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EXSERT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does exsert mean?
• EXSERT (verb)
The verb EXSERT has 1 sense:
1. thrust or extend out
Familiarity information: EXSERT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they exsert ... he / she / it exserts
Past simple: exserted
Past participle: exserted
-ing form: exserting
... he / she / it exserts Past simple: exserted
Past participle: exserted
-ing form: exserting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thrust or extend out
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
exsert; extend; hold out; put out; stretch forth; stretch out
Context example:
the bee exserted its sting
Hypernyms (to "exsert" is one way to...):
gesticulate; gesture; motion (show, express or direct through movement)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exsert"):
hyperextend (extend a joint beyond its normal range)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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