Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
excrete .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the bodily process of discharging waste matter
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Examples
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Earthworms spend most of their time reproducing, eating and excreting, which is where their
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I especially liked the one about the woman who walked by with the sweater that said 'excreting' on it.
The Passing of the Pope Horace Jeffery Hodges 2005
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Within two weeks, 90 per cent of the chickens were excreting tetracycline-resistant organisms.
Johann Hari: Factory Farming Is Manufacturing Superbugs -- and Endangering Us All Johann Hari 2011
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Within two weeks, 90 per cent of the chickens were excreting tetracycline-resistant organisms.
Johann Hari: Factory Farming Is Manufacturing Superbugs -- and Endangering Us All Johann Hari 2011
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Within two weeks, 90 per cent of the chickens were excreting tetracycline-resistant organisms.
Johann Hari: Factory Farming Is Manufacturing Superbugs -- and Endangering Us All Johann Hari 2011
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Even more strikingly, half of all the humans living on the farm were by then excreting tetracycline-resistant bacteria too.
Johann Hari: Factory Farming Is Manufacturing Superbugs -- and Endangering Us All Johann Hari 2011
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Within two weeks, 90 per cent of the chickens were excreting tetracycline-resistant organisms.
Johann Hari: Factory Farming Is Manufacturing Superbugs -- and Endangering Us All Johann Hari 2011
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Within two weeks, 90 per cent of the chickens were excreting tetracycline-resistant organisms.
Johann Hari: Factory Farming Is Manufacturing Superbugs -- and Endangering Us All Johann Hari 2011
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Even more strikingly, half of all the humans living on the farm were by then excreting tetracycline-resistant bacteria too.
Johann Hari: Factory Farming Is Manufacturing Superbugs -- and Endangering Us All Johann Hari 2011
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Even more strikingly, half of all the humans living on the farm were by then excreting tetracycline-resistant bacteria too.
Johann Hari: Factory Farming Is Manufacturing Superbugs -- and Endangering Us All Johann Hari 2011
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