Search Result for "egress": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse;
[syn: egress, emersion]

2. the becoming visible;
- Example: "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"
[syn: emergence, egress, issue]

3. the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent;
[syn: egress, egression, emergence]


VERB (1)

1. come out of;
- Example: "Water issued from the hole in the wall"
- Example: "The words seemed to come out by themselves"
[syn: issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Egress \E"gress\, n. [L. egressus, fr. egredi to go out; e out + gradi to go. See Grade.] 1. The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure. [1913 Webster] Embarred from all egress and regress. --Holland. [1913 Webster] Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit all egress. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron.) The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Egress \E*gress"\, v. i. To go out; to depart; to leave. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

egress n 1: (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse [syn: egress, emersion] [ant: immersion, ingress] 2: the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins" [syn: emergence, egress, issue] 3: the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent [syn: egress, egression, emergence] v 1: come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves" [syn: issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress]