URINATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does urinate mean? 

• URINATE (verb)
  The verb URINATE has 2 senses:

1. pass after the manner of urine

2. eliminate urine

  Familiarity information: URINATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• URINATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they urinate    ... he / she / it urinates   
Past simple: urinated   
Past participle: urinated   
-ing form: urinating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pass after the manner of urine

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

The sick men urinated blood

Hypernyms (to "urinate" 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)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

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 "urinate" 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 "urinate"):

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

stale (urinate, of cattle and horses)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

urination (the discharge of urine)

urinator (a person who urinates)

urine (liquid excretory product)

 Context examples 

Functional Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis (FAMS) Additional Concerns: I urinate more frequently than usual.

(FAMS - Urinate More Frequently Than Usual, NCI Thesaurus)

The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire Short Form (OAB-q Short Form) Waking up at night because you had to urinate?

(OAB-q Short Form - Waking Up at Night Because You had to Urinate, NCI Thesaurus)

The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) Urine loss associated with a strong desire to urinate?

(OAB-q - Urine Loss Associated with a Strong Desire to Urinate, NCI Thesaurus)

The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) Waking up at night because you had to urinate?

(OAB-q - Waking Up at Night Because You had to Urinate, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual has or had difficulty urinating.

(Difficulty Urinating, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms include pain and a burning feeling while urinating, feeling a need to urinate often, and being unable to control the flow of urine.

(Hemorrhagic cystitis, NCI Dictionary)

The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire Short Form (OAB-q Short Form) Urine loss associated with strong desire to urinate?

(OAB-q Short Form - Urine Loss Associated with a Strong Desire to Urinate, NCI Thesaurus)

The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) An uncontrollable urge to urinate?

(OAB-q - Uncontrollable Urge to Urinate, NCI Thesaurus)

A lot of people don’t realize that mosquitoes have kidneys, and when they take a blood meal from you they also urinate on you almost simultaneously.

(Novel insecticide blocks mosquitoes’ ability to urinate, NIH)

The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) An uncomfortable urge to urinate?

(OAB-q - Uncomfortable Urge to Urinate, NCI Thesaurus)