defecate
verb /ˈdefəkeɪt/, /ˈdiːfəkeɪt/
/ˈdefəkeɪt/, /ˈdiːfəkeɪt/
(British English also defaecate)
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they defecate | /ˈdefəkeɪt/, /ˈdiːfəkeɪt/ /ˈdefəkeɪt/, /ˈdiːfəkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it defecates | /ˈdefəkeɪts/, /ˈdiːfəkeɪts/ /ˈdefəkeɪts/, /ˈdiːfəkeɪts/ |
| past simple defecated | /ˈdefəkeɪtɪd/, /ˈdiːfəkeɪtɪd/ /ˈdefəkeɪtɪd/, /ˈdiːfəkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle defecated | /ˈdefəkeɪtɪd/, /ˈdiːfəkeɪtɪd/ /ˈdefəkeɪtɪd/, /ˈdiːfəkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form defecating | /ˈdefəkeɪtɪŋ/, /ˈdiːfəkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈdefəkeɪtɪŋ/, /ˈdiːfəkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- to get rid of solid waste from your body through your bowelsWord Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘clear of dregs, purify’): from Latin defaecat- ‘cleared of dregs’, from the verb defaecare, from de- (expressing removal) + faex, faec- ‘dregs’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.