expel
part of speech
verb (expel, expels, expelled, expelling)
meaning for a pupil
1) To expel a pupil is to make them leave a school for good because they behaved very badly. tree →
2) To expel someone is to force them to leave a country, club or group. tree →
3) (science) To expel something is to push it out with force, like air from your lungs. tree →
4) To expel someone from an office or job is to remove them from it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school life, expelling is the most serious punishment (in the US also "expulsion"). In science: lungs expel air; the heart expels blood. In stories: a hero is expelled from a kingdom. Phrases: be expelled from, expel air.
examples
- The boy was expelled from school for fighting. tree →
- Breathing out expels air from your lungs. tree →
- He was expelled from the club for cheating. tree →
- The volcano expelled ash and gas. tree →
- Squeeze the bottle to expel the water. tree →
- The king expelled the traitor from the land. tree →
- Being expelled is more serious than being suspended. tree →
- The pump expels 2 litres of water each minute. tree →
- He expelled Menesthius from office, rigorously punished the ringleaders of the revolt, and placed himself once more upon the throne. tree →
note
Double the l: expelled, expelling. Noun: expulsion. Trap: suspended = sent home for some days; expelled = sent away for good. In UK schools also "excluded" or "permanently excluded".
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «expel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.