defecate (redirected from defecating)

def·e·cate  (df-kt)

v. def·e·cat·ed, def·e·cat·ing, def·e·cates

v.intr.

To void feces from the bowels.

v.tr.

1. To remove (impurities, as in a chemical solution); clarify.

2. To void (feces) from the bowels.

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[Latin dfaecre, to clean the dregs from : d-, de- + faex, faec-, dregs.]

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defe·cation n.

defe·cator n.

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defecate, defaecate [ˈdɛfɪˌkeɪt]

vb

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (intr) to discharge waste from the body through the anus

2. (Chemistry) (tr) to clarify or remove impurities from (a solution, esp of sugar)

[from Latin dēfaecāre to cleanse from dregs, from de- + faex sediment, dregs]

defecation , defaecation n

defecator , defaecator n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

defecate - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" ca-ca, crap, take a crap, take a shit, shit, stool, make make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, piss, wee, wee-wee, urinate, piddle, puddle, make - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" dung - defecate; used of animals

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defecate

verb excrete, eliminate, shit (taboo slang), discharge, evacuate (Physiology), crap (taboo slang), dump (slang, chiefly U.S.), pass a motion, move the bowels, empty the bowels, open the bowels, egest, void excrement Animals defecate after every meal.

Translations

defecate [ˈdefəkeɪt] VI → defecar

defecate [ˈdɛfəkeɪt] vi [person, animal] → déféquer

defecate

vi → den Darm entleeren, defäkieren (form)

defecate [ˈdɛfəkeɪt] vi (frm) → defecare

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defecate [ˈdɛfəkeɪt] vi (frm) → defecare