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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.

Synonyms

  • Fertilise
  • Fertilize
  • Fecundate

Hypernyms

  • Alter
  • Modify

Hyponyms

  • Pollenate
  • Cross-pollinate
  • Cross-fertilise
  • Prang Up
  • Knock Up
  • Bang Up

Related Words

  • Insemination (noun)
  • Semen (noun)

Meaning 2

Place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with sunflower seeds".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

  • Sow In
  • Sow

Hypernyms

  • Seed

Related Words

  • Insemination (noun)
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