Intransitive uses: (a) of a plant, to send out shoots; (b) to defecate.
Translations
After fertilization, the wheat began to stool rapidly.
Après la fertilisation, le blé a commencé à taller rapidement.
Definitions
To send out new shoots from the base, as certain plants do; to tiller. After fertilization, the wheat began to stool rapidly.
To defecate; to pass feces. The patient has not stooled since yesterday.
(slang) To act as an informer or decoy for the police; to betray by giving information. He was feared in the neighborhood because everyone thought he might stool for the cops.
Synonyms
inform on
void (bowels)
pass stool
evacuate (bowels)
produce shoots
send up shoots
give away
grass (on)
tattle (on)
snitch (on)
rat (on)
squeal (on)
Attributive noun use, e.g., “stool sample”, treated as adjective.
Translations
The laboratory requires a stool sample for the test.
Le laboratoire exige un échantillon fécal pour le test.
tabouretEn apposition ou dans des groupes nominaux techniques. Definitions
Relating to or intended for feces. The laboratory requires a stool sample for the test.
Designed for, intended for, or relating to a seat or piece of furniture that is a stool. The bar has a special stool height counter for casual dining.