eject
1. put out or expel from a place (Freq. 2)
- The unruly student was excluded from the game
• Syn:
chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out
• Derivationally related forms:
exclusion (for: exclude), ejection, ejector
• Hypernyms:
expel, throw out, kick out
• Hyponyms:
evict, force out, show the door, bounce, exorcise, exorcize
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. eliminate (a substance) (Freq. 1)
- combustion products are exhausted in the engine
- the plant releases a gas
• Syn:
exhaust, discharge, expel, release
• Derivationally related forms:
release (for: release), ejection, expulsion (for: expel), expelling (for: expel), discharge (for: discharge)
• Hyponyms:
expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out,
blow, ejaculate, abort, ovulate, excrete, egest,
eliminate, pass, shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage, spew,
spew out, eruct, fester, maturate, suppurate, emit,
breathe, pass off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule
• Derivationally related forms:
ejection
• Hypernyms:
exit, go out, get out, leave
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
4. cause to come out in a squirt
- the boy squirted water at his little sister
• Syn:
squirt, force out, squeeze out
• Derivationally related forms:
ejection, squirt (for: squirt), squirter (for: squirt)
• Hypernyms:
discharge
• Hyponyms:
spritz, extravasate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
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