mating

Meanings

Plural: matings

Noun

• the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
  • "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
• Pairing of organisms for copulation.
• Sexual union; copulation.

Verb

• engage in sexual intercourse
• bring two objects, ideas, or people together
• place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
• twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
• change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
• present participle and gerund of mate

Adj

• Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.

Synonyms

checkmate, conjugation, copulate, couple, coupling, entangle, felt, felt up, mat, mat up, match, mate, matt-up, matte, matte up, pair, pairing, sexual union, snarl, tangle, twin, union

Antonyms

disentangle, unsnarl

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