Animal Reproduction Terminology

verb to remove the testicles of a male animal or person

• The veterinarian recommended castrating the male cat to prevent unwanted litters.
• I heard they're going to castrate that aggressive bull at the ranch.
• If you don't want your dog to keep humping everything, you should just castrate him.
• The dictator's oppressive regime sought to castrate any form of dissent among the population.

verb to remove the testicles of a male animal or person

• The veterinarian castrated the young bull to prevent unwanted breeding.
• My neighbor's dog got castrated last week.
• I heard that guy got castrated after messing with the wrong people.
• The dictator castrated the freedom of speech in the country.

verb to engage in sexual intercourse

• The animals copulate in order to reproduce.
• The birds were copulating on the tree branch.
• I heard those two were copulating behind the school.
• The merging of different ideas can be seen as a form of intellectual copulation.

verb to emerge from an egg, to come into existence

• The eggs hatched after an incubation period of 21 days.
• The chicks finally hatched from their eggs!
• The plan hatched by the group worked perfectly.
• The idea hatched in his mind and soon became a reality.

verb to introduce semen into the reproductive tract of a female, especially artificially

• The veterinarian will inseminate the cow using artificial insemination techniques.
• The farmer is going to inseminate the cows tomorrow.
• I heard they're inseminating the pigs next week.
• The artist hopes to inseminate the minds of the audience with his thought-provoking work.

verb to pair or join together for breeding or reproduction

• The two birds mated and built a nest together.
• Did you hear that the swans finally mated after months of courtship?
• Those two lovebirds totally mated last night.
• The colors in the painting mated perfectly to create a harmonious composition.

noun a mating or sexual intercourse between a ram and a ewe

• The farmer used a tup to breed his sheep.
• The farmer used a ram to mate his sheep.
• The farmer used a stud to get his sheep pregnant.
• The CEO acted as a tup, leading the company to success.

noun a large, strong mammal with thick fur and a tail

verb to endure or tolerate something

• The zookeepers had to abear the responsibility of caring for the animals.
• I can't abear the thought of another Monday morning meeting.
• I told him to abear with the situation and not get too worked up about it.
• She had to abear the weight of her past mistakes and move forward with grace.