intercourse — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. Communication, conversation.

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

   Beispiele

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   Yet do I vnderſtand your darkeſt language, / Your treads ath'toe, your ſecret iogges and vvringes: / Your entercourſe of glaunces: euery tittle / Of your cloſe Amorous rites I vnderſtand, / They ſpeake as loud to mee, as if you ſaid, / My deareſt Dariotto, I am thine.

   this sweet intercourse of looks and smiles

   Weitere Beispiele (2)

   And indeed, what more reliable authority could Berlioz have found than Cavaillé-Coll, with whom he had frequent intercourse, and who would have been better qualified than any one else to give him correct information?

   It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.

   It might seem that with age places gained upon persons in interest to my mind; and that my pleasure grew in intercourse with things rather than with ideas.

2. Dealings between countries.

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

3. Dealings with people, including commerce and trade.

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

4. Sexual intercourse, especially that involving humans and especially penile-vaginal interconnection.

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

   Synonyme

   coitus

   Beispiele

   When we situate climax during intercourse as the bullseye, we gate off the idiosyncrasy and experimentation that are the wellspring of sexual pleasure.

Verb

1. To have sexual intercourse.

   Gebrauch

   • intransitiv
   • nonstandard

   Synonyme

   fornicatehave sexmake love

Substantiv

1. communication between individuals

   Synonyme

   social intercourse

   Oberbegriffe

   intercommunication

2. sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur

   Synonyme

   sexual intercoursesex actcopulationcoituscoitionsexual congresssexual relationrelationcarnal knowledge

   Oberbegriffe

   sexual activitysexual practicesexsex activity