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# excrete

verb (excrete, excretes, excreted, excreting); noun excretion

«excrete» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(science) To get rid of waste from the body, such as poo, urine (wee), sweat or carbon dioxide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excrete/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons excretion is one of the life processes of all living things (in «MRS GREN»: Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, Nutrition). The kidneys excrete urine, the lungs excrete carbon dioxide, and the skin excretes sweat. Plants excrete waste gases through their leaves.

### Examples

- All living things excrete waste. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excrete/#x1)
- The kidneys excrete waste in urine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excrete/#x2)
- We excrete carbon dioxide when we breathe out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excrete/#x3)
- Plants excrete oxygen as a waste product of photosynthesis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excrete/#x4)
- Sweat helps the body excrete some salt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excrete/#x5)
- Excretion is one of the seven life processes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excrete/#x6)

### Note

Scientific word. Noun «excretion». Do not confuse with «secrete» (to make and release a useful liquid, like saliva) or with «excrement» (the solid waste itself).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «excrete» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excrete/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«excrete» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/excrete.html) on Mova free.