love
- noun
- /lʌv/
- NSFW
- Sorry, it's impossible for me to be in a room with you and not make love to you.
- make love
- love and sex
- a love affair
I just drew you and Hayley Welch making sweet love and sold it on the NFT market.
- I just drew you and Hayley Welch making sweet love and sold it on the NFT market.
- I'm just waiting to make a lot of love without making a baby.
- Now it's not, it's not going to cure any ailments or anything like that, but it will have you making sweet, sweet love to your lady.
- Island girls don't have love scenes.
- So don't question my love for fucking this person.
- It's not, it's not going to cure any ailments or anything like that, but it will have you making sweet, sweet love to your labor.
Examples
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They finally decided to make love after months of dating, enjoying each other's company.
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In fact, the very possibility of their making love at all is unthinkable.
Academic text (1993) -
Does he make love to you better than me?
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- I want to make love to my wife!
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I'll make love to you, like you want me to.
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I get into my truck and go home, anxious to make love to my wife.
Fiction book (1990) -
You haven't made love to me.
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Dissolve: Living room - Night Sam and Molly, making love on the living room carpet.
Fiction book (1990) -
Make love to me.
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In the heat of the moment, they shared a passionate night of love that deepened their bond.
Synonyms
Sex between people
Sex between people to show love or affection
Sex between people, for example in a romantic or casual relationship
Using the mouth, lips, or tongue to touch someone's private parts
Sex between two adults who care for each other
An act in which one person's penis enters another person's vagina
Physical acts between people, like touching or having sex, that give pleasure
Sexual activity between people, often intercourse
Private actions between people that involve touching for pleasure
Idioms
Words people say when they are very annoyed or want something done quickly
- Informal
To give someone so much care and affection that they feel overwhelmed
Compounds
- Literature
A drink people believe makes someone want to be with the person who gives it to them
- NSFW
Sex between people who are not married, often part of a belief in sexual freedom
- Jargon
A line on the palm that people say shows a person's emotions or romantic life
- Literature
Strong happy feelings for someone and the sadness that comes when they leave
- Offensive
A slang name for an upper arm or chest muscle men show off, sometimes meaning a man's penis
- Literature
A medieval style of romance where a knight secretly praised a lady he could not marry
A common European wildflower with purple, yellow and white flowers that garden pansies come from
- NSFW
Strong romantic and physical attraction between two people that often includes intimate contact
- South African
A grass from South Africa that grows in clumps and is often planted to stop soil erosion
- UK
A small tree with bright purplish-red flowers that grow on its stems before leaves appear
- UK
A vine without leaves that wraps around and harms plants like clover, with small white bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems
A tropical climbing flower with fine leaf parts and a strong smell when crushed
A tall plant from warm countries with long hanging red flowers whose leaves are eaten and seeds used like grain
A grass that lives for many years from South Africa and grows in dense clumps to stop soil erosion
How Intimate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Love has long been used as a gentle way to talk about sexual activity; in older writing 'he loved her' could quietly mean they had sex, which is why the word can mean physical intimacy as well as feeling.