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male

/meɪl/

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What does male mean?

adjective

  1. Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
  2. Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)
  3. Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
More meanings (13)

adjective

  1. Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.
  2. Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).
  3. (figuratively) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.
  4. Acronym of medium-altitude long-endurance

noun

  1. A human member of the masculine sex or gender.
  2. An animal of the sex that has testes.
  3. A plant of the masculine sex.
  4. A bacterium which has the F factor.
  5. A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.
  6. Alternative form of Maale.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. Alternative form of Maale.
  3. A Madang language of Papua New Guinea.

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IPA pronunciation

/meɪl/

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“No, no,” she exclaimed, refusing without knowing why, suddenly seized with a fear of him, the intuitive feminine fear of the male.
Frank NorrisMcTeague: A Story of San FranciscoProject Gutenberg ebook #165
Every adult Indian, female as well as male, was bent upon invading the camp of the bois brules, to destroy the murderer.
Charles A. EastmanIndian BoyhoodProject Gutenberg ebook #337
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The inspector, who is a male person, visits the wards at all unexpected hours, even visiting while the females are in bed.
William BoothIn Darkest England, and the Way OutProject Gutenberg ebook #475
Prince Su, and the other male members of the family, went out to the door to receive them, but we remained within.
Isaac Taylor HeadlandCourt Life in China: The Capital, Its Officials and PeopleProject Gutenberg ebook #523
Nowhere, perhaps, is the growing importance of the male in the god-idea more clearly traced than in the history of the Arabians.
Eliza Burt GambleThe God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in ReligionProject Gutenberg ebook #639