sex, gender, sexuality
(noun) the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles; āshe didnāt want to know the sex of the foetusā
sex, sexual urge
(noun) all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses; āhe wanted a better sex lifeā; āthe film contained no sex or violenceā
sex
(noun) either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided; āthe war between the sexesā
sex
(verb) tell the sex (of young chickens)
arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up
(verb) stimulate sexually; āThis movie usually arouses the male audienceā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sex (countable and uncountable, plural sexes)
(countable) A category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species.
(countable) Another category, especially of humans and especially based on sexuality or gender roles.
(countable) The members of such a category, taken collectively.
(uncountable) The distinction and relation between these categories, especially in humans; gender.
(obsolete or literary, uncountable, with "the") Women; the human female sex and those who belong to it.
(uncountable) Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier.
(countable, euphemism or slang) Genitalia: a penis or vagina.
• (divisions of organisms by reproductive role): gender (sometimes proscribed: see usage note)
• (copulation): See also copulation
• See species
• (usual): See male and female
• (in some contexts): See bigender, transgender, genderless, intersex, genderfluid, homosexual, eunuch
• (jocular, now uncommon): See clergy
sex (third-person singular simple present sexes, present participle sexing, simple past and past participle sexed)
(zoology, transitive) To determine the sex of an animal.
(chiefly, US, colloquial, intransitive) To have sex with.
• (to have sex): do it, get it on, have sex; see also copulate
sex (plural sexes)
(obsolete) Alternative form of sect.
• exs., sXe
Source: Wiktionary
Sex-. Etym: [L. sex six. See Six.]
Definition: A combining form meaning six; as, sexdigitism; sexennial.
Sex, n. Etym: [L. sexus: cf. F. sexe.]
1. The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of properties or qualities by which male is distinguished from female.
2. One of the two divisions of organic beings formed on the distinction of male and female.
3. (Bot.) (a) The capability in plants of fertilizing or of being fertilized; as, staminate and pistillate flowers are of opposite sexes. (b) One of the groups founded on this distinction. The sex, the female sex; women, in general.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
