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copulate
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cop·u·late  (kpy-lt)
intr.v. cop·u·lat·ed, cop·u·lat·ing, cop·u·lates
To engage in coitus or sexual intercourse.
adj. (-lt)
Coupled; joined.

[Latin cpulre, cpult-, to join together, from cpula, link.]

copu·lation n.
copu·la·tory (-l-tôr, -tr) adj.

copulate [ˈkɒpjʊˌleɪt]
vb
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (intr) to perform sexual intercourse
[from Latin copulāre to join together; see copula]
copulation  n
copulatory  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.copulate - engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"
nick - mate successfully; of livestock
conjoin, join - make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"
bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, be intimate, lie with, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with, make love, hump, jazz, love, bed, bang, make out, know - have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
tread - mate with; "male birds tread the females"
service, serve - mate with; "male animals serve the females for breeding purposes"
deflower, ruin - deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"
mount, ride - copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow"
breed, cover - copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare"
bugger, sodomise, sodomize - practice anal sex upon
sodomise, sodomize - copulate with an animal

copulate
verb have intercourse, have sex, screw (taboo slang), shag (taboo slang, chiefly Brit.), ball (taboo slang, chiefly U.S.), fuck (taboo slang), hump (taboo slang), bonk (informal) The males will copulate with every female on heat.
Translations
copulate [ˈkɒpjʊleɪt] VIcopular
copulate [ˈkɒpjʊleɪt] vicopuler
copulate
vikopulieren
copulate [ˈkɒpjʊleɪt] viaccoppiarsi
copulate [ˈkɒpjʊleɪt] viaccoppiarsi


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A recent piece in which the artist copulates with a collector has occasioned all manner of hand-wringing among her apologists, many of whom undoubtedly feel she's gone and spoiled everything with her "tacky" stunt.
Among gorillas, for example, one female copulates with one male during a given fertile period.
The iconicity of a eugenically perfect white body-a Bahktinian "classical" body which shows no ruptures or orifices, which is smooth and whole-transforms in Hurston's Seraph into a more grotesque, white trash body--one which eats, copulates, gives birth, defecates, and is melancholic.
 
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