mating
may ting
- n the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
the mating of some species occurs only in the spring - v engage in sexual intercourse
- v bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- v place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
- v twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
- v change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
- Most duets are blood-chillingly bad ("A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Rock and Roll" by Donny and Marie Osmond springs to mind), and doubtless the mosquito's mating song ranks .
- For one thing, this is the time of year when the reptiles emerge from cold-weather quiescence and enter the mating season.
- Primatologists in the Congo photograph a rare sight: western gorillas mating face-to-face.