"move one's bowels" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: moves one's bowels [present, singular, third-person], moving one's bowels [participle, present], moved one's bowels [participle, past], moved one's bowels [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} move one's bowels (third-person singular simple present moves one's bowels, present participle moving one's bowels, simple past and past participle moved one's bowels)
  1. (euphemistic) To excrete feces from one's bowels: to defecate. Tags: euphemistic Categories (topical): Bodily functions, Feces Synonyms: defecate Related terms: bowel movement Translations ((euphemism) excrete feces): 上大號 (Chinese Mandarin), 上大号 (shàng dàhào) (Chinese Mandarin), feki (Esperanto), ulostaa (Finnish), facer de ventre (Galician), dar uma barrigada (Portuguese), опорожнить кишечник (oporožnitʹ kišečnik) (Russian), mover el vientre (Spanish), hacer de vientre (Spanish), hacer aguas mayores (Spanish)

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