make water
English
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[edit]Verb
[edit]make water (third-person singular simple present makes water, present participle making water, simple past and past participle made water)
- (euphemistic) To urinate.
- 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author by an Extraordinary Stratagem Prevents an Invasion. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), page 91:
- For, by the fundamental Laws of the Realm, it is Capital in any Perſon, of what Quality ſoever, to make water within the Precincts of the Palace.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 907:
- She was dismayed by this unusual display of independence and took herself off to make water which she did with enough noise for four thoroughbreds.
- (nautical) To admit water; to leak.
Synonyms
[edit]- (urinate): pass water, see also Thesaurus:urinate
Translations
[edit]urinate — see also urinate
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