drite
UK/dɹaɪt/
drite verb: to defecate.
Verb
drite (third-person singular simple present drites, present participle driting, simple past drote or drate or drit, past participle dritten)
Synonyms of drite
Forms of drite
| third-person singular present | drites |
|---|---|
| present participle | driting |
| past | drote |
| past | drate |
| past | drit |
| past participle | dritten |
| alternative form | dryte |
| alternative form | drytt |
Origin of drite
From Middle English driten, from Old English *drītan, from Proto-West Germanic *drītan, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną. Cognate with Dutch drijten, Old Norse dríta, Norwegian drite, and Low German drieten; compare English dirt, Scots drite, and Middle English drit.
Words formed from drite
Words that rhyme with drite
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- knight
- slight
- Dwight
- height
- sight
- night
- sprite
- fight
- parasite
- site
- alight
- smite
- all right
- blight
- might
- mite
- skite
- cite
- indite
- lite
- outright
- plight
- bight
- excite
- ignite
- invite
- overnight
- uptight
- wight
- accite
- alright
- benight
- bewrite
- blite
- copyright
- despite
- dight
- disunite
- finite
- flite
- hight
- incite
- recite
- relight
- rewrite
- sleight
- spite
- spright
Questions about drite
- What does drite mean?
- Drite means to defecate.
- What part of speech is drite?
- Drite is a verb.
- How do you pronounce drite?
- Drite is pronounced /dɹaɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of drite?
- The past tense of drite is drote.
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