lusted

verb

past tense of lust
as in copulated

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  1. copulated
  2. slept
  3. mated
  4. coupled
Verb
  • Prosecutors said O’Connor tied up her arms, restrained her and then raped and orally copulated her.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
  • In November 1995, Funston took a 5-year-old boy into some bushes, pulled down his pants and orally copulated him, prosecutors said.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
Definition of copulated
Verb
  • Santa Monica Fire Deputy Chief Tom Clemo has barely slept since Saturday.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • While some like Ríos García have slept on the boulevard, others struggle to get some rest on balconies and front porches.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of slept
Verb
  • The sterile male flies mated with fertile female flies, but the interactions didn’t produce offspring, decreasing the overall fly population.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
  • That engine is mated to a 4-speed semi-automatic transmission and a centrifugal clutch (also like Honda's), topping out at 43 mph (70 km/h).
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 July 2026
Definition of mated
Verb
  • First, a dual-layer receiver comprising a perovskite laser cell coupled to a thermoelectric generator was designed.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
  • If your tests need updating every time a developer touches the UI, they're coupled to the wrong abstraction.
    — Asad Khan, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of coupled
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“Lusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lusted. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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