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defecate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb defecate has 1 sense
- defecate(v = verb.body) ca-ca, crap, make, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" is one way to egest, eliminate, excrete, pass
Derived forms noun defecation1, noun defecator1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
OXFORD DICTIONARY
defecate, v.intr. discharge faeces from the body.
Derivative
defecation n.
Etymology
earlier as adj., = purified, f. L defaecare (as DE-, faex faecis dregs)
THESAURUS
defecate
blow, blow out, ca-ca, clean out, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out, clear the decks, crap, deplete, drain, dung, eliminate, empty, empty out, evacuate, excrete, exhaust, number two, purge, remove, scour out, shit, spend a penny, stool, sweep out, take a shit, unclog, unfoul, vent, voidROGET THESAURUS
defecate
Cleanness
VB be clean, render clean, clean, cleanse, mundify, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up, wash, lave, launder, buck, absterge, deterge, decrassify, clear, purify, depurate, despumate, defecate, purge, expurgate, elutriate, lixiviate, edulcorate, clarify, refine, rack, filter, filtrate, drain, strain, disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize, whitewash, castrate, emasculate, sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep, rout out, clear out, sweep out, make a clean sweep of.
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