English > procreate: 1 sense > verb 1, bodyMeaning | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
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Example | "The Bible tells people to procreate" |
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Synonyms | reproduce, multiply |
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Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
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Narrower | breed, multiply | have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) |
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brood, hatch, cover, incubate | Sit on (eggs) |
fructify, set | bear fruit |
propagate | Multiply sexually or asexually |
Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
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Spanish | multiplicarse, multiplicar, procrear, proliferar, reproducirse, reproducir |
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Catalan | multiplicar, procrear, reproduir-se, reproduir |
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Adjectives | procreative | producing new life or offspring |
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Nouns | procreation | the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring |
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