verb🔗ShareTo excrete feces from one's bowels."The dog was defecating in the backyard. "physiologybodybiologyanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo purify, to clean of dregs etc."The jeweler is defecating the raw gold ore by removing impurities like sand and other metals. "physiologymedicinebodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo purge; to pass (something) as excrement."The bird defecated a small pellet of droppings onto the windowsill. "physiologymedicinebodybiologyanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading