English Explanatory Dictionary

make love

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To engage in sexual intercourse.
  2. To make amorous approaches (to); to woo, romance, court.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-make love.wav

Word forms

make love makes love making love made love

Etymology

Calque of Old Occitan far amor, Middle French faire l'amour.

Synonyms

approach cohabit common company copulate couple engage in sex exchange flesh have intimate relations have marital relations have sex have sexual relations intercourse know know someone in the biblical sense make love mate share a bed sleep together strain bang bauf beat bone boff boink bonk bop bounce breed bump nasties bump uglies catch a dick clap cheeks dance discuss Uganda dip one's pen in someone's inkwell do it do the deed do the nasty eff engender expletive deleted frack frak frick frig fuck get busy get down get freaky get it get it on get jiggy get laid get lucky get one's dick wet get one's end away get one's freak on get one's groove on

Derived words

make love, not war make love to the camera
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