Coffee is among the most consumed beverages worldwide. According to Statista, an average person consumes roughly 42.6 liters of coffee per year.
expels
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expel
• plexes
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*pel", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expelled, p. pr. & vb. n.. Expelling.] Etym: [L. expellere, expulsum; ex out + pellere to drive: cf.F. expeller. See Pulse a beat.]
1. To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows. Did not ye . . . expel me out of my father's house Judg. Xi. 7.
2. To drive away from one's country; to banish. Forewasted all their land, and them expelled. Spenser. . He shell expel them from before you . . . and ye shell possess their land. Josh. xxiii. 5.
3. To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member.
4. To keep out, off, or away; to exclude. "To expel the winter's flaw." Shak.
5. To discharge; to shoot. [Obs.] Then he another and another [shaft] did expel. Spenser. .
Syn.
– To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See Banish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
Coffee is among the most consumed beverages worldwide. According to Statista, an average person consumes roughly 42.6 liters of coffee per year.