verb🔗ShareTo excrete feces from one's bowels."The baby defecated on the changing mat. "bodyphysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo purify, to clean of dregs etc."The chemist will defecate the solution to remove any impurities before analyzing it. "physiologybodymedicineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo purge; to pass (something) as excrement."The dog needs to go outside to defecate. "physiologybodymedicinebiologyanatomyorganismhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareFreed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified."The air in the newly-cleaned workshop was defecate, free from the lingering smells of paint and varnish. "materialsubstancechemistryenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading