--- title: E — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 37 description: The 819 words of the English dictionary under E, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/37/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / E # E — The English dictionary · page 37 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Existential means to do with existence, especially the big questions about why we exist and what life means.[↗](../../existential/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An existential threat or danger is one that could end something completely, such as a species, a country or the world.[↗](../../existential/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) An «existential crisis» is a time when someone worries deeply about the meaning of their life, often used jokingly.[↗](../../existential/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Asking «Why do we exist?» is an existential question.[↗](../../existential/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Some scientists call climate change an existential threat.[↗](../../existential/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother had an existential crisis when he turned eighteen.[↗](../../existential/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Losing its forest is an existential danger for the orangutan.[↗](../../existential/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Philosophers have argued about existential ideas for centuries.[↗](../../existential/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «I'm having an existential crisis about which cereal to choose,» joked Mum.[↗](../../existential/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **exit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A door or way out of a building, room, vehicle or motorway.[↗](../../exit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The act of leaving.[↗](../../exit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "He made a quick exit."[↗](../../exit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a verb, to go out or leave, or to close a program on a computer.[↗](../../exit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Use the fire exit in an emergency.[↗](../../exit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never block an exit.[↗](../../exit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Follow the exit signs to leave.[↗](../../exit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Take the next exit off the highway.[↗](../../exit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Exit the game and save your work.[↗](../../exit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cinema has two exits.[↗](../../exit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · At the exit of the wood the lion stood still, and the Prince took leave of him, having first thanked him warmly for his kind protection.[↗](../../exit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **exodus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Bible) Exodus is the second book of the Bible, telling how Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, through the Red Sea, to Mount Sinai where God gave the Ten Commandments.[↗](../../exodus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An exodus is when a large number of people leave a place at the same time.[↗](../../exodus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Moses led the people out of Egypt in the Exodus.[↗](../../exodus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The book of Exodus tells about the ten plagues.[↗](../../exodus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There was an exodus from the beach when the rain started.[↗](../../exodus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · At the final whistle, an exodus of fans filled the streets.[↗](../../exodus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Ten Commandments are in Exodus.[↗](../../exodus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Jews remember the Exodus every Passover.[↗](../../exodus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is just possible that there may have been a local legend to account for the depopulation by an exodus of the children.[↗](../../exodus/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Kings vi.[↗](../../exodus/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") 23 and Exodus xxv.[↗](../../exodus/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") 18, and indeed Genesis iii.[↗](../../exodus/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") 24.[↗](../../exodus/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../exodus/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Another association between language, mouth, and genitals, though the connection (if any) with the SY is unclear, is found in the idiom עָרְלַת שְׂפָתַיִם ʽorlat sefatayim ‘uncircumcised of lips’, probably meaning one who is unskilled in speech, e.g. \[Exodus 6:12\].[↗](../../exodus/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../exodus/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **exonerated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* If someone is exonerated, they are officially shown or declared not guilty of something they were blamed or accused of.[↗](../../exonerated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* More generally, it means freed from blame.[↗](../../exonerated/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The man was exonerated after DNA proved he was innocent.[↗](../../exonerated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The inquiry exonerated the nurse of any blame.[↗](../../exonerated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · When the real thief confessed, Sam was exonerated.[↗](../../exonerated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She was fully exonerated by the court.[↗](../../exonerated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The video exonerated the goalkeeper.[↗](../../exonerated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the detective exonerated the butler.[↗](../../exonerated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **exoplanet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An exoplanet is a planet that goes around a star other than our Sun.[↗](../../exoplanet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets.[↗](../../exoplanet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An exoplanet orbits a faraway star.[↗](../../exoplanet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some exoplanets are giant balls of gas.[↗](../../exoplanet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Could an exoplanet have life?[↗](../../exoplanet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The telescope spotted an exoplanet by watching its star dim.[↗](../../exoplanet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The exoplanet is too far away to visit.[↗](../../exoplanet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **exoskeleton** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An exoskeleton is a hard outer covering that supports and protects the body of animals such as insects, spiders, crabs and lobsters, instead of bones inside.[↗](../../exoskeleton/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A robotic exoskeleton is a machine suit worn on the outside of the body to help a person walk or lift heavy things.[↗](../../exoskeleton/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A beetle's exoskeleton is hard and shiny.[↗](../../exoskeleton/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Crabs moult their exoskeleton as they grow.[↗](../../exoskeleton/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We have an endoskeleton, but insects have an exoskeleton.[↗](../../exoskeleton/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The exoskeleton protects the spider's soft body.[↗](../../exoskeleton/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A robotic exoskeleton helped the man walk again.[↗](../../exoskeleton/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We found the empty exoskeleton of a cicada on a tree.[↗](../../exoskeleton/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **exotic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Exotic means coming from or belonging to a faraway country, especially a hot one, and seeming unusual and exciting.[↗](../../exotic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Exotic can mean very unusual and colourful, not ordinary.[↗](../../exotic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) An exotic species is a plant or animal brought into a place where it does not naturally live.[↗](../../exotic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We tried exotic fruits like lychees and passion fruit.[↗](../../exotic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Parrots are exotic birds from warm countries.[↗](../../exotic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The holiday brochure showed exotic beaches.[↗](../../exotic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Keeping exotic pets like snakes needs special care.[↗](../../exotic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Rabbits were an exotic species in Australia and spread everywhere.[↗](../../exotic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her costume was bright and exotic.[↗](../../exotic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **expand** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To expand is to become bigger, or to make something bigger.[↗](../../expand/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To expand something like a business or town is to make it grow and cover more.[↗](../../expand/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To expand on an idea is to say or write more about it.[↗](../../expand/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In maths, to expand is to write something out in a longer form.[↗](../../expand/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Metals expand when they get hot.[↗](../../expand/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Water expands when it freezes, so a full bottle in the freezer can crack.[↗](../../expand/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The balloon expanded as I blew into it.[↗](../../expand/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Write 4,206 in expanded form: 4,000 + 200 + 6.[↗](../../expand/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please expand on your idea with an example.[↗](../../expand/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The town expanded into the fields.[↗](../../expand/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Your lungs expand when you breathe in.[↗](../../expand/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The bakery expanded and opened a second shop.[↗](../../expand/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Travelling expands the mind very much," said the beetle.[↗](../../expand/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **expanse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An expanse is a very wide, open area of land, sea, sky or something else.[↗](../../expanse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It suggests something large and empty or smooth stretching out far.[↗](../../expanse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A vast expanse of sand stretched in front of us.[↗](../../expanse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We looked out over the blue expanse of the ocean.[↗](../../expanse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The plane flew over a white expanse of snow.[↗](../../expanse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An expanse of green fields surrounded the farm.[↗](../../expanse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Stars filled the dark expanse of the sky.[↗](../../expanse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The prairie was a huge, flat expanse.[↗](../../expanse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Tartarus was a vast and gloomy expanse, as far below Hades as the earth is distant from the skies.[↗](../../expanse/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **expansion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Getting bigger in size, amount or space.[↗](../../expansion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) The way a material takes up more space when it gets warmer.[↗](../../expansion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The growth of a business, a town or an empire into new places.[↗](../../expansion/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (maths) Writing a number or an expression out in a longer form, such as 345 = 300 + 40 + 5.[↗](../../expansion/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The expansion of the balloon showed that the air inside was getting warmer.[↗](../../expansion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bridges have small gaps to allow for expansion on hot days.[↗](../../expansion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The expansion of the school means we will get a new library.[↗](../../expansion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Write 4,562 in expanded form: 4,000 + 500 + 60 + 2.[↗](../../expansion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The company's expansion brought new jobs to the town.[↗](../../expansion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Roman Empire's expansion covered many lands.[↗](../../expansion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Water's expansion when it freezes can crack a pipe.[↗](../../expansion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **expect** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To think or believe that something will happen.[↗](../../expect/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I expect it will rain.[↗](../../expect/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To wait for someone or something that should arrive: we are expecting visitors.[↗](../../expect/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To think someone should do something because it is right or their duty: teachers expect us to listen.[↗](../../expect/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* "Expecting (a baby)" means pregnant.[↗](../../expect/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In British speech, "I expect" can mean "I suppose".[↗](../../expect/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I expect you're hungry.[↗](../../expect/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I expect it will be sunny tomorrow.[↗](../../expect/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We are expecting Grandma at six o'clock.[↗](../../expect/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · What do you expect will happen when we add the vinegar?[↗](../../expect/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The results were just as we expected.[↗](../../expect/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My teacher expects us to hand homework in on time.[↗](../../expect/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I didn't expect so many people to come\![↗](../../expect/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Roll a dice 60 times and you'd expect about 10 sixes.[↗](../../expect/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Aunt Sue is expecting a baby in spring.[↗](../../expect/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It is just what I expected.[↗](../../expect/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **expectancy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Expectancy is the feeling that something exciting or important is about to happen.[↗](../../expectancy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Life expectancy» is the number of years a person or animal is likely to live, on average.[↗](../../expectancy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Life expectancy in the UK is about eighty years.[↗](../../expectancy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There was an air of expectancy as the curtain rose.[↗](../../expectancy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago, life expectancy was much lower because many babies died young.[↗](../../expectancy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The life expectancy of a pet hamster is about two years.[↗](../../expectancy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The children waited in silent expectancy for the results.[↗](../../expectancy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Clean water has raised life expectancy around the world.[↗](../../expectancy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A dog's life expectancy depends on its breed.[↗](../../expectancy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **expectation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An expectation is a belief that something will happen.[↗](../../expectation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Expectations are what people hope or require someone to do or be: «high expectations».[↗](../../expectation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) Expectation is the average result you expect over many tries, as in probability.[↗](../../expectation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The team did better than expectations.[↗](../../expectation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The film didn't live up to my expectations.[↗](../../expectation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher has high expectations.[↗](../../expectation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Against all expectations, the little horse won.[↗](../../expectation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If you flip a coin 100 times, the expectation is 50 heads.[↗](../../expectation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There is an expectation that everyone helps tidy up.[↗](../../expectation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · While they were assembled in anxious expectation of some terrible calamity, out came a Mouse.[↗](../../expectation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And I said: 'My strength is perished, and mine expectation from the LORD.'[↗](../../expectation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.3.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../expectation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The hope of the righteous is gladness; but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.[↗](../../expectation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.10.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../expectation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish, and the hope of strength perisheth.[↗](../../expectation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.11.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../expectation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **expecting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (euphemism) pregnant, going to have a baby.[↗](../../expecting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* waiting for something you think will come or happen: «I'm expecting a parcel».[↗](../../expecting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* thinking something will probably happen: «we're expecting rain».[↗](../../expecting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My aunt is expecting, so I'm going to be a cousin\![↗](../../expecting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They announced they were expecting their second child.[↗](../../expecting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Is she expecting?[↗](../../expecting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") She's been looking a bit tired.[↗](../../expecting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We're expecting twins in the autumn.[↗](../../expecting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm expecting a call from the dentist.[↗](../../expecting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather forecasters are expecting heavy snow tonight.[↗](../../expecting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher was expecting the answer to be 24.[↗](../../expecting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Expecting what?" asked Tom, who didn't understand the grown-ups.[↗](../../expecting/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · We're expecting a bridegroom, but the confounded fellow has disappeared."[↗](../../expecting/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **expectoration** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, medical) Expectoration is coughing up and spitting out mucus (phlegm) from the chest and throat.[↗](../../expectoration/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* More generally, it is a formal word for spitting.[↗](../../expectoration/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The doctor asked about his cough and expectoration.[↗](../../expectoration/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Some cough syrups help with expectoration.[↗](../../expectoration/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · An old tram sign said «Expectoration forbidden».[↗](../../expectoration/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Expectoration in public spreads germs.[↗](../../expectoration/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Catch coughs in a tissue to avoid spreading what comes up with expectoration.[↗](../../expectoration/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Expectoration is a fancy word for spitting.[↗](../../expectoration/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **expedient** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (adjective) Useful and suitable for getting a result quickly, even if it is not the best or fairest way.[↗](../../expedient/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A quick, clever way of solving a problem, often a makeshift trick.[↗](../../expedient/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Using the rope was an expedient way to climb down.[↗](../../expedient/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her expedient got her out of the trap.[↗](../../expedient/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He found a clever expedient to win the race.[↗](../../expedient/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **expedite** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To make something happen faster; to speed up a process.[↗](../../expedite/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Paying extra will expedite the delivery.[↗](../../expedite/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The school wants to expedite the repair of the roof.[↗](../../expedite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Please expedite your reply.[↗](../../expedite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Filling in the form now will expedite the process.[↗](../../expedite/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We chose expedited shipping so the parcel arrives sooner.[↗](../../expedite/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The manager expedited the order for the party.[↗](../../expedite/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **expedition** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An expedition is a long, organised journey to a far place, especially to explore, study or climb.[↗](../../expedition/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The expedition is also the group of people making the journey.[↗](../../expedition/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, humorous) A short trip with a purpose, like a shopping expedition.[↗](../../expedition/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A military expedition is an organised journey by an army to attack or conquer a place.[↗](../../expedition/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The explorers set off on an expedition to the South Pole.[↗](../../expedition/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The expedition took six months and twenty men.[↗](../../expedition/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists went on an expedition to study rainforest frogs.[↗](../../expedition/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class went on a fossil-hunting expedition to the beach.[↗](../../expedition/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum called the trip to the supermarket «a shopping expedition».[↗](../../expedition/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The mountain-climbing expedition reached the top at dawn.[↗](../../expedition/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The leader of the expedition kept a diary.[↗](../../expedition/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It happened that the men of Lochlann came on an expedition against Ireland.[↗](../../expedition/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **expeditious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Quick and efficient; done fast and without wasting time.[↗](../../expeditious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We thank you for your expeditious reply.[↗](../../expeditious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The council promised an expeditious repair of the road.[↗](../../expeditious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The most expeditious way to the station is by train.[↗](../../expeditious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge asked for an expeditious end to the case.[↗](../../expeditious/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse dealt with the queue in an expeditious way.[↗](../../expeditious/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An expeditious tidy-up meant we could go out to play sooner.[↗](../../expeditious/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **expel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To expel a pupil is to make them leave a school for good because they behaved very badly.[↗](../../expel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To expel someone is to force them to leave a country, club or group.[↗](../../expel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) To expel something is to push it out with force, like air from your lungs.[↗](../../expel/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To expel someone from an office or job is to remove them from it.[↗](../../expel/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The boy was expelled from school for fighting.[↗](../../expel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Breathing out expels air from your lungs.[↗](../../expel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was expelled from the club for cheating.[↗](../../expel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The volcano expelled ash and gas.[↗](../../expel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Squeeze the bottle to expel the water.[↗](../../expel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The king expelled the traitor from the land.[↗](../../expel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Being expelled is more serious than being suspended.[↗](../../expel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The pump expels 2 litres of water each minute.[↗](../../expel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He expelled Menesthius from office, rigorously punished the ringleaders of the revolt, and placed himself once more upon the throne.[↗](../../expel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) … [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/36/) **37** [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/38/) … [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/42/) - ← previous: [page 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