English noun: sexual union | |||
1. | sexual union (act) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | ||
Samples | The casual couplings of adolescents. The mating of some species occurs only in the spring. | ||
Synonyms | conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, union | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | assortative mating, cross, crossbreeding, crossing, disassortative mating, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, inbreeding, interbreeding, service, servicing | ||