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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur [syn: sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1799 1. heterosexual intercourse involving penetration of the vagina by the penis ; coitus 2. intercourse (as anal or oral intercourse) that does not involve penetration of the vagina by the penis

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Intercourse In"ter*course, n. [Formerly entercourse, OF. entrecours commerce, exchange, F. entrecours a reciprocal right on neighboring lands, L. intercursus a running between, fr. intercurrere to run between. See Inter-, and Course.] A commingling; intimate connection or dealings between persons or nations, as in common affairs and civilities, in correspondence or trade; communication; commerce; especially, interchange of thought and feeling; association; communion. This sweet intercourse Of looks and smiles. --Milton. Sexual intercourse, sexual or carnal connection; coition. Syn: Communication; connection; commerce; communion; fellowship; familiarity; acquaintance.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Sexual intercourse is the physical act of sex between two people. (FORMAL)

Moby Thesaurus

act of love, adultery, amorous dalliance, aphrodisia, ass, balling, billing and cooing, bundling, caressing, carnal knowledge, climax, cohabitation, coition, coitus, coitus interruptus, commerce, congress, connection, copula, copulation, coupling, cuddling, dalliance, diddling, fondling, fornication, hugging, intercourse, intimacy, kissing, lollygagging, lovemaking, making it with, marital relations, marriage act, mating, meat, necking, nestling, nuzzling, onanism, orgasm, ovum, pareunia, petting, procreation, relations, screwing, sex, sex act, sexual climax, sexual commerce, sexual congress, sexual relations, sexual union, sleeping with, snuggling, sperm, spooning, venery