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wee

/wi/
/wi/
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Other forms: weer; wees; weest; weeing

Definitions of wee
  1. noun
    a short time
    “bide a wee
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    type of:
    time
    an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
  2. adjective
    (used informally) very small
    “a wee tot”
    little, small
    limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
  3. adjective
    very early
    “the wee hours of the morning”
    synonyms:
    early
    at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
  4. verb
    eliminate urine
    synonyms:
    urinate
    pass after the manner of urine
    ca-ca, defecate, make, stool
    have a bowel movement
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    types:
    wet
    make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating
    stale
    urinate, of cattle and horses
    type of:
    egest, eliminate, excrete, pass
    eliminate from the body
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