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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Eject \E"ject\, noun [See {Eject}, verb (used with an object)] (Philos.) An object that is a conscious or living object, and hence not a direct object, but an inferred object or act of a subject, not myself; -- a term invented by W. K. Clifford. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] ||
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Eject \E*ject"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Ejected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ejecting}.] [L. ejectus, p. p. of ejicere; e out + jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth.]
1. To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from the language. ''Eyes ejecting flame.'' --H. Brooke.
2. (Law) To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants from an estate.
Syn: To expel; banish; drive out; discharge; oust; evict; dislodge; extrude; void.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
eject
verb
1: put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom" [syn: {expel}, {chuck out}, {exclude}, {throw out}, {kick out}, {turf out}, {boot out}, {turn out}]
2: eliminate (substances) from the body [syn: {discharge}, {expel}, {release}]
3: leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule
4: cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister" [syn: {squirt}, {force out}, {squeeze out}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
173 Moby Thesaurus words for "eject": abrupt, abstract, alienate, axe, belch, blow open, blow out, boot out, bounce, break out, bump, burst forth, burst out, cashier, cast, cast off, cast out, charge, chase, chuck, chuck out, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks, cock, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, debar, defenestrate, delete, depart, deport, detonate, detrude, disarticulate, disbar, discard, discharge, disconnect, disengage, disgorge, disjoin, disjoint, dismiss, displace, dispose of, dispossess, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, drive off, drive out, drop, drum out, elide, eliminate, emit, eradicate, eruct, erupt, estrange, evict, exclude, exile, expatriate, expel, extravasate, extrude, exude, fell, fire, fire off, force out, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, give the hook, gun, gun for, heave out, hit, hurl forth, isolate, jettison, junk, kick downstairs, kick out, lay off, leave, let fly, let off, liquidate, load, make redundant, obtrude, ooze, oust, out, outlaw, part, pelt, pepper, pick off, pick out, pistol, plug, pot, potshoot, potshot, prime, pull away, pull back, pull out, purge, put out, reject, remove, repudiate, riddle, root out, root up, rout, rule out, run off, sack, segregate, send forth, send out, send packing, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, shed, shoot, shoot at, shoot down, show, shut off, shut out, snipe, spew, split, spout, spurn, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, step aside, strike, strike off, strike out, subtract, take a potshot, throw away, throw off, throw out, throw over, throw overboard, throw up, thrust out, torpedo, toss out, turn out, uncouple, unyoke, vomit, vomit forth, weed out, withdraw
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