come
SemenSemen.
Recorded UK: Association Shtooka, Judith Franck, CC BY 3.0 US, Wikimedia Commons · Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
3 senses(obsolete, uncountable)Coming, arrival; approach.
(slang, uncountable, vulgar)Semen.
When a man uses a condom during sex, he takes all of his come with him, preventing her from getting pregnant.
(slang, uncountable, vulgar)Female ejaculatory discharge.
- the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
Origin
From Middle English comen, cumen, from Old English cuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kwemanFrom Middle English comen, cumen, from Old English cuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt (“to step; to arrive”), from *gʷem- (“to come, step”).
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract:semenseedseminal fluidejaculate
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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