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Definition of “make love”

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make love

Definitions

  1. to have sexual intercourse (with)
  2. (archaic) to engage in courtship (with)
See love (sense 18)

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= have sexual intercourse, have sex, go to bed, sleep together, do it, mate, have sexual relations, have it off, have it away

make love

Definitions

  1. to have sexual intercourse
  2. (archaic) to engage in courtship
See make1 (sense 44)

Example Sentences Including 'make love'

A dying marriage, a young sexy girl wanting to make love to you -it would be hard for any man to resist.
Sun, News of the World (2001)
All actresses have slept with directors... I want to make love to you and kiss you.
Megastar (2005)
And if all else fails, you can go and make love in the kitchen.
Hodson, Phillip & Hooper, Anne 365 Ways to a Happy Sex Life
Dear Deidre MY St Valentine's Day fantasy is to make love in the local library.
Sun, News of the World (2000)
For some archers this means you won't surface for days as you make love until dawn each day.
The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2004)
Later, ready for sleep, they contrived to make love again, both aware of the silent subtext.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)
She liked to make love on the balcony with people passing in the street below.
Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
They did not make love for the first few nights of their marriage.
O'Connor, Joe Desperadoes
To Confused: I also had a fantasy, but it was to see my fiance make love to another woman.
Misc (1998)

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