urine

«urine» in Mova's school dictionary: the yellow liquid waste that your body makes in the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (urine — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

Urine is the yellow liquid waste that your body makes in the kidneys and passes out when you go to the toilet. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in science lessons about the human body: kidneys clean the blood and make urine, which is stored in the bladder. Health: pale yellow urine means you drink enough water; dark urine can mean you need more water. Doctors test urine samples.

examples

• Your kidneys make urine. tree →
• Urine is stored in the bladder. tree →
• Pale urine means you are drinking enough water. tree →
• The doctor tested a urine sample. tree →
• Animals mark their land with urine. tree →
• Drink more water if your urine is dark. tree →

note

Uncountable. Pronounced "YOOR-in". Verb: urinate. Informal word: pee or wee.

In the corpora

• "Wee" is the British everyday word for urine or to urinate, often used with children.
• Urine does not help a jellyfish sting and can make some worse; follow local first aid.
• We lose water every day in sweat, breath and urine.

Trees and pragmatics

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