excreting n 1: the bodily process of discharging waste matter [syn: {elimination}, {evacuation}, {excretion}, {excreting}, {voiding}]
Excrete \Ex*crete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excreted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excreting}.] [L. excretus, p. p. of excernere to sift out, discharge; ex out + cernere to sift, separate. See {Crisis}.] To separate and throw off; to excrete urine. "The mucus thus excreted." --Hooper. [1913 Webster]