defecating
present participle ofdefecate
defecate
verb[I]
medicalformalorspecializeduk/ˈdef.ə.keɪt/us/ˈdef.ə.keɪt/topassthecontentsof thebowelsout of thebody
Animal physiology: excrement & its excretion
- accident
- anal fissure
- bathroom
- bowel
- crap
- defecate
- doo-doo
- dung
- excrement
- excreta
- excrete
- excretion
- faeces
- go to the bathroomidiom
- motion
- movement
- poo
- poop
- shit
- stool
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The source of such an increase in contamination is likely to be the birdsdefecatingonto one another, as well as upon the crates.
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Urinating ordefecatingin public places increasingly became an aestheticized experience for which a man was required to pay an attendant.
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Life is quickly reduced to the lowest common denominators of eating, sleeping,defecating, avoiding punishment, and grappling with illness.
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Hygiene parameters were consequently evaluated by multivariate analysis for all food vendors, and additionally in the subgroup of subjects who reporteddefecatingduring working hours to confirm overall trends.
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One felt that its members in a way regarded dogs as some sort of mobiledefecatingmechanism that would probably get into the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Many babies finddefecatingto be an unsettling process, especially as they transition to solid food.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.All around, children were so afraid they weredefecating.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This route is the consequence of infected personsdefecatingnear a water source, and uninfected persons consuming contaminated water.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The symptoms relate to the organ affected and can include obstruction (leading to difficulty swallowing ordefecating), abnormal bleeding or other associated problems.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some report difficulty cleaning the area afterdefecatingand report that washing is necessary in addition to or as a substitute for wiping.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Spagg also swore throughout and showed himselfdefecating.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He frequently ran away from school, vandalized property and was expelled afterdefecatingin the shower of his high school locker room.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The extensive close confinement caused them to stop urinating ordefecating, made them restless, and caused their general condition to deteriorate.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This vulture uses urohidrosis,defecatingon its legs, to lower its body temperature.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Even when raising young together, adult foxes generally hunt alone, marking their territory bydefecatingat specific latrine sites.
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