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English verb: eject | |||
| 1. | eject (contact) put out or expel from a place | ||
| Samples | The unruly student was excluded from the game. | ||
| Synonyms | boot out, chuck out, exclude, turf out, turn out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | expel, kick out, throw out | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bounce, evict, evict, exorcise, exorcize, force out, show the door | ||
| 2. | eject (body) eliminate (a substance) | ||
| Samples | Combustion products are exhausted in the engine. The plant releases a gas. | ||
| Synonyms | discharge, exhaust, expel, release | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abort, bleed, blow, breathe, cough out, cough up, egest, ejaculate, eliminate, emit, eruct, excrete, expectorate, fester, hemorrhage, maturate, ovulate, pass, pass off, shed blood, spew, spew out, spit out, spit up, suppurate | ||
| 3. | eject (motion) leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | exit, get out, go out, leave | ||
| 4. | eject (contact) cause to come out in a squirt | ||
| Samples | The boy squirted water at his little sister. | ||
| Synonyms | force out, squeeze out, squirt | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discharge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | extravasate, spritz | ||
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