INSEMINATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inseminate mean? 

• INSEMINATE (verb)
  The verb INSEMINATE has 2 senses:

1. place seeds in or on (the ground)

2. introduce semen into (a female)

  Familiarity information: INSEMINATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSEMINATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they inseminate    ... he / she / it inseminates   
Past simple: inseminated   
Past participle: inseminated   
-ing form: inseminating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place seeds in or on (the ground)

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

inseminate; sow; sow in

Context example:

sow the ground with sunflower seeds

Hypernyms (to "inseminate" is one way to...):

seed; sow (place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth)

Verb group:

seed; sow (place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth)

Domain category:

agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They inseminate the field with rye

Derivation:

insemination (the act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Introduce semen into (a female)

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

fecundate; fertilise; fertilize; inseminate

Hypernyms (to "inseminate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "inseminate"):

stratify (render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand)

bang up; impregnate; knock up; prang up (make pregnant)

impregnate (fertilize and cause to grow)

cross-fertilise; cross-fertilize (cause to undergo cross-fertilization)

cross-pollinate; pollenate; pollinate (fertilize by transfering pollen)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

insemination (the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female)

semen (the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract)