pass water

Relieve oneself liquid

Pass water is a polite or clinical way of saying urinate.

The phrase appears in medical contexts and formal speech where "pee" or "urinate" might seem too casual or too clinical respectively: The doctor asked if I'd been passing water normally.

He had difficulty passing water after the surgery.

urination

bladder

Organ holding urine

incontinence · micturition · void · excrete · pee · urination · toilet · bathroom · latrine · waste

euphemism

restroom

Facility with toilets

privy · facilities · little boys' room · little girls' room · call of nature · spend a penny · tinkle · number one · potty · washroom

relief

comfort

Ease or soothing relief

respite · unburden · pressure · urgent · holding it · empty · desperate · bursting · can't wait

Categories
Opposites
type of bodily elimination

pass waterdefecate

Expel waste from bowels

move one's bowels · pass stool · poop · take a dump · pass gas

fluid intake vs. output

pass waterhydrate

Infuse with water

drink · rehydrate

fluid retention vs. release

pass waterhold it

Command to pause

hold one's water · hold in · reabsorb

Family

water, pass, passing, watery, passed, watered, surpass, bypass, watering

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG