mating
/ˈmeɪtɪŋ/
mating adjective: fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket. Also the present participle and gerund of mate.
Adjective
mating (not comparable)
Noun
mating (plural matings)
- Pairing of organisms for copulation.
- The progeny of backcrosses and intercrosses will form some incrosses and some matings of other types.1981, Henry Foster, The Mouse in Biomedical Research, page 96
- Sexual union; copulation.
- Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7
Also used as
mating is also the present participle and gerund of mate.
mating meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
mating in Tamil
- இனச்சேர்க்கை, இனச்சேர்க்கை செய்ய
mating in Bengali
- সঙ্গম করা
mating in Telugu
- సంభోగం
mating in Malayalam
- pairing of organisms for copulation
- ഇണചേരൽ iṇacēral
More languagesFewer languages
- mating in Gujarati
- સમાગમ
- mating in Odia
- ସଙ୍ଗମ କରିବା
- mating in Malay
- pengawanan
Synonyms of mating
Forms of mating
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Words formed from mating
Phrases with mating
Words that rhyme with mating
- grating
- rating
- plating
- dating
- skating
- waiting
- baiting
- alienating
- bating
- crating
- creating
- enscripturating
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Questions about mating
- What does mating mean?
- Mating means fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.
- What is mating in Tamil?
- Mating in Tamil is இனச்சேர்க்கை, இனச்சேர்க்கை செய்ய. See Mating meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mating?
- Mating can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce mating?
- Mating is pronounced /ˈmeɪtɪŋ/.
Words near mating in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mating (page history and authors); mating (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mating (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mating (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mating (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mating (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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