menstruate
verb/ˈmɛnstɹʊeɪt/UK/ˌmɛnstɹuˈeɪt/US
Etymology
From menstruum + -ate (verb-forming suffix); sense 2 (“to undergo menstruation”) is possibly a back-formation from menstruation.
Definitions
To stain with or as if with menses.
To undergo menstruation, to have a period.
- A woman may have every quality or attribute of marriageableness who menstruates irregularly, or rarely, or even who has never menstruated at all.
- Among the ancient Iranians, the puerpera, like the menstruating woman, was regarded as "unclean".
Menstrual.
The neighborhood
- neighbormenstrual
- neighbormenstruation
- neighbormenstruator
- neighbormenstruous
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at menstruate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at menstruate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at menstruate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA