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u·ri·nate

(yo͝or′ə-nāt′)

intr.v. u·ri·nat·ed, u·ri·nat·ing, u·ri·nates

To excrete urine.

[Medieval Latin ūrīnāre, ūrīnāt-, from Latin ūrīna, urine; see urine.]

u′ri·na′tion n.

u′ri·na′tive adj.

u′ri·na′tor n.

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urinate

(ˈjʊərɪˌneɪt)

(Physiology) (intr) to excrete or void urine; micturate

ˌuriˈnation n

ˈurinative adj

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u•ri•nate

(ˈyʊər əˌneɪt)

v.i. -nat•ed, -nat•ing.

to discharge urine.

[1590–1600; < Latin ūrīna urine]

u′ri•na′tion, n.

u′ri•na`tive, adj.

urinate

Past participle: urinated
Gerund: urinating

Imperative
urinate
urinate

Present
I urinate
you urinate
he/she/it urinates
we urinate
you urinate
they urinate

Preterite
I urinated
you urinated
he/she/it urinated
we urinated
you urinated
they urinated

Present Continuous
I am urinating
you are urinating
he/she/it is urinating
we are urinating
you are urinating
they are urinating

Present Perfect
I have urinated
you have urinated
he/she/it has urinated
we have urinated
you have urinated
they have urinated

Past Continuous
I was urinating
you were urinating
he/she/it was urinating
we were urinating
you were urinating
they were urinating

Past Perfect
I had urinated
you had urinated
he/she/it had urinated
we had urinated
you had urinated
they had urinated

Future
I will urinate
you will urinate
he/she/it will urinate
we will urinate
you will urinate
they will urinate

Future Perfect
I will have urinated
you will have urinated
he/she/it will have urinated
we will have urinated
you will have urinated
they will have urinated

Future Continuous
I will be urinating
you will be urinating
he/she/it will be urinating
we will be urinating
you will be urinating
they will be urinating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been urinating
you have been urinating
he/she/it has been urinating
we have been urinating
you have been urinating
they have been urinating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been urinating
you will have been urinating
he/she/it will have been urinating
we will have been urinating
you will have been urinating
they will have been urinating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been urinating
you had been urinating
he/she/it had been urinating
we had been urinating
you had been urinating
they had been urinating

Conditional
I would urinate
you would urinate
he/she/it would urinate
we would urinate
you would urinate
they would urinate

Past Conditional
I would have urinated
you would have urinated
he/she/it would have urinated
we would have urinated
you would have urinated
they would have urinated

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Verb	1.	urinate - pass after the manner of urine; "The sick men urinated blood" make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, wee, wee-wee, urinate, piddle, puddle, make - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
	2.	urinate - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, wee, wee-wee, piddle, puddle, make urinate - pass after the manner of urine; "The sick men urinated blood" wet - make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed" stale - urinate, of cattle and horses egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, stool, make - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"

urinate

verb pee, wee (informal), piss (taboo slang), leak (slang) (slang), tinkle (Brit. informal), piddle (informal), spend a penny (Brit. informal), make water, pass water, wee-wee (informal), micturate, take a whizz (slang, chiefly U.S.) A puppy will want to urinate frequently as he has a small bladder.

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Translations

يبوِّلُ

močit

tisse

virtsata

vizel

losa òvag, pissa

orinare urinare

pissen plassen urineren

late vannet urinere

oddać moczoddawać mocz

urinera

idrar yapmakişemek

排尿

urinate

[ˈjʊərɪneɪt]

A. VT → orinar

B. VI → orinar(se)

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urinate

[ˈjʊərɪneɪt] vi → uriner

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

urinate

vi → Wasser lassen, urinieren (geh), → harnen (spec)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

urinate

[ˈjʊərɪˌneɪt] vi → orinare

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urine

(ˈjuːrin) noun

the waste fluid passed out of the body of animals from the bladder.

ˈurinary adjective

a urinary infection.

ˈurinate (ˈjuərineit) verb

to pass urine from the bladder.

u·ri·nate

n. orinar, pop. mear.

urinate

vi orinar, hacer pipí (esp. ped, fam)

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