DEFECATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does defecate mean? 

• DEFECATE (verb)
  The verb DEFECATE has 1 sense:

1. have a bowel movement

  Familiarity information: DEFECATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEFECATE (verb)

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

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

ca-ca; crap; defecate; make; shit; stool; take a crap; take a shit

Context example:

The dog had made in the flower beds

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)

 Context examples 

A sudden compelling urge to defecate.

(Defecation Urgency, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent exerts its laxative effect in higher doses so that hydroxide ions are able to move from the stomach to the intestines where they attract and retain water, thereby increasing intestinal movement (peristalsis) and inducing the urge to defecate.

(Magnesium Hydroxide, NCI Thesaurus)