mating

Speech parts

1. mating - Noun

2. mating - Adjective

3. mating - Verb

Meaning

of Mate

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pairing union coupling sex breeding conjugation procreation copulation matching sexual intercourse crossbreeding sexual union congress commerce marriage
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Antonyms

celibacy monasticism abstention continence abstemiousness teetotalism
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Hypernyms

sex sexual activity sex activity sexual practice

Hyponyms

service cross crossing hybridization inbreeding servicing

Phrases with the word

mating song negative assortative mating multiple mating mixed mating benefit consanguineous mating intratetrad mating

Anagrams

taming Magnit

Examples

An old paleontological in joke proclaims that mammalian evolution is a tale told by teeth mating to produce slightly altered descendant teeth. Stephen Jay Gould

The phrase ‘marriage market' is used metaphorically and signifies that the mating of human populations is highly systematic and structured. Gary Becker

I am a very good shot. I have hunted for every kind of animal. But I would never kill an animal during mating season. Hedy Lamarr

I couldn't be more chuffed if I were a badger at the start of the mating season! Ian Holloway

Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self-seeking. But to have a friend and to be true under any and all trials is the mark of a man! Charles Alexander Eastman

Better a dove on the plate than a woodgrouse in the mating place. Russian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

matinee idol matinee jacket matiness mating bite mating call mating cry