.

Words formed from exsert

Questions about exsert

What does exsert mean?
Exsert means to thrust out; to cause to protrude.
What is exsert in Tamil?
Exsert in Tamil is முன்நிறுத்து, வெளிநீட்டு, வெளிப்படுத்து. See Exsert meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is exsert?
Exsert can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce exsert?
Exsert is pronounced /ɪkˈsɜː(ɹ)t/.
What is the past tense of exsert?
The past tense of exsert is exserted.

Words near exsert in the dictionary

  1. exsects
  2. exsequatur
  3. exsequaturs
  4. exsequies
  5. exsequy
  6. exsert
  7. exserted
  8. exsertile
  9. exserting
  10. exsertion
  11. exsertions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: exsert (page history and authors); exsert (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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