urinate

«urinate» in Mova's school dictionary: to pass urine (wee, pee) out of the body — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (urinate, urinates, urinated, urinating)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal or medical) To urinate means to pass urine (wee, pee) out of the body. tree →

2) It is the polite, scientific word that doctors and science books use; in everyday talk children say "wee" (UK, Australia) or "pee" (USA). tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons urinating is how the body gets rid of waste water and salts made by the kidneys and stored in the bladder. In health and safety, needing to urinate a lot, or pain when you do, is something to tell a doctor. Signs may say "do not urinate here". Phrases: need to urinate, urinate frequently.

examples

• The kidneys clean the blood and make urine, and we urinate to get rid of it. tree →
• Drinking lots of water makes you urinate more often. tree →
• The doctor asked if it hurt when he urinated. tree →
• Dogs urinate on lampposts to mark their area. tree →
• The sign said "Do not urinate in the pool". tree →
• Most people urinate about six or seven times a day. tree →

note

Past form: urinated. Noun: urine (the liquid), urination (the act). Formal word; informal ones are wee, pee, and (rude) piss. Pronounced "YOOR-in-ate".

In the corpora

• "Number one" means a wee, urinating; children and parents use it.
• "Relieve oneself" is a polite way to say urinate or poo.
• "Take a leak" is slang for urinate.
• "Wee" is the British everyday word for urine or to urinate, often used with children.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «urinate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.