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MENSTRUATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does menstruate mean?
• MENSTRUATE (verb)
The verb MENSTRUATE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: MENSTRUATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they menstruate ... he / she / it menstruates
Past simple: menstruated
Past participle: menstruated
-ing form: menstruating
Past simple: menstruated
Past participle: menstruated
-ing form: menstruating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Undergo menstruation
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
flow; menstruate
Context example:
She started menstruating at the age of 11
Hypernyms (to "menstruate" is one way to...):
bleed; hemorrhage; shed blood (lose blood from one's body)
"Menstruate" entails doing...:
ovulate (produce and discharge eggs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
They menstruate
Derivation:
menstruation (the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause)
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