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PROCREATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

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)

fructify; set (bear fruit)

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)

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