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[syn: exsert, stretch out, put out, extend, hold out, stretch forth]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Exsert \Ex*sert"\, Exserted \Ex*sert"ed\, a. [L. exsertus, p. p.
of exserere to stretch out or forth. See Exert.]
Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert
stamens.
[1913 Webster]
A small portion of the basal edge of the shell
exserted. --D. H.
Barnes.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Exsert \Ex*sert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exserted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Exserting.] [See Exsert, a., Exert.]
To thrust out; to protrude; as, some worms are said to exsert
the proboscis.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
exsert
v 1: thrust or extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a
finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting"
[syn: exsert, stretch out, put out, extend, hold
out, stretch forth]