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inseminate

/ɪnˈsɛmɪneɪt/

inseminate verb: to sow (to disperse or plant seeds).

Verb

inseminate (third-person singular simple present inseminates, present participle inseminating, simple past and past participle inseminated)

  1. To sow (to disperse or plant seeds).
  2. To fill with one's semen.
  3. (broadly) To impregnate (to cause to become pregnant).

inseminate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

inseminate in Hindi

to fill with semen
गर्भाधान garbhādhān

inseminate in Tamil

கருவூட்டு, விந்தேற்று, விதை ஊன்று, விதையூன்று, வித்திடு

inseminate in Urdu

بیج ڈالنا, بونا

inseminate in Bengali

বপন করা, গর্ভবতী করা

Forms of inseminate

third-person singular presentinseminates
present participleinseminating
past participleinseminated
pastinseminated

Origin of inseminate

Borrowed from Latin inseminātus, the perfect passive participle of insemināre (“to sow”). By surface analysis, in- + seminate.

Words formed from inseminate

Questions about inseminate

What does inseminate mean?
Inseminate means to sow (to disperse or plant seeds).
What is inseminate in Hindi?
Inseminate in Hindi is गर्भाधान (garbhādhān). See Inseminate meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is inseminate?
Inseminate is a verb.
How do you pronounce inseminate?
Inseminate is pronounced /ɪnˈsɛmɪneɪt/.
What is the past tense of inseminate?
The past tense of inseminate is inseminated.

Words near inseminate in the dictionary

  1. inselberg
  2. inselberge
  3. inselbergs
  4. Insell
  5. inseminable
  6. inseminate
  7. inseminated
  8. inseminatee
  9. inseminatees
  10. inseminates
  11. inseminating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inseminate (page history and authors); inseminate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inseminate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inseminate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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