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pass water

pass water verb: to urinate.

Verb

pass water (third-person singular simple present passes water, present participle passing water, simple past and past participle passed water)

  1. (euphemistic) To urinate.
    • My bladder has also been affected by nerve damage: sometimes I cannot pass water, sometimes I have to have a catheter.1996 July 16, Daine Mahood, “Caught in a web of spinal pain”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 27 Jul 2015
    • [P]atients arrived at hospitals complaining of fatigue, loss of appetite, joint pain and difficulty passing water.2015 January 18, Associated Press, “Mystery Kidney Disease Killing Sri Lankan Farmer”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Jul 2015
    Synonyms:
    make water

Synonyms of pass water

Forms of pass water

third-person singular presentpasses water
present participlepassing water
past participlepassed water
pastpassed water

Origin of pass water

From medical use of pass to refer to removing a substance from the body through natural processes.

Questions about pass water

What does pass water mean?
Pass water means to urinate.
What part of speech is pass water?
Pass water is a verb.
What is the past tense of pass water?
The past tense of pass water is passed water.

Words near pass water in the dictionary

  1. pass under the yoke
  2. pass unnoticed
  3. pass up
  4. pass up like a white chip
  5. pass urine
  6. pass water
  7. pass wind
  8. pass'd
  9. pass-agg
  10. pass-and-play
  11. pass-by-future

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