noun
1. the act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑inseminate
• Hypernyms: ↑planting
2. the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female
• Derivationally related forms: ↑inseminate
• Hypernyms: ↑bodily process, ↑body process, ↑bodily function, ↑activity
• Hyponyms: ↑artificial insemination, ↑AI
• Part Holonyms:
↑sexual intercourse, ↑intercourse, ↑sex act, ↑copulation, ↑coitus, ↑coition, ↑sexual congress, ↑congress, ↑sexual relation, ↑relation, ↑carnal knowledge
Useful english dictionary. 2012.