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Piddle

To deal in trifles; to concern one's self with trivial matters rather than with those that are important.

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Verb group 8

Defecate 84% connected

Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Defecate 84% connected

Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Make 84% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Make 84% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Stool 84% connected

A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Stool 84% connected

A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Urinate 84% connected

To discharge urine; to make water.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Urinate 84% connected

To discharge urine; to make water.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 10

Drop 76% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Egest 76% connected

To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Eliminate 76% connected

To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Excrement 76% connected

Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories; especially, alvine, discharges;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Excreta 76% connected

Matters to be excreted.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Excrete 76% connected

To separate and throw off; to excrete urine.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Excretion 76% connected

The act of excreting.

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Expend 76% connected

To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend mon…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spend 76% connected

To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.

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Manner of action 2

Stale 76% connected

The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wet 76% connected

Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet…

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Derivationally related 6

Micturition 74% connected

The act of voiding urine; also, a morbidly frequent passing of the urine, in consequence of disease.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Micturition 74% connected

The act of voiding urine; also, a morbidly frequent passing of the urine, in consequence of disease.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Urinary 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the urine; as, the urinary bladder; urinary excretions.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Urinary 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the urine; as, the urinary bladder; urinary excretions.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wee 74% connected

A little; a bit, as of space, time, or distance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wee 74% connected

A little; a bit, as of space, time, or distance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 10

Make 92% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pee 92% connected

See 1st Pea.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Piss 92% connected

To discharge urine, to urinate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Puddle 92% connected

A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Trifle 92% connected

A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Urinate 92% connected

To discharge urine; to make water.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Urine 92% connected

In mammals, a fluid excretion from the kidneys; in birds and reptiles, a solid or semisolid excretion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wanton 92% connected

Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Water 92% connected

The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wee 92% connected

A little; a bit, as of space, time, or distance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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