expel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: expel	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for expel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expel v force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country" Synonym(s): expel, throw out, kick out remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds" Synonym(s): oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves" Synonym(s): rout, rout out, expel eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" Synonym(s): exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expel \Expel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expelled}, p. pr. & vb. n.. {Expelling}.] [L. expellere, expulsum; ex out + pellere to drive: cf.F. expeller. See {Pulse} a beat.] 1. To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel* air from a bellows. Did not ye . . . expel me out of my father's house? --Judg. xi. 7. 2. To drive away from one's country; to banish. Forewasted all their land, and them expelled. --Spenser. . He shall expel them from before you . . . and ye shall possess their land. --Josh. xxiii. 5. 3. To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member. 4. To keep out, off, or away; to exclude. [bd]To expel the winter's flaw.[b8] --Shak. 5. To discharge; to shoot. [Obs.] Then he another and another [shaft] did expel. --Spenser. . Syn: To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See {Banish}.