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PEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pee mean? 

PEE (noun)
  The noun PEE has 2 senses:

1. liquid excretory productplay

2. informal terms for urinationplay

  Familiarity information: PEE used as a noun is rare.


PEE (verb)
  The verb PEE has 1 sense:

1. eliminate urineplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PEE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Liquid excretory product

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

pee; piddle; piss; urine; water; weewee

Context example:

the child had to make water

Hypernyms ("pee" is a kind of...):

body waste; excrement; excreta; excretion; excretory product (waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body)

Derivation:

pee (eliminate urine)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Informal terms for urination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

pee; peeing; piss; pissing

Context example:

he took a pee

Hypernyms ("pee" is a kind of...):

micturition; urination (the discharge of urine)

Domain usage:

dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism (an offensive or indecent word or phrase)

Derivation:

pee (eliminate urine)


PEE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they pee  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it pees  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: peed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: peed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: peeing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Eliminate urine

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

make; make water; micturate; pass water; pee; pee-pee; piddle; piss; puddle; relieve oneself; spend a penny; take a leak; urinate; wee; wee-wee

Context example:

Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug

Hypernyms (to "pee" is one way to...):

egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)

Verb group:

urinate (pass after the manner of urine)

ca-ca; crap; defecate; make; shit; stool; take a crap; take a shit (have a bowel movement)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pee"):

wet (make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating)

stale (urinate, of cattle and horses)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

pee (informal terms for urination)

pee (liquid excretory product)

peeing (informal terms for urination)


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