- (intransitive)
to excrete or void urine; micturate
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u•ri•nate /ˈyʊrəˌneɪt/USA pronunciation
v. [no object], -nat•ed, -nat•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Physiologyto discharge urine.
u•ri•nate
(yŏŏr′ə nāt′),USA pronunciation v.i., -nat•ed, -nat•ing.
u′ri•na′tion, n.
u′ri•na′tive, adj.
- Physiologyto pass or discharge urine.
- Medieval Latin ūrīnātus, past participle of ūrīnāre, equivalent. to Latin ūrīn(a) urine + -ātus -ate1
- 1590–1600
u′ri•na′tive, adj.
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'urinate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-uria
- anuresis
- bathroom
- business
- call of nature
- cat litter
- diuresis
- diuretic
- ease
- emiction
- enuresis
- euphemism
- go
- house-train
- leak
- lithuresis
- make
- micturate
- micturition
- natriuresis
- nature
- number one
- paper-train
- pass
- pee
- penny
- piddle
- pismire
- piss
- relieve
- retromingent
- short
- skunk
- stale
- tenesmus
- tinkle
- urea
- ureter
- urethra
- void
- water
- wee
- weewee
- wet
- whizz