verb · intransitive · rare

shite

shite · shites · shited / shit / shat · shiting

To defecateTo defecate.

/ʃaɪt/

Meaning

1 senses

(Ireland, Scotland, UK, vulgar)To defecate.

Origin

From Middle English schiten, from Old English sċītan (“to defecate, shit”), from Proto-Wes

From Middle English schiten, from Old English sċītan (“to defecate, shit”), from Proto-West Germanic *skītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną (“to defecate”), from Proto-Indo-European *sḱeyd-, *skeyt- (“to vomit, retch, shit”, literally “to shed”). Cognate with Dutch schijten (“to shit”), German scheißen (“to shit”), Swedish skita (“to shit”), Irish sceith, sgeith (“act of spewing, vomiting, shedding”), Albanian shqit (“to tear, separate”).

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Forms

shites, shiting, shited, shited

regular

Base form	shite · to shite
3rd person singular	shites
Present participle	shiting
Past simple	shited / shit / shat
Past participle	shited / shit / shat / shitten

Tenses

shite · shited · will shite · have shited

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	shite
he, she, it	shites

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have shited
he, she, it	has shited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will shite

Past simpleLesson

all persons

shited

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

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