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love·mak·ing  (lvmkng)
n.
1. Sexual activity, especially sexual intercourse.
2. Courtship; wooing.
lovemaking [ˈlʌvˌmeɪkɪŋ]
n
1. sexual play and activity between lovers, esp including sexual intercourse
2. an archaic word for courtship
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lovemaking - sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two peoplelovemaking - sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life"
love life, making love, sexual love, love
sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat"
lovemaking
noun sexual intercourse, intercourse, intimacy, sexual relations, the other (informal), mating, nookie (slang), copulation, coitus, act of love, carnal knowledge, rumpy-pumpy (slang), coition, sexual union or congress Their lovemaking became less and less frequent.
Translations
lovemaking [ˈlʌvˌmeɪkɪŋ] N (= courting) → galanteo m; (= sexual intercourse) → relaciones fpl sexuales
lovemaking love-making [ˈlʌvmeɪkɪŋ] n → ébats mpl (amoureux)
love nest love-nest [ˈlʌvnɛst] n → nid m d'amour
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"I always had a suspicion that gentleman had a passion for my daughter," said Ricote; "but as I felt sure of my Ricota's virtue it gave me no uneasiness to know that he loved her; for thou must have heard it said, Sancho, that the Morisco women seldom or never engage in amours with the old Christians; and my daughter, who I fancy thought more of being a Christian than of lovemaking, would not trouble herself about the attentions of this heir.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
She puts too much lovemaking into her stories and you know too much is worse than too little.
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By comparison with this method Hooja's lovemaking might be called thinly veiled.
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