to impregnate

Examples

• All

• Dr. Lucas found a way to artificially impregnate her.

  Things (1989)

• Complicating things further, female pandas can only be impregnated one to three days each year.

• Then they impregnate the host.

  The Inheritance (2011)

• I think they impregnate women at the resort.

  Cuckoo (2024)

• The man impregnated another woman while he was still married to you.

  Home Again (2017)

• I'd been careful not to impregnate her and felt she'd suffer no lasting damage.

  Fiction book (1999)

• You donate the sperm, and the sperm impregnates the woman.

  Fiction book (2001)

• A neighbor brought his sow over once to be impregnated by the pig.

  Fiction book (2002)

• More recently, Vanessa, an unwed Black woman, was impregnated in vitro.

  Academic text (1999)

• The scientist was able to impregnate the egg with the sperm sample.

Synonyms

B

to breed

vsto impregnate

167 1.8

To make animals have babies, often by choosing their parents

refers to making a single female pregnant rather than managing animal reproduction

C

to conceive

vsto impregnate

103 6.0

To become pregnant

describes causing pregnancy rather than just the resulting state

K

to knock up

vsto impregnate

• NSFW

35 9.9

To make a woman pregnant

is the neutral term covering women, animals, and eggs rather than slang

F

to fertilize

vsto impregnate

• Specialized

34 4.0

To make an egg or plant cell start growing by joining it with a male cell

focuses on making females and eggs pregnant rather than only starting cell development

I

to inseminate

vsto impregnate

• NSFW

15 8.3

Put sperm into a woman or female animal so she can become pregnant

makes a female or egg pregnant in general rather than focusing on method

B

to bang up

vsto impregnate

• Offensive

9.9

Make someone pregnant, usually by accident

can be neutral or intentional and covers animals and eggs too

F

to fecundate

vsto impregnate

• Specialized

9.9

To make a living thing able to have babies or produce fruit

applies to causing pregnancy specifically not just increasing fertility or fruit production

Antonyms

S

to sterilize

• Specialized

15 5.8

To make a person or animal unable to have children by a medical operation

Phrasal Verbs

I

to impregnate the soil

• Specialized

5.8

To add nutrients to soil so plants grow better

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology