"make water" meaning in English

See make water in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: makes water [present, singular, third-person], making water [participle, present], made water [participle, past], made water [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> water}} make water (third-person singular simple present makes water, present participle making water, simple past and past participle made water)
  1. (euphemistic) To urinate. Tags: euphemistic Categories (topical): Bodily functions Synonyms (urinate): pass water Translations (urinate — see also urinate): οὐρέω (ouréō) (Ancient Greek), ὀμείχω (omeíkhō) (Ancient Greek), txisa egin (Basque), मेहति (mehati) (Sanskrit), hacer aguas menores (Spanish), kasta vatten (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-make_water-en-verb-u~WFOiiv Disambiguation of Bodily functions: 74 26 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English light verb constructions, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 74 26 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 69 31 Disambiguation of English predicates: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'urinate': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'urinate — see also urinate': 87 13
  2. (nautical) To admit water; to leak. Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: urinate
    Sense id: en-make_water-en-verb-nqvXvtCa Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 45 55 Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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