to cover
- verb
- /ˈkʌvər/
- NSFW
- One day out riding, we saw a stallion covering a mare in a corral, and I was horrified (I hope), and Walter got all flustered in the face and seized the reins and turned me right around.
- cover a mare
- stallion covering
Examples
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You played your games, deliberately arousing me to the mindlessness of a stallion covering a mare... and now you dare try to hide from me?
Fiction book (2002) -
Every year, the farmer arranges for his best horse to cover the female horses for healthy offspring.
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"We are a little bit sad that this will be the last time that we're doing this," Stilson told reporters covering the mating operations.
Blog text (9) -
The stallion was brought to the farm to cover the mares during breeding season.
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During the spring, male animals typically cover the females to ensure the continuation of their species.
Synonyms
To make animals have babies, often by choosing their parents
To climb onto another animal to mate with it
To mate with a female animal to produce young
To have sex, usually used for animals or in biology
To mate with a female for breeding
Idioms
- Offensive
To take steps to protect yourself from blame, often by keeping records or blaming others
- Informal
Decide something about a person or thing by how they look
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Formal
A short letter you send with a job application to introduce yourself and say why you fit the job
- Jargon
Military aircraft protect soldiers or ships from enemy attack during an operation
An extra fee each person pays to enter a restaurant or club, not for food and drink
A removable cloth or plastic layer that protects a mattress from dirt and spills
A removable cover, often plastic or cloth, that protects machines like a printer from dust when not in use
- Specialized
A small thin glass piece placed over a sample on a microscope slide to protect it and aid viewing
- Specialized
A hard outer layer of glass that protects a device screen from scratches and drops
- Offensive
A person who often makes new versions of other people's songs or who loves cover bands
A material like carpet or wood placed on the floor to protect it and make it look nicer
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cover for animal mating comes from the old, literal idea of 'covering' the female, so farmers say a stallion 'covers' a mare because the male mounts and is over the female during mating.