Defecate is an English word with synonyms like stool or eliminate. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Defecate meaning
- To excrete feces from one's bowels.
- To pass (something) as excrement; to purge.
- To clean (something) of dregs, impurities, etc.; to purify.
Synonyms of Defecate
Using Defecate
- The main meaning on this page is: To excrete feces from one's bowels. | To pass (something) as excrement; to purge. | To clean (something) of dregs, impurities, etc.; to purify.
- Useful related words include: stool, eliminate, egest, excrete.
- In the example corpus, defecate often appears in combinations such as: to defecate, defecate in, defecate on.
Context around Defecate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Defecate
- In this selection, "defecate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, someone, now, population and openly stand out and add context to how "defecate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and even defecate in the and began to defecate on it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "defecate" sits close to words such as abdelaziz, absolutist and accrual, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with defecate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The one over there was provided by the area boys where they defecate. (13 words)
They proceed to defecate on plants while digging out new seeds and bulbs. (13 words)
In the United Nation’s global ranking, India ranks the highest country whose population defecate openly. (16 words)
It’s ok to defecate in the streets if you’re homeless, do any kind of theft under $1000 as long as it’s deemed “non-violent”, and don’t get me started on the release of violent illegal aliens. (40 words)
In the other parts of the sprawling city, many, living in houses without identifiable toilets, are said to be compelled to defecate at open spaces such as dump sites and on the bank of slowly flowing streams and rivers. (39 words)
Some haven’t washed for days because they do not have money to buy soap, and many now defecate in the open because nearby toilets cost the equivalent of 4 U.S. cents to use. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
It might also include watching someone defecate, being watched while taking a dump or smearing feces on someone’s body.
Unlike most other arboreal species, sloths also will go down to the ground about once a week to defecate or urinate, rather then just letting their waste drop down from above.
On the way home, he crossed Rodriguez's son's lawn and his dog began to defecate on it.
The one over there was provided by the area boys where they defecate.
The Seine turned into a protest site in June when activists threatened to defecate for the same reason, reflecting how the river is a crucial but sensitive part of the Olympics.
They flung food, screamed, fought and tried to defecate on the floor, according to records of 568 emergency calls over 13 months, many depicting scenes of mayhem.
They proceed to defecate on plants while digging out new seeds and bulbs.
Seeing the Post publish this ridiculous article is like watching someone you respected and admired stumble out of a door naked and drunk, to then defecate in the street.
Some haven’t washed for days because they do not have money to buy soap, and many now defecate in the open because nearby toilets cost the equivalent of 4 U.S. cents to use.
The post blew up with criticisms, but Lesh fired back, challenging others to walk on the log and even defecate in the lake.
However, the situation for sanitation is still bleak: approximately 43 million Pakistanis still defecate in the open, and our Millennium Development Goal (MDG 7) of increasing access to sanitation may not be met until 2027.
In the other parts of the sprawling city, many, living in houses without identifiable toilets, are said to be compelled to defecate at open spaces such as dump sites and on the bank of slowly flowing streams and rivers.
It also raised alarms about the level of hygiene in overcrowded institutions, where researchers said “people are routinely forced to sleep, eat, urinate and defecate in the same space”.
It’s ok to defecate in the streets if you’re homeless, do any kind of theft under $1000 as long as it’s deemed “non-violent”, and don’t get me started on the release of violent illegal aliens.
She also said that labourers stay at some vacant plots and defecate in open as they have no facility at toiled at the place of their residence.
They say most of them defecate in the open because the pit latrines are full and have been closed down.
According to WHO in a press statement posted on its website yesterday, worldwide, 2.3 billion people lack basic sanitation (with almost half forced to defecate in the open).
Also, they face sexual violations and other physical insecurities from going out to defecate at late hours.
In the United Nation’s global ranking, India ranks the highest country whose population defecate openly.
In three studies that were either uncontrolled or had very small sample sizes, there was evidence that squatting to defecate has positive effects on the ease and extent of elimination.
Common combinations with defecate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to defecate 14×
- defecate in 12×
- defecate on 5×
- they defecate 2×
- then defecate 2×
- defecate at 2×
- and defecate 2×
- larvae defecate 2×