Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To produce ova; discharge eggs from the ovary.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having or bearing ovules.
- To generate or produce ovules; effect ovulation; form or produce ova; lay eggs, as a process of maturing ovules in the ovary and discharging them therefrom.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Biol.) Containing an ovule or ovules.
- intransitive verb (Physiol.) To produce ova and discharge them from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive to
produce eggs orova
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb produce and discharge eggs
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Seems like a pretty basic rule to follow. the major key to that, though, is understanding exactly how to tell when your body is about to ovulate, which is certainly a lot harder than it appears in some women, especially the ones that have an irregular menstruation cycles.
EzineArticles 2010
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There is NO NEED for a rooster or "****" around, because the chickens are going to "ovulate" regardless.
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We share our female reproductive organs, but have four ovaries, and we appear to ovulate differently.
Joined Erin Zulkoski 2011
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"These women are getting the signal to ovulate all the time," before their follicles are mature enough, Nelson says.
Don't say 'early menopause,' it's primary ovarian insufficiency 2010
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The second part of the plan was a bit more complicated; I had to ovulate.
Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011
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Women menstruate on the full moon, ovulate on the new moon, and use lunaception as a form of contraception.
Daniel Bruno Sanz: Bad Moon, Burnt Qurans, Birthers and Flat Earthers Daniel Bruno Sanz 2010
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Women who miss birth-control pills—say, by taking an inert pill when they should take an active one—are at risk of an unintended pregnancy because they may ovulate in the absence of the hormonal medicines meant to prevent it.
Pfizer Cites Packaging Flaws in Birth-Control Pill Recall Jonathan D. Rockoff 2012
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Women menstruate on the full moon, ovulate on the new moon, and use lunaception as a form of contraception.
Daniel Bruno Sanz: Bad Moon, Burnt Qurans, Birthers and Flat Earthers Daniel Bruno Sanz 2010
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"Usually the women who ovulate have missed a larger number," said Dr. Westhoff, who has studied the ovarian effects of missing birth-control pills.
Pfizer Cites Packaging Flaws in Birth-Control Pill Recall Jonathan D. Rockoff 2012
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Women menstruate on the full moon, ovulate on the new moon, and use lunaception as a form of contraception.
Daniel Bruno Sanz: Bad Moon, Burnt Qurans, Birthers and Flat Earthers Daniel Bruno Sanz 2010
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