Definition of eject Eject

/ɪʤɛˈkt/ - [ijekt] - e•ject

We found 20 definitions of eject from 7 different sources.

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What does eject mean?

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Verb

ejects, ejecting, ejected  

eject - put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game"
  chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out
  kick out, expel, throw out force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"
  evict, force out expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"
  evict expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"
  show the door ask to leave; "I was shown the door when I asked for a raise"
  bounce hit something so that it bounces; "bounce a ball"
  exorcise, exorcize expel through adjuration or prayers; "exorcise evil spirits"
eject - leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule
  exit, go out, get out, leave lose the lead
eject - eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
  exhaust, discharge, expel, release
  cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit up, spit out give reluctantly; "He coughed up some money for his children's tuition"
  blow exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
  ejaculate eject semen
  abort terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
  ovulate produce and discharge eggs; "women ovulate about once every month"
  egest, excrete, eliminate, pass eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
  hemorrhage, shed blood, bleed lose blood from one's body
  spew out, eruct, spew eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical; "the volcano spews out molten rocks every day"; "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate"
  fester, suppurate, maturate ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering"
  emit, pass off, breathe expel (gases or odors)
eject - cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister"
  squirt, force out, squeeze out
  discharge release from military service
  spritz cover (a location) wholly or partially by squirting a liquid onto it; "Spritz the lawn with water"
  extravasate geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • eject (Noun)
    A button on a machine that causes something to be ejected from the machine.
  • eject (Noun)
    By analogy with subject and object an inferred object of someone else's consciousness.
  • eject (Verb)
    To compel a person or persons to leave.
  • eject (Verb)
    To throw out forcefully.
  • eject (Verb)
    To compel a sports player to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
  • eject (Verb)
    To cause something to come out of a machine.
  • eject (Verb)
    To project oneself from an aircraft.
  • eject (Verb)
    To come out of a machine.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • eject (v. t.)
    To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from the language.
  • eject (v. t.)
    To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants from an estate.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • eject
    To force a person or persons to leave a place.
  • eject
    To throw out violently.
  • eject
    To come out of a machine.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • eject
    e-jekt′, v.t. to cast out: to dismiss: to dispossess of: to expel.—ns. E′ject, a coinage of Prof. Clifford for an inferred existence, a thing thrown out of one's own consciousness, as distinguished from object, a thing presented in one's consciousness; Ejec′tion, discharge: expulsion: state of being ejected: vomiting: that which is ejected.—adj. Ejec′tive.—ns. Eject′ment, expulsion; dispossession: (law) an action for the recovery of the possession of land; Eject′or, one who ejects or dispossesses another of his land: any mechanical apparatus for ejecting. [L. ejectāre, freq. of ejicĕre, ejectume, out, jacĕre, to throw.]

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

  • eject
    The spring which operates an ejector.

Part of speech

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  • eject, verb, present, 1st person singular of eject (infinitive).
  • eject, verb (infinitive).

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