reproducing
Creating new offspring
Reproducing is making copies or generating offspring.
Animals reproduce sexually or asexually.
Machines reproduce documents.
Artists reproduce masterworks.
The word covers both biological replication and mechanical duplication: The printer is reproducing the images at high resolution, These frogs have trouble reproducing in polluted water.
Something that reproduces well maintains quality through copying.
Creating exact copies
- replicatingMaking exact copies
- photocopyingReproducing documents mechanically
- printingReproducing text mechanically
- scanningSystematic visual examination
transcribing · forging · counterfeiting · mimeographing · facsimile · reprinting · bootlegging · pirating
Causing to activate
- inducingCausing or bringing about
- generatingCreating or making
- creatingMaking something new
- elicitingDrawing out responses
prompting · provoking · precipitating · fostering · cultivating · engendering · sparking · replicating
Making exact copies
- imitatingCopying another's manner
- emulatingCopying to equal
- simulatingArtificially replicating something
- mirroringReproducing an image identically
reconstructing · reenacting · restaging · rendering · depicting · representing · capturing · echoing
Reproductive pairing behavior
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
spawning · propagation · fertilization · incubation · pollination · nesting · brooding · calving
duplicating
Creating exact copies
- replicatingMaking exact copies
- photocopyingReproducing documents mechanically
- printingReproducing text mechanically
scanning · transcribing · forging · counterfeiting · mimeographing · facsimile · reprinting · bootlegging · pirating · tracing
triggering
Causing to activate
- inducingCausing or bringing about
- generatingCreating or making
- creatingMaking something new
eliciting · prompting · provoking · precipitating · fostering · cultivating · engendering · sparking · replicating
replicating
Making exact copies
- imitatingCopying another's manner
- emulatingCopying to equal
- simulatingArtificially replicating something
mirroring · reconstructing · reenacting · restaging · rendering · depicting · representing · capturing · echoing · channeling
mating
Reproductive pairing behavior
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- conceptionFormation of an idea
gestation · spawning · propagation · fertilization · incubation · pollination · nesting · brooding · calving · foaling
- copyingcopying, copy, plagiarism, repeating, duplicating
- pest behaviorbiting, chewing, gnawing, burrowing, infesting
- populatingsettling, colonizing, inhabiting, occupying, filling
- starting overreset, reboot, refresh, reload, retry
reproducingsterile
Free from microorganisms
infertile · barren · nonreproducing · impotent · childless
reproducingdying out
Becoming extinct gradually
declining · decreasing · going extinct · dwindling · perishing
reproducingdestroying
Causing complete ruin
eliminating · erasing · deleting · obliterating · annihilating