to menstruate
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- verb
- /ˈmɛnstruˌeɪt/
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menstruar
- Her best friend Maggie, whose mother is a state senator, has already begun to menstruate.
- menstruating woman
- stop menstruating
And Minnesota believes trans boys menstruate, that they use boys bathrooms.
- And Minnesota believes trans boys menstruate, that they use boys bathrooms.
- So I'm just wondering, is it true now that men can menstruate?
- I can support trans rights and say no, only women can menstruate.
- And it's like, what kind of world are we living in where a woman says that people who menstruate are called women?
- So I am, and I you're no longer menstruating.
- Everything that controls our hormones are they control how we look, how we feel, how we metabolize, how we sleep, how we menstruate.
- As a man, you know, for all intents and purposes, you are a menstruating woman who's going through hell.
- To say that men can menstruate is a lie and that is now that is what is said.
- And they like when the when the girl is not ovulating but menstruating, they have to sleep in a whole separate bed.
- I bought a soft cup, which is mostly known and used for like menstruate, but it can basically hold everything in.
- And no disrespect to young menstruating ladies or coming of age and young men finding their way, but this music deserves we don't, we shouldn't have to change it.
Examples
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More recent attention has focused on adolescents and young women who stop menstruating for extended periods.
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Yeah, well, I began menstruating this morning, and I had some difficulty inserting the tampon.
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Our daughter started menstruating last week.
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- Are you menstruating now?
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Are you menstruating right now?
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[Dr. Richards] So how old were you when you started menstruating?
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So if you are someone who menstruates and you have symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, hair loss, you just don't feel right.
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Why did Alice conceal from you the fact that she's begun menstruating?
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You're menstruating.
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Our daughter started menstruating last week.
Synonyms
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8.0
To have a monthly loss of blood during a period
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Etymology
Menstruate comes from the Latin root mensis, which means 'month'. So, to menstruate is to have a monthly shedding of the womb lining, which is why people often call it a 'period'.