to procreate
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6.5
- verb
- /ˈproʊkrieɪt/
:
procrear
- Frogs often procreate by laying eggs in water, where the next generation will develop.
- urge to procreate
- marry and procreate
- unable to procreate
You're not going to eat, sleep, poop, pee, procreate, none of it.
- You're not going to eat, sleep, poop, pee, procreate, none of it.
- And he himself is a single man that has not procreated.
- You wouldn't see the oncoming Sabre toothed tiger and you wouldn't live to procreate your genes.
- It's certainly not like a weird hack to convince me to procreate because it feels something bigger than that.
- And so he figures that a vegetarian diet will cause us to stop procreating and and fucking.
- So we need the polarity of the attraction to procreate and extend the life essence of our species.
- They said, he said, look, you know, we're a country that that is constantly encouraging people to, to, to procreate.
- Like women that used to look at me to see if I was a viable option to procreate won't even look at me to assess me anymore.
- Penis goes into vagina, we are procreating, sex happens, babies born, and that's the only time we should be having sex.
Examples
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We just evolved to successfully procreate in different environments.
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It's amazing that any of us manage to procreate at all, really.
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We're here to procreate and to create.
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I allow her to create, she allows me to procreate.
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So, but once you procreate, your job is to at bare minimum, take care of that child.
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Oh, right, so what would happen to the human race if everyone was too busy saving the planet to make time to procreate?
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Dolphins are smarter than us and they still procreate.
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Sexuality declined probably because we no longer needed to procreate.
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We procreate because that's the desire of the goddess, to assure ourselves of worthy offspring.
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Many animals procreate in the spring when the conditions are ideal for raising young.
Synonyms
167
1.8
To make animals have babies, often by choosing their parents
75
3.2
To increase in number quickly by making more of something
70
3.7
To make new living things such as animals or plants
35
3.0
To cause a new idea or movement to begin
19
3.0
To make young animals or plants
9
6.3
Help plants or animals have young and pass on traits
5
8.1
To give birth to a child or young animal
Antonyms
- Specialized
15
5.8
To make a person or animal unable to have children by a medical operation
How Often
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Procreate comes from Latin parts pro- 'forward' and creare 'to create', the same root as the English word create. So to procreate is to 'bring forward' new life, to make children or young.