defecate
verb (used without object)
to void excrement from the bowels through the anus; have a bowel movement.
defecated
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past participleof defecate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof defecate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
defecateverb (used without object)to void excrement from the bowels through the anus; have a bowel movement.
Example Sentences
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A man tried to wrestle a Canada goose, while a woman defecated at the edge of the park’s lake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
The digital pets, which need attending to when they are hungry, sick or have defecated on the virtual floor, grow up as users care for them -- but can die if they are neglected.
From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026
Between us, we have defecated in cat holes, WAG bags, and oil drums alongside service members of different genders and sexual identities.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2025
The scientists have fed the bats pawpaw fruit and, once the bats have defecated on the tarpaulin, they take swabs of the bright orange droppings and store them in test tubes.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2023
As parts of the fruit that we actually take into our mouths, strawberry seeds are tiny and inevitably swallowed and defecated, but other seeds are large enough to be spat out.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
