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PROCREATE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they procreate ... he / she / it procreates
Past simple: procreated
-ing form: procreating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
Example:
These bacteria reproduce
Synonyms:
multiply; procreate; reproduce
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "procreate" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "procreate"):
propagate (multiply sexually or asexually)
breed; multiply (have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms))
brood; cover; hatch; incubate (sit on (eggs))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
procreation (the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring)
procreative (producing new life or offspring)