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drate

UK/dɹeɪt/

drate is the simple past of drite.

Meaning of drite

Verb

drite (third-person singular simple present drites, present participle driting, simple past drote or drate or drit, past participle dritten)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete except in dialects) To defecate.
    Synonyms:
    defecate

Forms of drate

alternative formdrait
alternative formdret

Words that rhyme with drate

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Questions about drate

What is drate the simple past of?
Drate is the simple past of drite.
How do you pronounce drate?
Drate is pronounced /dɹeɪt/ (UK).

Words near drate in the dictionary

  1. drastick
  2. drastics
  3. drat
  4. dratchell
  5. dratchells
  6. drate
  7. drats
  8. dratted
  9. dratting
  10. draug
  11. draugar

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drate (page history and authors); drite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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