Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pass water

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English

Syllables: pass wa-ter
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Example Sentences

"My bladder has also been affected by nerve damage: sometimes I cannot pass water, sometimes I have to have a catheter."
"[P]atients arrived at hospitals complaining of fatigue, loss of appetite, joint pain and difficulty passing water."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

passes water (present, singular) passing water (participle, present) passed water (participle, past) passed water (past)

Phrases

move one's bowels

Frequently Paired Words

move one's bowels

Synonyms

make water make urinate piddle puddle micturate piss pee pee-pee relieve oneself take a leak spend a penny

Questions

What does pass water mean?: To urinate.
Where does pass water come from?: From medical use of pass to refer to removing a substance from the body through natural processes.

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