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DEFECATE

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)

Sense 1

defecate ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Have a bowel movement

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

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

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)

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

dung (defecate; used of animals)

Sentence frames:

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

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