cop·u·late
(kŏp′yə-lāt′)intr.v. cop·u·lat·ed, cop·u·lat·ing, cop·u·lates
1. To engage in sexual intercourse in which the penis is inserted into the vagina.
2. To transfer male reproductive cells from one individual to another, usually into an internal organ or cavity, such as a cloaca. Used of animals.
adj. (-lĭt)
Coupled; joined.
[Latin cōpulāre, cōpulāt-, to join together, from cōpula, link.]
cop′u·la′tion n.
cop′u·la·to′ry (-lə-tôr′ē) adj.
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| Noun | 1. |  copulation - the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occurcarnal knowledge, coition, coitus, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation, intercourse, relation, congress sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat" insemination - the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female hank panky - illicit sexual intercourse penetration - the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman criminal congress, unlawful carnal knowledge - forbidden or tabu sexual intercourse between individuals |
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copulation
noun sexual intercourse, love, sex, lovemaking, the other (informal), coupling, congress, mating, intimacy, sex act, nookie (slang), coitus, carnal knowledge, rumpy-pumpy (slang), legover (slang), venery (archaic), coition Couples engaged in acts of copulation in full view of the public.
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copulation
n → Kopulation f
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cop·u·la·tion
n. copulación, relaciones sexuales.
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