Inseminate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Introduce semen into (a female).
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- Artificial insemination is a process used to inseminate a female with sperm from a donor.
- The veterinarian carefully inseminated the cow with the chosen bull's semen to start the breeding program.
- The procedure to inseminate the mare involved carefully guiding a catheter into her reproductive tract.
- Inseminating a queen bee is a delicate process that requires great care to avoid damaging the insect.
- The lab technician was trained to inseminate the turkey hen with the selected sire's semen to produce hybrid chicks.
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Meaning 2
Place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with sunflower seeds".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.