'Male' definitions:
Definition of 'male'
(from WordNet)
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" [ant: androgynous, female]
adjective
Characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports" [syn: male, manful, manlike, manly, virile]
adjective
For or pertaining to or composed of men or boys; "the male lead"; "the male population"
noun
An animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) [ant: female]
noun
A person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies [syn: male, male person] [ant: female, female person]
noun
The capital of Maldives in the center of the islands
Definition of 'Male'
From: GCIDE
- Male \Male\ (m[=a]l), a. [L. malus. See Malice.] Evil; wicked; bad. [Obs.] --Marston. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Male'
From: GCIDE
- Male \Male\, n. Same as Mail, a bag. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Male'
From: GCIDE
- Male \Male\, a. [F. m[^a]le, 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Mech.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Male fern (Bot.), a fern of the genus Aspidium ({Aspidium Filixmas}), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp. against the tapeworm. Aspidium marginale in America, and Aspidium 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Male'
From: GCIDE
- Male \Male\, n.
- 1. An animal of the male sex. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'male'
From: Moby Thesaurus
Words containing 'Male'
- Male-,
- maleness,
- Complemental males,
- Male fern,
- Male rhyme,
- Male screw,
- Male thread,
- adult male,
- male aristocrat,
- male berry,
- male body,
- male bonding,
- male chauvinism,
- male chauvinist,
- male chest,
- male child,
- male genitalia,
- male genitals,
- male horse,
- male hypogonadism,
- male monarch,
- male offspring,
- male orchis,
- male organs,
- male orgasm,
- male parent,
- male person,
- male plug,
- male sibling,
- Male-odor,
- Male-spirited,
- adult male body,
- male erecticle dysfunction,
- male genital organ,
- male pattern baldness,
- male reproductive gland,
- male reproductive system,
- mountain male fern,
- male internal reproductive organ,
- male-patterned baldness