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MALE
male
(adjective) being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation; “a male infant”; “a male holly tree”
male
(adjective) for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys; “the male lead”; “the male population”
male, manful, manlike, manly, virile
(adjective) characteristic of a man; “a deep male voice”; “manly sports”
male
(noun) an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
Male
(noun) the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands
male, male person
(noun) a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
male (not generally comparable, comparative maler or more male, superlative malest or most male)
Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]
Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)
Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
(grammar, less common than 'masculine') Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.
(figuratively) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware. [from 16th c.]
Synonyms
• manly, mannish, masculine
• (figurative: of instuments, etc): plug, pin
Coordinate terms
• female; androgynous; intersex; non-binary
• (grammar): female: see also masculine
Noun
male (plural males)
One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
A human member of the masculine sex or gender.
An animal of the sex that has testes.
A plant of the masculine sex.
Antonyms
• female
Hyponyms
• man, boy
Anagrams
• -meal, Elam, Elma, Lema, alme, amel, lame, lamĂ©, leam, lema, meal, mela, mela-
Source: Wiktionary
Male-
Definition: . See Mal-.
Male, a. Etym: [L. malus. See Malice.]
Definition: Evil; wicked; bad. [Obs.] Marston.
Male, n.
Definition: Same as Mail, a bag. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Male, a. Etym: [F. mâle, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man. Cf. Masculine, Marry, v. t.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; - - said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.
4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
5. (Mech.)
Definition: Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc. Male berry (Bot.), a kind of coffee. See Pea berry.
– Male fern (Bot.), a fern of the genus Aspidium (A. Filixmas), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp. against the tapeworm. Aspidium marginale in America, and A. athamanticum in South Africa, are used as good substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See Female fern, under Female.
– Male rhyme, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree, as laid, afraid, dismayed. See Female rhyme, under Female.
– Male screw (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a corresponding nut or female screw.
– Male thread, the thread of a male screw.
Male, n.
1. An animal of the male sex.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A plant bearing only staminate flowers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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