defecate

• POS: Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: def=e=cate

OXFORD DICTIONARY

defecate, v.intr. discharge faeces from the body.

Derivative

defecation n.

Etymology

earlier as adj., = purified, f. L defaecare (as DE-, faex faecis dregs)

THESAURUS

defecate

blow, blow out, ca-ca, clean out, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out, clear the decks, crap, deplete, drain, dung, eliminate, empty, empty out, evacuate, excrete, exhaust, number two, purge, remove, scour out, shit, spend a penny, stool, sweep out, take a shit, unclog, unfoul, vent, void

ROGET THESAURUS

defecate

Cleanness

VB be clean, render clean, clean, cleanse, mundify, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up, wash, lave, launder, buck, absterge, deterge, decrassify, clear, purify, depurate, despumate, defecate, purge, expurgate, elutriate, lixiviate, edulcorate, clarify, refine, rack, filter, filtrate, drain, strain, disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize, whitewash, castrate, emasculate, sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep, rout out, clear out, sweep out, make a clean sweep of.