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urinate Definition

uri·nate (yo̵or′ə nāt′)

intransitive verb -·nat′ed, -·nat′·ing

to discharge urine from the body; micturate

Etymology: < ML urinatus, pp. of urinare

transitive verb

to discharge as or with the urine

urinate Related Forms
u′ri·na′·tion noun u′ri·na′·tive adjective
urinate Synonyms

urinate

v.

go to the restroom or bathroom, have to go, micturate, excrete, use the urinal, use the bedpan, make water, pee*, tinkle*, wizz*, peepee*, go to the little boy's room*, take a leak*, have a leak*, see a man about a horse*.

urinate Usage Examples

Object

  • blood: The blood doesn't need to be the same as his own blood-type, but he urinates the same blood he ingests.

Preposition: on

  • floor: If your rabbit urinates on the floor, say " No " firmly but without shouting and gently put your bunny in his tray.

Preposition: at

  • night: Symptoms of BPH include; urinary frequency, urgent desire to urinate at night.

Preposition: over

  • lawn: They urinated all over the back lawn, leaving pot holes and dead grass.

Modifying Another Word

  • frequently: Any of these conditions can result in similar symptoms of difficulty in emptying the bladder or the need to urinate more frequently.
  • often: They may need to urinate more often than usual.
  • all: Cheers from the crowd turned to laughter when it became clear the dog had urinated all over the England striker's shirt.
  • then: It then urinates and defecates, covers the hole, and ascends back into the canopy, leaving its natural fertilizer behind.
  • n't: If your child ca n't urinate or produce a bowel movement after 2 to 4 minutes, just try again later.
  • not: By the time he returned home he could not urinate any more.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • out: It is best to urinate out in the open.
  • upon: He has nightmares about being stripped, spat and urinated upon.

Preposition: against

  • wall: Seriously, in the whole history of mankind has energy ever been so liberally urinated against the wall?

Present participle complement

  • stand: The reason being that a school has banned all it's male pupils from urinating standing up.

Preposition: in

  • street: Why have I got to the age of 31 without ever having urinated in the street?
  • public: There are men who have trouble urinating in public.
  • place: Older cats too may start to'miss ' the tray, or may urinate in the wrong place.
  • doorway: I see people vomiting, urinating in shop doorways blind drunk.
  • front: Moreover, testing might take the US route and subject children to urinating in front of their teachers.
  • water: The disease is carried by humans and spread by people urinating in the water.