copulate
verb (used without object)
to engage in sexual intercourse.
copulating
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present participleof copulate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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To my knowledge there’s no current crisis involving boars and sows copulating in public view and offending the sensibilities of Angelenos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
Bigger males monopolize females, physically separating small males from their partner if they spot them copulating.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2023
In “Metamorphoses,” the Roman poet Ovid wrote about a man, Tiresias, who became a woman when he struck two copulating snakes.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2016
During this period the female beetle releases the pheromone that makes the male abstain from copulating with her, allowing both to spend their time caring for the developing larvae.
From Reuters ● Mar. 22, 2016
And as the phenomenon of heredity is inseparably connected with the reproductive process, we may further conclude that these two copulating nuclei "convey the characteristics which are transmitted from parents to offspring."
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
