'The sex' definitions:

Definition of 'The sex'

From: GCIDE
  • Sex \Sex\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. One of the two divisions of organic beings formed on the distinction of male and female. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The sex, the female sex; women, in general. [1913 Webster]