menstruate

[ men-stroo-eyt, -streyt ]

verb (used without object)

, men·stru·at·ed, men·stru·at·ing.

1. to undergo menstruation.

menstruate

/ ˈmɛnstrʊˌeɪt /

verb

1. intr to undergo menstruation

Other Words From

• un·menstru·ating adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of menstruate¹

1640–50; v. use of earlier menstruate menstruous, Middle English < Late Latin mēnstruātus, equivalent to mēnstru ( a ) monthly courses ( menstrual ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of menstruate¹

C17: from Latin menstruāre, from mensis month

Example Sentences

For those who do not typically menstruate, breakthrough bleeding was reported by 71% of people on long-acting reversible contraceptives, 39% of individuals on gender-affirming hormones, and 66% of postmenopausal people.

From Time

Then there’s John Fawcett’s brilliant 2000 Ginger Snaps, in which a goth teenager is attacked—and transformed—by a wild beast on the same day she starts menstruating.

From Time

It monitors fluctuations in body heat to predict when users will start menstruating, up to 30 days in advance.

From Popular-Science

This is familiar for many menstruating people who already bear the burden of preventing pregnancy, especially when facing partners who won’t wear condoms.

From Time

Of course, not all women have uteruses, and not all people who have uteruses, or who menstruate, are women.

From Time

For instance, some women use it not only to curb premenstrual symptoms, but also to control when they menstruate.

From The Daily Beast

The always-edifying Ann Coulter tweeted that Marines were “protecting his right to menstruate.”

From The Daily Beast

Today the most basic choice is whether or not to menstruate at all.

From The Daily Beast

The drugs allow women to menstruate just four or fewer times a year.

From The Daily Beast

I ceased to menstruate for about a year, which my doctor has said could have a lasting impact on my fertility.

From The Daily Beast

A girl who began to menstruate when at the age of nine years, became pregnant very shortly afterwards (d'Outreport).

From Project Gutenberg

In my own opinion there is no doubt but that some females really do menstruate while pregnant.

From Project Gutenberg

She was reared in the utmost poverty, was chlorotic, and did not menstruate till she was eighteen years old.

From Project Gutenberg

But then why don't all women menstruate at the same time with the same moon, I mean?

From Project Gutenberg

It is extremely rare for a woman to conceive who does not menstruate regularly.

From Project Gutenberg