Past tense of excrete
regular verb
The past tense of excrete is excreted. The past participle is also excreted.
Forms of excrete
| Base form (V1) | excrete /ɛkˈskɹiːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | excreted |
| Past participle (V3) | excreted |
| Present participle | excreting |
| Third person singular | excretes |
Excreted in a sentence
- Vorinostat is metabolized and excreted after glucoronidation by uridine diphosphate glucoronosyl transferase (UGT).2015, Aditya Kumar Bubna, “Vorinostat—An Overview”, in Indian Journal of Dermatology, volume 60, →DOI. From the entry glucoronidation
- The worms accumulate natural estrogen excreted in human waste and estrogenlike compounds from plastics manufacturing.2008 March 4, Henry Fountain, “Polluted Worms Help Starling’s Song, but Not Mating Fitness”, in New York Times. From the entry estrogenlike
- Estrogens are eliminated from the body by metabolically conversion to estrogenically inactive metabolites that are excreted in the urine and feces.2012 September 19, Alphy Rose-James, Sreelekha TT, “Molecular Markers with Predictive and Prognostic Relevance in Lung Cancer”, in Lung…. From the entry estrogenically
- Even if a lactant has taken a poison, it will, as the hitherto literature shows, scarcely be excreted into her milk.1950, The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, page 251. From the entry lactant
- To the guards who walked up and down outside, each car became a single organism which ate and drank and excreted through its ventilators.1969 March 31, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Slaughterhouse-Five […] (A Seymour Lawrence Book), New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →OCLC, page 61. From the entry blackbread
Meaning of excrete
- verb To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.
Questions about the past tense of excrete
- What is the past tense of excrete?
- The past tense of excrete is excreted.
- What is the past participle of excrete?
- The past participle of excrete is excreted.
- Is excrete a regular or irregular verb?
- Excrete is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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