Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To undergo menstruation.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To discharge the menses.
- Menstruous.
Wiktionary
- v. intransitive To undergo menstruation.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. obsolete Menstruous.
- v. To discharge the menses; to have the catamenial flow.
WordNet 3.0
- v. undergo menstruation
Etymologies
- Late Latin mēnstruāre, mēnstruāt-, from Latin mēnstrua, menses, from neuter pl. of mēnstruus, menstrual; see menstrual. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Women menstruate on the full moon, ovulate on the new moon, and use lunaception as a form of contraception.”
The Huffington Post: Daniel Bruno Sanz: Bad Moon, Burnt Qurans, Birthers and Flat Earthers
“Women may continue to menstruate, although their periods may grow irregular, falling closer together or farther apart.”
“Later, when she began to menstruate, she felt embarrassed and ashamed by this monthly reminder of her femininity.”
“Here's what talk radio host (and convicted felon) G. Gordon Liddy had to say about the Supreme Court nominee: Let's hope that the key conferences aren't when [Sotomayor] 's menstruating or something, or just before she's going to menstruate.”
“She did not mock the quasi-Maoist and wholly deranged ramblings of his Green Book – "according to gynaecologists, women, unlike men, menstruate each month", is a typical example of Gaddafian prose.”
The Guardian: Lord Woolf's conflict of interest at the LSE | Nick Cohen
“Today the most basic choice is whether or not to menstruate at all.”
“The drugs allow women to menstruate just four or fewer times a year.”
“Which is ironic since I was not the "Woo, I'm woman, let me menstruate!" gal back then.”
Book Review: Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation by Elissa Stein and Susan Kim
“I did, anon, talk to her about birth control and STDs — I did it before she even began to menstruate.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause
“During Sonia Sotoyamor's Supreme Court nomination hearings last year, conservative radio talk show host G. Gordon Liddy said, Let's hope that the key conferences aren't when she's menstruating or something, or just before she's going to menstruate.”
The Huffington Post: Megan Tady: Media, Stop Abusing Female Candidates
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