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copulate

verb

ˈkä-pyə-ˌlāt

Definition of copulate

as in to sleep

to engage in sexual intercourse the time of year when deer in the wild are likely to copulate

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Recent Examples of copulate Maybe she is beset by need to copulate, by the desire of the eggs inside her for their own plot of land. — María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026 In November 1995, Funston took a 5-year-old boy into some bushes, pulled down his pants and orally copulated him, prosecutors said. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026 After copulating, the two males lay immobile on the seafloor as the female swam away. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025 These guppies also attempted to sneakily copulate with the females more often. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for copulate

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sleep

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The hospital basically told me to get over it and sleep it off but the pain was traumatic physically and mentally.

— Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
This is a common myth, borne of the fact that horses can sleep standing up.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of sleep

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