eject
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭ-jĕktʹ
ipa: /ɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: ejects
form: ejecting
form: ejected
form: ejected
Etymology: From Middle French éjecter, from Latin ēiectus, perfect passive participle of ēiciō (“to throw out”), or from ēiectō, the frequentative form of the same verb, from ē-, combining form of ex (“out”), + iaciō (“to throw”).
Senses: examples: text: The man started a fight and was ejected from the bar.
text: Andrew was ejected from his apartment for not paying the rent.
text: Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw.
ref: 2012 August 1, Peter Walker, Haroon Siddique, Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified for 'throwing games', Guardian Unlimited:
glosses: To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
examples: text: In other news, a Montreal man was ejected from his car when he was involved in an accident.
text: The lights of Luluabourg disappeared, and we were in the blackness of the African night, which was continuously pierced by the showers of red sparks ejected skywards and red hot ashes deposited on the track as the fireman rocked his fire.
ref: 1958 February 24, Arthur F. Beckenham, “A Journey in the Belgian Congo”, in Railway Magazine, page 93:
text: An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
ref: 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
glosses: To throw out or remove forcefully.
glosses: To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
examples: text: The pilot lost control of the plane and had to eject.
text: As the crippled jet spiralled down, the pilot pulled the escape handle, ejecting first his rear-seater, then himself.
glosses: To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule.
examples: text: Press that button to eject the video tape.
glosses: To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
examples: text: I can't get this cassette to eject.
glosses: To come out of a machine.
Synonyms: sense: compel (someone) to leave
word: boot out
word: discharge
word: dismiss
word: drive out
word: evict
word: expel
word: kick out
word: oust
word: toss
word: turf out
sense: throw out forcefully
word: throw out
sense: compel (a sports player) to leave the field
word: kick out
sense: compel (a sports player) to leave the field
word: send off
sense: compel (a sports player) to leave the field
word: toss
sense: forcefully project (oneself or others) from an aircraft
word: punch out
sense: cause (something) to come out of a machine
word: remove
sense: come out of a machine
word: come out
Hypernyms: sense: forcefully project (oneself or others) from an aircraft
word: bail out
Derived terms: ejectability
ejectable
ejectee
ejectile
ejection
ejector
ejectosome
reeject
unejected
Related terms: ejaculate
ejaculation
ejecta
ejectamenta
ejection
ejective
ejectment