1. (a.) Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits; social happiness; social duties.

2. (a.) Ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse; companionable; sociable; as, a social person.

3. (a.) Consisting in union or mutual intercourse.

4. (a.) Naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of many individual plants of the same species.

5. (a.) Living in communities consisting of males, females, and neuters, as do ants and most bees.

6. (a.) Forming compound groups or colonies by budding from basal processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians.

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