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"word": "make love, not war"
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"word": "make love to the camera"
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"ref": "1914, Elinore Pruitt Stewart, Letters of a Woman Homesteader, Houghton Mifflin Company, pages 3–4",
"text": "The first stage we tackled was just about as rickety as it could very well be and I had to sit with the driver, who was a Mormon and so handsome that I was not a bit offended when he insisted on making love all the way, especially after he told me that he was a widower Mormon.",
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"ref": "1941, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, Up at the Villa, Vintage, published 2004, page 24",
"text": "‘Ever since I was sixteen men have been making love to me.’",
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"ref": "1946, It's a Wonderful Life, spoken by Mary Hatch (Donna Reed)",
"text": "He's making violent love to me, Mother.",
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{
"ref": "1953, C.S.Lewis, The Silver Chair, page 107",
"text": "... she began making a tour of the whole castle and asking questions, but all in such an innocent, babyish way that no one could suspect her of any secret design. (...) She made love to everyone - the grooms, the porters, the housemaids, the ladies-in-waiting ...",
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"ref": "1966, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Just Like a Woman”, in Blonde on Blonde",
"text": "She takes just like a woman, yeah she does / She makes love just like a woman, yeah she does",
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"ref": "1974, “Feel Like Makin’ Love”, performed by Roberta Flack",
"text": "I feel like makin' love to you / That's the time / I feel like makin' dreams come true",
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"ref": "1974, “Can't Get Enough of Your Love”, performed by Barry White",
"text": "There's many times that we've loved / We've shared love and made love / It doesn't seem to me like it's enough",
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"ref": "1977, “Wake Up And Make Love With Me”, in New Boots and Panties!!, performed by Ian Dury",
"text": "Wake up and make love with me, wake up and make love / Wake up and make love with me / I don't want to make you, I'll let the fancy take you / And you'll wake up and make love",
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"ref": "1995 March 22, “Seinfeld with Madonna? 'Cosmo' reveals sex fantasies”, in The Arizona Republic",
"text": "Actress Dana Delany fantasizes about making love with two men.",
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},
{
"ref": "2003 October 27, Alan Jackson (lyrics and music), “Remember When”, in Greatest Hits Volume II (Promo-only CD single), performed by Alan Jackson",
"text": "We made love and then you cried",
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"word": "пра́вя любо́в"
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "做愛"
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"word": "faire l’amour"
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"word": "croquer la pomme"
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "facer o amor"
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "Liebe machen"
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"roman": "káno érota",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "κάνω έρωτα"
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"roman": "sambhog karnā",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "संभोग करना"
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
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"roman": "mastī karnā",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "मस्ती करना"
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "szeretkezik"
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "njóta ásta"
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "elskast"
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "hafa samfarir"
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "bercinta"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "fare l'amore"
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"alt": "はめたおす",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "はめ倒す"
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"roman": "sekseu-reul hada",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "섹스를 하다"
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "성관계를 하다"
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "manao firaisana"
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "miray ara-nofo"
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "elske"
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"roman": "'ešq varzidan",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "عشق ورزیدن"
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
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"word": "kochać się"
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"word": "uprawiać miłość"
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "fazer amor"
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "face dragoste"
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"roman": "zanimátʹsja ljubóvʹju",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "занима́ться любо́вью"
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"roman": "zanjátʹsja ljubóvʹju",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
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"word": "заня́ться любо́вью"
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "विवाहार्थं प्रार्थयते"
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
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"word": "водити љубав"
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"word": "súložiť"
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"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "hacer el amor"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "älska"
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"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mii pêet sǎm-pan",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "มีเพศสัมพันธ์"
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{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "th",
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"roman": "bprà-wee-nii",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "ประเวณี"
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"roman": "làp-nɔɔn",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "หลับนอน"
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "sevişmek"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "aşk yapmak"
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"roman": "koxátysja",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
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"word": "коха́тися"
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"roman": "zajmátysja ljubóvʺju",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"tags": [
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"word": "займа́тися любо́в'ю"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "làm tình"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "tán tỉnh ai"
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{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "tỏ tình với ai"
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"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "ôm ấp hôn hít ai"
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{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "ăn nằm với ai"
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"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "ái ân"
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"word": "make love"
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"expansion": "make",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "love"
},
"expansion": "love",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "pro",
"3": "far amor",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "calque of Old Occitan far amor",
"name": "calque"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "faire l'amour"
},
"expansion": "Middle French faire l'amour",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From make + love, calque of Old Occitan far amor, Middle French faire l'amour.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "makes love",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "making love",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "made love",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "made love",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "make<,,made> love"
},
"expansion": "make love (third-person singular simple present makes love, present participle making love, simple past and past participle made love)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1914, Elinore Pruitt Stewart, Letters of a Woman Homesteader, Houghton Mifflin Company, pages 3–4",
"text": "The first stage we tackled was just about as rickety as it could very well be and I had to sit with the driver, who was a Mormon and so handsome that I was not a bit offended when he insisted on making love all the way, especially after he told me that he was a widower Mormon.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1941, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, Up at the Villa, Vintage, published 2004, page 24",
"text": "‘Ever since I was sixteen men have been making love to me.’",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1946, It's a Wonderful Life, spoken by Mary Hatch (Donna Reed)",
"text": "He's making violent love to me, Mother.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1953, C.S.Lewis, The Silver Chair, page 107",
"text": "... she began making a tour of the whole castle and asking questions, but all in such an innocent, babyish way that no one could suspect her of any secret design. (...) She made love to everyone - the grooms, the porters, the housemaids, the ladies-in-waiting ...",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make amorous approaches (to); to woo, romance, court."
],
"links": [
[
"amorous",
"amorous"
],
[
"approach",
"approach"
],
[
"woo",
"woo"
],
[
"romance",
"romance"
],
[
"court",
"court"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) To make amorous approaches (to); to woo, romance, court."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "woo"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English euphemisms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1966, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Just Like a Woman”, in Blonde on Blonde",
"text": "She takes just like a woman, yeah she does / She makes love just like a woman, yeah she does",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1974, “Feel Like Makin’ Love”, performed by Roberta Flack",
"text": "I feel like makin' love to you / That's the time / I feel like makin' dreams come true",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1974, “Can't Get Enough of Your Love”, performed by Barry White",
"text": "There's many times that we've loved / We've shared love and made love / It doesn't seem to me like it's enough",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1977, “Wake Up And Make Love With Me”, in New Boots and Panties!!, performed by Ian Dury",
"text": "Wake up and make love with me, wake up and make love / Wake up and make love with me / I don't want to make you, I'll let the fancy take you / And you'll wake up and make love",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1995 March 22, “Seinfeld with Madonna? 'Cosmo' reveals sex fantasies”, in The Arizona Republic",
"text": "Actress Dana Delany fantasizes about making love with two men.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2003 October 27, Alan Jackson (lyrics and music), “Remember When”, in Greatest Hits Volume II (Promo-only CD single), performed by Alan Jackson",
"text": "We made love and then you cried",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To engage in sexual intercourse."
],
"links": [
[
"sexual",
"sexual"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(euphemistic) To engage in sexual intercourse."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "copulate"
}
],
"tags": [
"euphemistic"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḍājaʕa",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "ضَاجَعَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jāmaʕa",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "جَامَعَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wāqaʕa",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "وَاقَعَ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sirov zbaġvel",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "սիրով զբաղվել"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zajmácca kaxánnjem",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "займа́цца каха́ннем"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "právja ljubóv",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пра́вя любо́в"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "fer l'amor"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "做愛"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuò'ài",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "做爱"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "作愛"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuò'ài",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "作爱"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "souložit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "milovat se"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "elske"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "de liefde bedrijven"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "vrijen"
},
{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "nk",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "n:k-D53"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "amori"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "rakastella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "faire l’amour"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "croquer la pomme"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "facer o amor"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "Liebe machen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "káno érota",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "κάνω έρωτα"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sambhog karnā",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "संभोग करना"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "seks karnā",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "सेक्स करना"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "mastī karnā",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "मस्ती करना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "szeretkezik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "szerelmeskedik"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "njóta ásta"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "elskast"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "hafa samfarir"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "bercinta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "fare l'amore"
},
{
"alt": "はめたおす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hametaosu",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "はめ倒す"
},
{
"alt": "はめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hameru",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "嵌める"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sekseu-reul hada",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "섹스를 하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seonggwan'gye-reul hada",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "성관계를 하다"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vodi ljubov",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "води љубов"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "manao firaisana"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "miray ara-nofo"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "manao firaisana ara-nofo"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xurʹcax",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "хурьцах"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "elske"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "'ešq varzidan",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "عشق ورزیدن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kochać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "uprawiać miłość"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "fazer amor"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "face dragoste"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zanimátʹsja ljubóvʹju",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "занима́ться любо́вью"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zanjátʹsja ljubóvʹju",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заня́ться любо́вью"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "vivāhārthaṃ prārthayate",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "विवाहार्थं प्रार्थयते"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "водити љубав"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "voditi ljubav"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "milovať sa"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "súložiť"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ljubiti se"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "hacer el amor"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "älska"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mii pêet sǎm-pan",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "มีเพศสัมพันธ์"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bprà-wee-nii",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "ประเวณี"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "làp-nɔɔn",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "หลับนอน"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "sevişmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "aşk yapmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "koxátysja",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "коха́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zajmátysja ljubóvʺju",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "займа́тися любо́в'ю"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "làm tình"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "tán tỉnh ai"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "tỏ tình với ai"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "ôm ấp hôn hít ai"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "ăn nằm với ai"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse — see also copulate",
"word": "ái ân"
}
],
"word": "make love"
}
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