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MENSTRUATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they menstruate ... he / she / it menstruates
Past simple: menstruated
Past participle: menstruated
-ing form: menstruating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Undergo menstruation
Example:
She started menstruating at the age of 11
Synonyms:
flow; menstruate
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "menstruate" is one way to...):
bleed; hemorrhage; shed blood (lose blood from one's body)
"Menstruate" entails doing...:
ovulate (produce and discharge eggs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
They menstruate
Derivation:
menstruation (the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause)
