urinate
verbUK /ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/ · US /ˈjʊɹɪneɪt/
Etymology Borrowed from Medieval Latin urinātus, perfect passive participle of urinō (“urinate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), equivalent to urine + -ate. Compare French uriner.
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Medicine, Sciences, Urology To pass urine from the body.
- Our new puppy still urinates on the carpet, but we're housebreaking her.
- Boys on their campsite should avoid urinating within 200 feet of the lake.
3 more examples
- See that the bladder is emptied just before he goes to bed. Wake him once or twice during the night, and have him urinate.1877, John Harvey Kellogg, Plain Facts for Old and Young:
- The fact that, to the ancients, nothing appeared to be produced without the action of fire or water, or both, suggested the part played by them in the creation of animal and vegetable life. It was a sin to pollute a stream or river by urinating in it.1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 27:
- Pliny the Elder, the Roman encyclopedist, declares that to urinate in a spot where a dog has previously done so results in loss of virility.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 239:
- Synonyms
- break the seal, hit the head, micturate, pass water, pee, piddle, piss, slash, take a leak, take a piss, take a whiz, tinkle, urinate, void, wee, wee wee, widdle, whiz
- Related terms
- urea, urinal, urination, urine, uranate, urinary system, take the piss
- Hypernyms
- answer the call of nature, relieve oneself, see a man, see a man about a dog, see a man about a horse, spend a penny