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Verb
/ˈkäpyəˌlāt/,
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copulating, present participle; copulated, past tense; copulated, past participle; copulates, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Have sexual intercourse

  1. engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"
  2. (copulation) sexual intercourse: 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
  3. In biology, mating is the pairing of opposite-sex or hermaphroditic organisms for copulation and in social animals it also includes the raising of their offspring. For animals, mating methods include random mating, disassortative mating, assortative mating, or a mating pool.
  4. (Copulation) Sexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, commonly refers to the act in which the male reproductive organ enters the female reproductive tract. Britannica entry. The two entities may be of opposite sexes, or they may be hermaphroditic, as is the case with snails. ...
  5. (3. copulating) I don't think that klutz should be in the saddle. He can't even supervise a procedure without doing something the gets people hurt. ...
  6. Copulation is performed by the male which comes behind the female and inserts the penis under the female shell and mantle, up to the copulating pouch. It is possible to observe a male copulating with a spawning female. It does not mean that the eggs are immediately fertilized. ...
  7. (COPULATION) Usually, the reproductive act by which sperm cells are transferred from a male to a female. In hummingbirds, the male has no intromittent structure (penis), so copulation consists of a quick touch of the tips of the cloacas of the two mates.
  8. (Copulation) The physical act of mating. In the Purple Martin, as with most species of birds, copulation is accomplished by the male climbing onto (or landing on) the back of the female, then both birds making contact with their exposed cloacas. ...
  9. Join together sexually.