[ US /ˈmeɪɫ/ ]
[ UK /mˈe‍ɪl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation
    a male holly tree
    a male infant
  2. for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys
    the male population
    the male lead
  3. characteristic of a man
    manly sports
    a deep male voice
NOUN
  1. a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
  2. an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
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How To Use male In A Sentence

  • A great deal of the nudge-nudge wink-wink routine by the young upwardly mobile male executives was the usual response to her presence.
  • A couple of weeks ago, while glassing four female Meneliks bushbuck two hundred yards away feeding in a tiny clearing during a pouring rain, a nice male stepped into view. Very Little Drops Dead
  • One of the nastiest is the way in which male honour is seen as bound up with female behaviour so that any supposed compromise or scandal in what happens to women, even becoming a rape victim, justifies violence against them as well as against their abusers or seducers; hence the 'honour killings' of young girls that disfigure some societies even today. Temple Address: "Becoming Trustworthy: Respect and Self-Respect" Church House
  • If this approach has a drawback, it is that the zealous pursuit of the founding principle—disinterring the buried life, stamped under the sod by conniving male partners—sometimes obscures the fact that not a great deal gets added to the wider cultural landscape it is bent on illuminating. A Far From Model Marriage
  • Interior spaces may also be gendered: the author explores both the activities particular to women, such as needlework or lace-making, and the objects related to female and maternal domesticity.
  • Sed vt bonis et cordatis omnibus, etiam extraneis, satisfaciam qui maledicentiam istam Germanicam lecturi vel audituri sunt, aut olim audierint, ne et hi nos meritò calumniam tantam sustinere credant: Tum etiam vt alios qui istis virulentis rhythmis A briefe commentarie of Island, by Arngrimus Ionas
  • Prior to testing, stimulus males were kept for some days in aquaria with a one-way mirror on one side to acclimatize them with their reflected image.
  • A number of the predominately male workforce have twenty-four years service with the company.
  • So if the squid is associated with females and vaginae, and Doctor Manhattan is associated with penises, Watchmen Ending Changed? | /Film
  • The architectonics of the sculpted locks, the author argues, augment their power to fend off sorcery and other malevolent forces.
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