Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chem. See
copulated compound . - noun The act of coupling; conjunction; union.
- noun Sexual connection; coition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
- noun The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual union; coition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
- noun uncountable The coming together of male and female in the act of generation;
sexual intercourse ;coition .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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 occur
Etymologies
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Examples
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In other words, the more vasopressin in the brain, the more male voles want to stick around and mingle with the female after copulation is through.
In the Now How About That Dep’t: The bonding gene | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit" 2008
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308 Complete ablution is rendered necessary chiefly by the emission of semen either in copulation or in nocturnal pollution.
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“What if you get AIDS?” she fretted, completely ignorant of or at least neglecting the fact that female-female copulation is virtually STD-transmission-free, fully focused on AIDS as “the gay disease” or, at the very least, “the promiscuous people’s disease,” and naturally since I am bisexual I’m also promiscuous, because all true bisexuals are.
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To complicate the situation, the cow emits a “postcopulatory rumble” after copulation, which is thought to invite a challenging bull that might be bigger and therefore preferred.
The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007
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To complicate the situation, the cow emits a “postcopulatory rumble” after copulation, which is thought to invite a challenging bull that might be bigger and therefore preferred.
The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007
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To complicate the situation, the cow emits a “postcopulatory rumble” after copulation, which is thought to invite a challenging bull that might be bigger and therefore preferred.
The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007
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To complicate the situation, the cow emits a “postcopulatory rumble” after copulation, which is thought to invite a challenging bull that might be bigger and therefore preferred.
The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007
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Lastly comes the sin of not observing the right manner of copulation, which is more grievous if the abuse regards the
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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The special process which secures this union of the male and female elements is termed copulation or coitus.
Men Women and God Arthur Herbert Gray 1912
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The other season in which it is dangerous to come in their way, is at the time of their copulation, which is generally about this time of the year.
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