英语词汇“procreate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To procreate is to reproduce. In other words, to procreate is a more formal way of saying "making babies."

Notice the word create in procreate? That's a clue that this word is about making something, in this case, making more creatures. People procreate by having sex and then children. Birds procreate when they lay eggs. Plants procreate asexually — without sex. Sometimes it's difficult to convince pandas to procreate in zoos. All forms of procreating result in more critters like the originals. Your parents procreated, or you wouldn't be here.

WORD FAMILY

procreate: procreated, procreates, procreating, procreation, procreative+/procreation: procreations/procreative: procreatively

USAGE EXAMPLES

Those that are stopped from procreating are disproportionately black and brown, poor and immigrant.

US News(Oct 18, 2016)

Few people know that before 1676, people from Europe and Africa lived, worked and procreated together in the Mid-Atlantic states as equals.

Washington Post(Oct 14, 2016)

Urging people to procreate is one of the most stupid and damaging things any leader can do.

New York Times(Sep 23, 2016)

v have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant

The Bible tells people to procreate

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

multiply, reproduce

propagate

multiply sexually or asexually

fructify, set

bear fruit

breed, multiply

have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)

brood, cover, hatch, incubate

sit on (eggs)

vegetate

propagate asexually

pullulate

breed freely and abundantly

create, make

make or cause to be or to become

单词	procreate
释义	procreate (once / 5390 pages) v To procreate is to reproduce. In other words, to procreate is a more formal way of saying "making babies." Notice the word create in procreate? That's a clue that this word is about making something, in this case, making more creatures. People procreate by having sex and then children. Birds procreate when they lay eggs. Plants procreate asexually — without sex. Sometimes it's difficult to convince pandas to procreate in zoos. All forms of procreating result in more critters like the originals. Your parents procreated, or you wouldn't be here. WORD FAMILY procreate: procreated, procreates, procreating, procreation, procreative+/procreation: procreations/procreative: procreatively USAGE EXAMPLES Those that are stopped from procreating are disproportionately black and brown, poor and immigrant. US News(Oct 18, 2016) Few people know that before 1676, people from Europe and Africa lived, worked and procreated together in the Mid-Atlantic states as equals. Washington Post(Oct 14, 2016) Urging people to procreate is one of the most stupid and damaging things any leader can do. New York Times(Sep 23, 2016) v have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant The Bible tells people to procreate Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper multiply, reproduce propagate multiply sexually or asexually fructify, set bear fruit breed, multiply have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) brood, cover, hatch, incubate sit on (eggs) vegetate propagate asexually pullulate breed freely and abundantly create, make make or cause to be or to become
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