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INTERCOURSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur
Synonyms:
carnal knowledge; coition; coitus; copulation; intercourse; relation; sex act; sexual congress; sexual intercourse; sexual relation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("intercourse" is a kind of...):
sex; sex activity; sexual activity; sexual practice (activities associated with sexual intercourse)
Meronyms (parts of "intercourse"):
insemination (the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intercourse"):
defloration (the act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse))
ass; fuck; fucking; nookie; nooky; piece of ass; piece of tail; roll in the hay; screw; screwing; shag; shtup (slang for sexual intercourse)
hank panky (illicit sexual intercourse)
penetration (the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman)
criminal congress; unlawful carnal knowledge (forbidden or tabu sexual intercourse between individuals)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Communication between individuals
Synonyms:
intercourse; social intercourse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("intercourse" is a kind of...):
intercommunication (mutual communication; communication with each other)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intercourse"):
communion; sharing (sharing thoughts and feelings)
Context examples:
Symptoms include infertility, pelvic pain, painful menstruation, and painful intercourse.
(Fallopian Tube Endometriosis, NCI Thesaurus)
Symptoms include abdominal, pelvic, and lower back pain, pain during ovulation and sexual intercourse, fever, nausea, and vomiting.
(Acute Salpingitis, NCI Thesaurus)
International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) Over the past four weeks when you attempted sexual intercourse, how often was it satisfactory for you?
(IIEF - How Often was it Satisfactory for You, NCI Thesaurus)
International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) Over the past four weeks how many times have you attempted sexual intercourse?
(IIEF - How Many Times Have You Attempted Sexual Intercourse, NCI Thesaurus)
But I felt that I had no right to share their intercourse.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
They may also have pain with sexual intercourse.
(Interstitial Cystitis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Patient Health Questionnaire - 15 (PHQ-15) Pain or problems during sexual intercourse.
(PHQ-15 - Pain or Problems During Sexual Intercourse, NCI Thesaurus)
International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) Over the past four weeks during sexual intercourse, how difficult was it to maintain your erection to completion of intercourse?
(IIEF - Maintain Your Erection to Completion of Intercourse, NCI Thesaurus)
A Mrs. Elton would be an excuse for any change of intercourse; former intimacy might sink without remark.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Inflammation of the urinary bladder wall leading to urinary frequency, urgency, and discomfort, pelvic pain, and pain during intercourse.
(Interstitial Cystitis, NCI Thesaurus)
