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MENSTRUATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does menstruate mean? 

MENSTRUATE (verb)
  The verb MENSTRUATE has 1 sense:

1. undergo menstruationplay

  Familiarity information: MENSTRUATE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MENSTRUATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they menstruate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it menstruates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: menstruated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: menstruated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: menstruating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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