male
IPA: mˈeɪɫ
noun
- 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.
- A bacterium which has the F factor.
- A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.
- A surname.
adjective
- Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
- Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)
- Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
- (of bacteria) Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).
- (figuratively) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.
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Examples of "male" in Sentences
- The male will protect the eggs.
- The breeding male is unmistakable.
- The male then fertilizes the eggs.
- The male will then select a female.
- The males are free of the mutation.
- He is the male lead of the the story.
- The areolas of both male and female humans react to cold and arousal.
- One such example in male humans is the gene for the hormone testosterone.
- Contrast the male characters with the often macho male leads of shonen comics.
- Its because the male sex gametes typically determines the sex of the offspring.
- It was then she come out delirious about not being the pampered toy of any male -- _male_, mind you!
- The term is everywhere in recent weeks, rather like the way the phrase "male chauvinism" emerged decades ago in the United States.
- Especially as I read romance that is 50\% male POV or more … and almost always identify with the * male* character, not the heroine.
- I define “male” and “female” in such a way as to include transpeople, which means that some of the _male_ people I know can indeed get pregnant.
- The Fifteenth Amendment does not specifically exclude right of male citizens to vote, because they are _male_ citizens, therefore, male citizens are of necessity included in the right of voting.
- hiya i have brought 6 new pups YAY!! they are a male german shepard, a k. charles female and a shetland male+ a male husky, a jack russell female and a beagle. they are all very hyper cute and very very playful lol
- _The prosperity of the States depends upon the protection afforded to our male citizens_; and the name and character of _male_ citizens of the United States shall mean one and the same thing and carry with them unchallenged security and respect.
- In 1865 the legislature discriminated against women by the passage of a very long act, prescribing the manner in which enumerations of _white male citizens_ shall be made; thus implying that a _white male citizen_ is an honorable and important person, whose existence is to be noted with due care; with a care that distinguishes him equally above the _white female_ and the _black male_ citizen, and in effect places these two unenumerated divisions of human beings into one class.