verb
defecate
DEH-fih-kayt
verb
1
To empty the bowels; to pass solid waste from the body.
"The dog defecated on the neighbour's lawn."
How to Use Defecate
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe clinical or formal word for pooping.
When to use it
Formal/medical term; "poop" or "go to the toilet" are the everyday equivalents.
Word Forms
more defecate comparative, defecated past tense, defecates singular, most defecate superlative
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Etymology
From Latin dēfaecātus, the past participle of dēfaecāre ("to remove dregs, purify"), related to faeces ("dregs, sediment").