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DEFECATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they defecate ... he / she / it defecates
Past simple: defecated
Past participle: defecated
-ing form: defecating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Have a bowel movement
Example:
The dog had made in the flower beds
Synonyms:
ca-ca; crap; defecate; make; shit; stool; take a crap; take a shit
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "defecate" is one way to...):
egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)
Verb group:
make; make water; micturate; pass water; pee; pee-pee; piddle; piss; puddle; relieve oneself; spend a penny; take a leak; urinate; wee; wee-wee (eliminate urine)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "defecate"):
dung (defecate; used of animals)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
defecation (the elimination of fecal waste through the anus)
defecator (a person who defecates)
