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eject

verb
/ɪˈd͡ʒɛkt//ˈiː.d͡ʒɛkt/

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”).

  1. derived from ēiectus
  2. derived from éjecter

Definitions

  1. To compel (a person or persons) to leave.

    • The man started a fight and was ejected from the bar.
    • Andrew was ejected from his apartment for not paying the rent.

  2. To throw out or remove forcefully.

    • 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.

  3. To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another…

      To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule.

      • 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.

    2. To cause (something) to come out of a machine.

      • Press that button to eject the video tape.

    3. To come out of a machine.

      • I can't get this cassette to eject.

    4. an inferred object of someone else's consciousness

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Derived

ejectability, ejectable, ejectee, ejectile, ejection, ejector, ejectosome, reeject, unejected

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at eject. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at eject. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at eject

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA