English > eject: 4 senses > verb 1, contact| Meaning | put out or expel from a place. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Synonyms | chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out |
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| Narrower | bounce | Eject from the premises |
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| evict, force out | Expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process |
| evict | Expel or eject without recourse to legal process |
| exorcise, exorcize | Expel through adjuration or prayers |
| show the door | ask to leave |
| Broader | expel, throw out, kick out | Force to leave or move out |
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| Spanish | echar, expeler |
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| Catalan | expel·lir, expulsar, llançar, tirar, treure |
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| Nouns | ejection | the act of forcing out someone or something |
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| ejector | a mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing |
English > eject: 4 senses > verb 2, body| Meaning | Eliminate (a substance). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | exhaust, discharge, expel, release |
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| Narrower | abort | terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion |
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| blow | Free of obstruction by blowing air through |
| ejaculate | Eject semen |
| emit, breathe, pass off | Expel (gases or odors) |
| excrete, egest, eliminate, pass | Eliminate from the body |
| expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out | Discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth |
| fester, maturate, suppurate | ripen and generate pus |
| ovulate | produce and discharge eggs |
| shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage | Lose blood from one's body |
| spew, spew out, eruct | Eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical |
| Spanish | expeler, expulsar |
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| Catalan | expel·lir, expulsar |
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| Nouns | ejection | the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting |
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