inseminate
/ɪnˈsɛmɪneɪt
/verb [with object]
Introduce semen into (a woman or a female animal) by natural or artificial means: the mares are inseminated when they are at their most receptive the widow was inseminated using the frozen sperm of her husband...
- At the National Wildlife Research Center in Taif, female bustards are artificially inseminated and the chicks are hand-raised and then released.
- At the predicted time of ovulation she is artificially inseminated with semen from the husband of the infertile woman…
- If you artificially inseminate a chicken with semen from a turkey, few if any of the sperm find their way into the females' sperm store, and at best, only 2 to 3 percent of the eggs will be fertile.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin inseminat- 'sown', from the verb inseminare, from in- 'into' + seminare 'plant, sow' (from semen, semin- 'seed, semen').
Rhymes
- running trap
- running vest
- running water
- runny
- Runnymede
- runo
- run off
- run-off
- run off at the mouth
- run off with
- run-of-river
- run-of-the-mill
- runographic
- runological
- runologist
- runology
- run on
- run oneself into the ground
- run one's mouth
- run (or come down) a banker
- run (or make) rings round (or around) someone
- run (or take) its course
- run (or take) the risk (or risks)
- run out
- run-out groove