The meaning of DEFECATE is to discharge feces from the bowels.

Defecation (or defaecation) follows digestion and is the necessary biological process by which organisms eliminate a solid, semisolid, or liquid waste material known as feces (or faeces) from the …

/ ˈdef·ɪˌkeɪt / Add to word list to excrete the contents of the bowels (Definition of defecate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

DEFECATE definition: to void excrement from the bowels through the anus; have a bowel movement. See examples of defecate used in a sentence.

Define defecate. defecate synonyms, defecate pronunciation, defecate translation, English dictionary definition of defecate. v. def·e·cat·ed , def·e·cat·ing , def·e·cates v. intr. To void feces from the …

Definition of defecate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

When people and animals defecate, they get rid of waste matter from their body through their anus.