eject
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
human-sciences
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
psychology
sciences
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”).
Inflected forms:
form: ejects
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ejecting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ejected
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: ejected
pos: verb
tags: past
form: ejects
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The man started a fight and was ejected from the bar.
Andrew was ejected from his apartment for not paying the rent.
In one case at least the land on which a station was built seems to have been rented, as it is recorded that in November, 1868, a certain Mr. Rice Thomas threatened to eject the Carnarvonshire Railway from its Pant [Pant Glas] Station for non-payment of rent!
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.
gloss: To throw out or remove forcefully.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: In other news, a Montreal man was ejected from his car when he was involved in an accident.
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.
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.
gloss: To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
pos: verb
tags: US
transitive
gloss: To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
usually
examples: The pilot lost control of the plane and had to eject.
As the crippled jet spiralled down, the pilot pulled the escape handle, ejecting first his rear-seater, then himself.
gloss: To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Press that button to eject the video tape.
gloss: To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To come out of a machine.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: I can't get this cassette to eject.
gloss: an inferred object of someone else's consciousness
pos: noun
tags: countable
Synonyms: boot out
discharge
dismiss
drive out
evict
expel
kick out
oust
toss
turf out
remove
Related words: ejaculate
ejaculation
ejecta
ejectamenta
ejection
ejective
ejectment
Derived words: ejectability
ejectable
ejectee
ejectile
ejection
ejector
ejectosome
reeject
unejected
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: изгонвам
roman: izgonvam
lang: Catalan
word: expulsar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 逐出
roman: zhúchū
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 驅逐 /驱逐
roman: qūzhú
lang: Czech
word: vyhodit
lang: Danish
word: bortvise
lang: Danish
word: udvise
lang: Dutch
word: buitengooien
lang: Finnish
word: poistaa
lang: Finnish
word: heittää ulos
lang: Finnish
word: häätää
lang: French
word: éjecter
lang: French
word: expulser
lang: German
word: auswerfen
lang: German
word: ausweisen
lang: Greek
word: βγάζω
roman: vgázo
lang: Japanese
word: 立ち退かせる
roman: tachinokaseru
lang: Japanese
word: 追い出す
roman: oidasu
lang: Central Kurdish
word: دەرپەڕین
roman: derperrîn
lang: Macedonian
word: истерува
roman: isteruva
lang: Macedonian
word: истера
roman: istera
lang: Occitan
word: expulsar
lang: Polish
word: wyrzucać
lang: Polish
word: wyrzucić
lang: Portuguese
word: expulsar
lang: Romanian
word: ejecta
lang: Romanian
word: expulza
lang: Russian
word: выгоня́ть
roman: vygonjátʹ
lang: Russian
word: вы́гнать
roman: výgnatʹ
lang: Russian
word: прогоня́ть
roman: progonjátʹ
lang: Russian
word: прогна́ть
roman: prognátʹ
lang: Russian
word: изгоня́ть
roman: izgonjátʹ
lang: Russian
word: изгна́ть
roman: izgnátʹ
lang: Spanish
word: expulsar
lang: Swedish
word: avhysa
lang: Swedish
word: förvisa
lang: Swedish
word: avvisa
lang: Bulgarian
word: изпускам
roman: izpuskam
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 排除
roman: páichú
lang: Czech
word: vysunout
lang: Danish
word: skubbe ud
lang: Finnish
word: poistaa
lang: Finnish
word: saada ulos
lang: German
word: ausstoßen
lang: Japanese
word: イジェクトする
roman: ijekuto suru
lang: Japanese
word: 取り出す
roman: toridasu
lang: Māori
word: tu(w)ha
lang: Polish
word: wysuwać
lang: Polish
word: wysunąć
lang: Portuguese
word: ejetar
lang: Russian
word: выта́лкивать
roman: vytálkivatʹ
lang: Russian
word: вы́толкнуть
roman: výtolknutʹ
lang: Russian
word: выки́дывать
roman: vykídyvatʹ
lang: Russian
word: вы́кинуть
roman: výkinutʹ
lang: Russian
word: выбра́сывать
roman: vybrásyvatʹ
lang: Russian
word: вы́бросить
roman: výbrositʹ
lang: Russian
word: извлека́ть
roman: izvlekátʹ
lang: Russian
word: извле́чь
roman: izvléčʹ
lang: Swedish
word: mata ut