| VERB | contact | inseminate, sow, sow in | place seeds in or on (the ground) |
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| body | inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise | introduce semen into (a female) |
| Sounds | ihnseh'mahney.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | place seeds in or on (the ground). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They inseminate the field with rye | |
| Synonyms | sow, sow in | |
| Category | farming, agriculture, husbandry | The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock |
| Broader | sow, seed | place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth |
| Similar to | sow, seed | place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth |
| Spanish | inseminar, sembrar | |
| Catalan | inseminar, sembrar | |
| Nouns | insemination | the act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.) |
| Meaning | introduce semen into (a female) . | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | fecundate, fertilize, fertilise | |
| Narrower | cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise | Cause to undergo cross-fertilization |
| impregnate, knock up, bang up, prang up | make pregnant | |
| impregnate | fertilize and cause to grow | |
| pollinate, pollenate, cross-pollinate | fertilize by transfering pollen | |
| stratify | Render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | fecundar, fertilizar, inseminar | |
| Catalan | inseminar | |
| Nouns | insemination | the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female |
| semen | the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract | |
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