defecate

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To excrete feces from one's bowels.
2. (archaic, transitive) To pass (something) as excrement; to purge.
3. (also, archaic, figuratively, transitive) To clean (something) of dregs, impurities, etc.; to purify.

Adj

Freed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.

Synonyms

shit

💩

excrete

take a shit

crap

stool

evacuate

give birth

take a crap

ca-ca

make

move one’s bowels

pass

void

poo

clarify

refine

act of defecating

urinate

excrement

go to the toilet

drop

purge

purify

squeeze

go to stool

relieve nature

wash away

bowel movement

defecate on

have diarrhea

lay eggs

void excrement

have an evacuation

taish

take a dump

absterge

defaecate

clean

cleanse

clear

clear out

defaecate

defecation

dung

ease

egest

eliminate

empty

faeces

feceate

Translations

déféquer

defecar

defecare

defecar

chier

💩

defäkieren

poepen

aller à la selle

scheißen

💩

cacare

faire caca

defecar

cagar

💩

kakken

ontlasting hebben

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɛfɪkeɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēfaecātus, the perfect passive participle of dēfaecō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also faeces; cognate with French déféquer.