make love

verb

Etymology

Calque of Old Occitan far amor, Middle French faire l'amour.

  1. calqued from faire l'amour
  2. calqued from far amor

Definitions

  1. To engage in sexual intercourse.

    • I caught them making love on my couch.
    • She takes just like a woman, yeah she does / She makes love just like a woman, yeah she does
    • I feel like makin' love to you / That's the time / I feel like makin' dreams come true
  2. To make amorous approaches (to)

    To make amorous approaches (to); to woo, romance, court.

    • So from thenceforth, when loue he to her made, / VVith better tearmes ſhe did him entertaine, / VVhich gaue him hope, and did him halfe perſvvade, / That he iunb time her ioyaunce ſhould obtaine.
    • About a week afterwards she said to him, point-blank, "Are you seriously making love to your little cousin?"

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA