copulated
Engaged in coitus
Copulated is the past tense of copulate, a formal or clinical term meaning to have sexual intercourse.
The word appears most often in scientific, legal, or deliberately detached contexts: The animals copulated in captivity.
In everyday speech, people prefer less clinical alternatives.
Reproductive pairing behavior
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- gametesReproductive cells for fusion
ovum · zygote · embryo · reproduction · breeding · procreation · sexual reproduction · spawning
Reproductive pairing behavior
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- mountingSteadily increasing in degree
- estrusOvulatory mating phase
- rutChannel or tedium
courtship · pairing · pheromones · display · nuptial · spawning · rutting · heat
Sexual intercourse between partners
- passionIntense emotional drive
- consummationFinal completion or achievement
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- unionJoining into one
embrace · sensuality · desire · affection · tenderness · romance · coupling · bedded
mating
Reproductive pairing behavior
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
- conceptionFormation of an idea
gametes · ovum · zygote · embryo · reproduction · breeding · procreation · sexual reproduction · spawning · pollination
mating
Reproductive pairing behavior
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- mountingSteadily increasing in degree
- estrusOvulatory mating phase
rut · courtship · pairing · pheromones · display · nuptial · spawning · rutting · heat · bonding
lovemaking
Sexual intercourse between partners
- passionIntense emotional drive
- consummationFinal completion or achievement
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
union · embrace · sensuality · desire · affection · tenderness · romance · coupling · bedded · carnal
conception
Formation of an idea
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
gestation · birth · progeny · descendants · lineage · heredity · genes · inheritance · posterity · begetting