copulates
Engages in intercourse
Copulates means engages in sexual intercourse.
The word is formal or clinical, appearing in scientific contexts, legal documents, or when describing animal mating behavior: The male copulates with multiple females during breeding season.
In casual speech, people typically use cruder or softer alternatives.
Steadily increasing in degree
- thrustingPushing with force
- claspingHolding something firmly
- intromissionAct of inserting within
- coitusSexual joining of bodies
intercourse · fornication · mating ritual · lordosis · tie · knotting · ejaculation · orgasm
Seeking another's romantic favor
- pairingJoining two together
- mountingSteadily increasing in degree
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- ruttingMating season behavior
estrus · heat · nuptial · bonding · attraction · desire · seduction · coupling
Gamete fusion creating zygote
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- gametesReproductive cells for fusion
- zygoteFirst embryonic cell
- embryoOrganism before birth
gestation · offspring · progeny · procreation · insemination · sperm · ovum · breeding
Two-parent genetic combination
- hermaphroditeBoth sexes in one
- gonadsGamete-producing glands
- genitaliaReproductive organs collectively
- reproductive organsStructures for producing offspring
oviposition · cloaca · ovipositor · genital · dimorphism · sexual selection
mounting
Steadily increasing in degree
- thrustingPushing with force
- claspingHolding something firmly
- intromissionAct of inserting within
coitus · intercourse · fornication · mating ritual · lordosis · tie · knotting · ejaculation · orgasm · climax
courtship
Seeking another's romantic favor
- pairingJoining two together
- mountingSteadily increasing in degree
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
rutting · estrus · heat · nuptial · bonding · attraction · desire · seduction · coupling · union
fertilization
Gamete fusion creating zygote
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- gametesReproductive cells for fusion
- zygoteFirst embryonic cell
embryo · gestation · offspring · progeny · procreation · insemination · sperm · ovum · breeding · impregnation
sexual reproduction
Two-parent genetic combination
- hermaphroditeBoth sexes in one
- gonadsGamete-producing glands
- genitaliaReproductive organs collectively
reproductive organs · oviposition · cloaca · ovipositor · genital · dimorphism · sexual selection