defecate
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1. defecate - Adjective
2. defecate - Verb
Meaning
Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.
To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine.
To free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify, as from that which materializes.
To become clear, pure, or free.
To void excrement.
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The dog had made in the flower beds
An unspecified or collective occurrence of feces is generally shit or some shit; a single deposit of feces is sometimes a shit or a piece of shit; and to defecate is to shit or to take a shit.
After they bite and ingest blood, they defecate on the person.
Compared to the Antarctic, where there is no major surface predator, Arctic seals use more breathing holes per individual, appear more restless when hauled out on the ice, and rarely defecate on the ice.
In fact, the cucumber and the aardvark have a symbiotic relationship as they eat the subterranean fruit, then defecate the seeds near their burrows, which then grow rapidly due to the loose soil and fertile nature of the area.
Handstand urination is also seen in bush dogs (Speothos venaticus). citation They may defecate in conspicuous places, though a territorial function is unlikely, as faeces are mostly deposited within the clan's territory rather than the periphery.