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male

male

351 1.0
Of the sex that makes sperm or pollen that join with eggs
  • adjective
  • /meɪl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : masculino
  • A single flower contains both male and female components.
  • male and female
  • male sperm
  • male reproductive organs

So they have both male gonads and female gonads.

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Examples

  • All right, there are many dark and dangerous things in there that we, the male species, should know nothing about.

  • The E group consisted of about sixty male and female bonobos, half of which were adults.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The four steps are exactly the same, but of course male bodies look different.

  • Are you male or female?

  • A common link in all the murders is that the male victims were fathers with young children.

  • There's something about the male brain which loves that.

  • It applied equally to male and female communities.

  • Two male, two female.

  • We have to somehow sublimate those male hormones, or at least get them under control.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Are you male or female?

Antonyms

1.0

Relating to women and animals that can have babies or lay eggs

Compounds

A man or boy with light skin that people call white

6 3.5

A close friendship between men that forms during activities like sports

male chauvinist
  • Offensive
4 7.3

A man who thinks men are better than women and acts that way

Parts on the outside of a man's body that are used to have children

male chauvinism
  • Offensive
1 6.2

Thinking men are better than women and treating women unfairly

Common hair loss in men that makes hair thin on the top and the hairline go back

1 4.1

A man's body part used for urinating and sex

The outside sexual parts of a male, like the penis and scrotum

1 8.4

A male body part used for passing urine and for sexual activity

A pill sold to help men have better sexual performance

1 1.3

The physical shape and parts of a man

1 2.6

An adult horse that is male, often not castrated

male plug
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A connector with two or three metal pins that you insert into a socket to get power

1 3.2

The organs in a man's body that make sperm and allow sex

1 6.7

A man's strong sexual feeling that ends in the release of semen from the penis

A phrase used to describe famous white European men from history who stand for traditional ideas

3.7

A condition in which a man cannot get or keep an erection for sex

male fern
  • Specialized
9.8

A fern that grows in shady woods across Europe and North America

9.9

A person who cuts a man's or boy's private parts without medical reason

The outer body parts males use for reproduction, like the penis and scrotum

8.8

A habit where men confidently give answers even when they do not know enough

A bush that loses its leaves and has clusters of small white bell-shaped flowers

4.6

A body part in men that makes sperm or male hormones

male hypogonadism
  • Specialized
8.2

A condition in men when the testicles do not make enough sex hormones

A gland inside a man's body that helps make the fluid that carries sperm

9.9

A joking idea that men have monthly bleeding or mood changes

A man who rules a country as its king

A wild plant with bright pink or purple flowers along a tall thin stem

3.8

Hair loss in men that starts at the crown and temples

A plant with feathery leaves that grows in damp, shaded mountain areas

sigma male
  • Slang
9.9

A man who is independent and does not follow social rules

Surface Forms

male positive

Etymology

The word male comes from Latin mas meaning 'male' via masculus, and it has long been used for the sex that makes sperm or pollen. So male now means the sex that can fertilize the female's egg.