/ˈjʊəɹɪn/, /ˈjʊəɹaɪn/, /ˈjʊɹɪn/
OriginFrom Middle English uryne, from Latin ūrīna (“urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade of *woh₁-r̥ (“water, liquid, milk”). Related to *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”) (see udder). Cognate with Old English ūriġ (“wet, moist”). Displaced native English land (“urine”) (from Middle English land, from Old English hland (“urine”)), though lant survives with a specialized sense.
- uncountable, usuallyLiquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.
“An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.”
- archaicTo urinate.
“He got out of bed every time he urined, or tried to urine.”
Formsurines(plural) · urines(present, singular, third-person) · urining(participle, present) · urined(participle, past) · urined(past)