Defecate
verb
To remove waste from the body through the anus.
After eating, it is normal for humans and animals to defecate.
Often appears as...
- defecate in public
- unable to defecate
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To remove waste from the body through the anus.
After eating, it is normal for humans and animals to defecate.
Often appears as...
- defecate in public
- unable to defecate
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Formality Level
Defecate is a formal term, more clinical than everyday words like 'poop'.
The doctor asked if she was able to defecate normally.
Pro Tip 2/3Public Sensitivity
Using 'defecate' in public or social situations might be viewed as indelicate or impolite.
In polite company, he referred to needing to defecate indirectly.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Context
Defecate is used frequently in medical or health contexts to discuss bowel movements.
Patients are often asked about their ability to defecate when discussing digestive health.
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Video examples
Exclusive: Matt Damon...
want to make it you know goal to really not have open defecation do you think there's any way that you know the world could come close to that that's only 13 years I know okay I think it's happening so rapidly I mean the last two and a half decades two and a half billion
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Mallika Sarabhai: Dance...
Well, millions of people around the world die of waterborne disease every year. And that's because there is no clean water to drink, or in countries like India, people don't know that they need to soap their hands before defecation. So, what do they do?
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Melinda French Gates:...
And I think that's a mistake. And there's some indications around the world that this is starting to change. One example is sanitation. We know that a million and a half children die a year from diarrhea and a lot of it is because of open defecation.
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Why We Need To Talk Shit...
toilet that Hannah's family used the only one in her neighborhood was a shabby and unhygenic pit at night when it wasn't safe to venture out even to this toilet they resort to find toilets defecating in a plastic bag and then in
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A Collection Of Wild...
to save energy for her babies a female has to cut her own energy use almost to nothing special hormones slow her to a standstill and she goes into a deep sleep that will last for months she won't eat drink or defecate she'll
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Pregnant Polar Bear...
To save energy for her babies, a female has to cut her own energy use almost to nothing. Special hormones slow her to a standstill and she goes into a deep sleep that will last for months. She won't eat, drink or defecate.
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The world’s most...
a hole used for urinating, defecating and reproduction— and then shooting it back out with a loud pop. These pops are no more dangerous than a sea lion’s stench, but they are effective at scaring off would-be predators.
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Sherwin Nuland: How...
to be literally defecating on himself, talking nothing that made any sense, and they brought him into the hospital. So these three psychiatrists, after about two or three weeks of observation, laid him down on a table,
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Sloths! The strange life...
Sloths are stealth ninjas, and they rarely leave the safety of the canopy -- except to defecate, which they do about once a week at the base of a tree. Now, this risky and energetic behavior has long been a mystery,
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Cocaine Subs PIPE National...
the men sometimes come up for fresh air otherwise they eat sleep and defecate inside the sub this one stretches 60 feet and can carry about six tons of coke enough to fill an entire dump truck
Video examples
Exclusive: Matt Damon...
want to make it you know goal to really not have open defecation do you think there's any way that you know the world could come close to that that's only 13 years I know okay I think it's happening so rapidly I mean the last two and a half decades two and a half billion
Video examples
Mallika Sarabhai: Dance...
Well, millions of people around the world die of waterborne disease every year. And that's because there is no clean water to drink, or in countries like India, people don't know that they need to soap their hands before defecation. So, what do they do?
Video examples
Melinda French Gates:...
And I think that's a mistake. And there's some indications around the world that this is starting to change. One example is sanitation. We know that a million and a half children die a year from diarrhea and a lot of it is because of open defecation.
Video examples
Why We Need To Talk Shit...
toilet that Hannah's family used the only one in her neighborhood was a shabby and unhygenic pit at night when it wasn't safe to venture out even to this toilet they resort to find toilets defecating in a plastic bag and then in
Video examples
A Collection Of Wild...
to save energy for her babies a female has to cut her own energy use almost to nothing special hormones slow her to a standstill and she goes into a deep sleep that will last for months she won't eat drink or defecate she'll
Video examples
Pregnant Polar Bear...
To save energy for her babies, a female has to cut her own energy use almost to nothing. Special hormones slow her to a standstill and she goes into a deep sleep that will last for months. She won't eat, drink or defecate.
Video examples
The world’s most...
a hole used for urinating, defecating and reproduction— and then shooting it back out with a loud pop. These pops are no more dangerous than a sea lion’s stench, but they are effective at scaring off would-be predators.
Video examples
Sherwin Nuland: How...
to be literally defecating on himself, talking nothing that made any sense, and they brought him into the hospital. So these three psychiatrists, after about two or three weeks of observation, laid him down on a table,
Video examples
Sloths! The strange life...
Sloths are stealth ninjas, and they rarely leave the safety of the canopy -- except to defecate, which they do about once a week at the base of a tree. Now, this risky and energetic behavior has long been a mystery,
Video examples
Cocaine Subs PIPE National...
the men sometimes come up for fresh air otherwise they eat sleep and defecate inside the sub this one stretches 60 feet and can carry about six tons of coke enough to fill an entire dump truck
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Quote examples
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Belgian Dramatist
I don't like apartments - the idea of other people living, copulating and defecating above me - they make me feel as trapped as a slice of ham in a sandwich. When I was a student in Paris, I always rented attics right at the top of buildings, and as soon as I was making enough money, I bought houses.
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Mary Roach
American Author
I could have had a session of defecography, which is a diagnostic test in which X-rays are taken to assess anatomical problems occurring during the process of defecation. I gave it the briefest of thoughts before recognizing that this is beyond the pale - even for me.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
A breeding sow spends most of her life in a tiny cage. It's usually about seven feet long and two feet wide. She cannot turn around. She cannot scratch herself. She must urinate and defecate where she stands. Simply put, I believe she is tortured, day in and day out.
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Rose George
British Journalist
Rules governing defecation, hygiene, and pollution exist in every culture at every period in history. It may in fact be the foundation of civilization: What is toilet training if not the first attempt to turn a child into an acceptable member of society?
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Robert Del Naja
British Artist
I think the problem with the art market and the art scene is that it is its own beast. It thrives and breathes and defecates independently of the artist.
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Mike Tyson
American Boxer
I've lived places these guys can't defecate in.
Quote examples
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Belgian Dramatist
I don't like apartments - the idea of other people living, copulating and defecating above me - they make me feel as trapped as a slice of ham in a sandwich. When I was a student in Paris, I always rented attics right at the top of buildings, and as soon as I was making enough money, I bought houses.
Quote examples
Mary Roach
American Author
I could have had a session of defecography, which is a diagnostic test in which X-rays are taken to assess anatomical problems occurring during the process of defecation. I gave it the briefest of thoughts before recognizing that this is beyond the pale - even for me.
Quote examples
Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
A breeding sow spends most of her life in a tiny cage. It's usually about seven feet long and two feet wide. She cannot turn around. She cannot scratch herself. She must urinate and defecate where she stands. Simply put, I believe she is tortured, day in and day out.
Quote examples
Rose George
British Journalist
Rules governing defecation, hygiene, and pollution exist in every culture at every period in history. It may in fact be the foundation of civilization: What is toilet training if not the first attempt to turn a child into an acceptable member of society?
Quote examples
Robert Del Naja
British Artist
I think the problem with the art market and the art scene is that it is its own beast. It thrives and breathes and defecates independently of the artist.
Quote examples
Mike Tyson
American Boxer
I've lived places these guys can't defecate in.
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