eject
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Is eject a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle Yes
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To compel (a person or persons) to leave.Examples: "The man started a fight and was ejected from the bar."; "Andrew was ejected from his apartment for not paying the 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."transitive
2. (transitive) To throw out or remove forcefully.Examples: "In other news, a Montreal man was ejected from his car when he was involved in an accident."; "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."Synonyms: throw outtransitive
3. (US, transitive) To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.Synonyms: kick out, send off, tossUStransitive
4. (usually intransitive) 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: "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."Synonyms: punch outintransitiveusually
5. (transitive) To cause (something) to come out of a machine.Examples: "Press that button to eject the video tape."transitive
6. (intransitive) To come out of a machine.Examples: "I can't get this cassette to eject."Synonyms: come outintransitive
noun (English)
1. (psychology, countable) an inferred object of someone else's consciousnesscountable
Definition source: Wiktionary