to sex
- verb
- /sɛks/
- Specialized
- Did you want straight-run or sexed chickens?
- sexed broilers
- sexed and weighed
Examples
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Are you sexing that little rodent downstairs, darling?
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Why are some cows highly sexed while others just stand there?
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A couple of questions about sexing your plants from regular seeds and growing a mother.
Blog text (3) -
Consequently, the sex ratio was based on only mature fish, since small, immature fish could not always be sexed.
Academic text (1993) -
At the age of 21 days, birds were sexed and weighed individually, and males and females with the highest body weight were selected to be the parents of the next generation.
Academic text (2013) -
The crabs were sexed, weighed, and measured, and the shrimp by-catch data (species, number, weight) were also collected.
Academic text (1992) -
Experimental Plan: One thousand four hundred and forty (1440) commercial (Hubbard) day-old (sexed) broiler chicks were used in this experiment.
Academic text (2014) -
The biologist will sex the frogs to ensure they can breed properly.
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It's often challenging to sex certain species of fish without close examination.
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Before adopting a puppy, the vet will sex the litter to help you choose.
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- NSFW
An illegal sexual act done without the other person's agreement, often using force or threats
- NSFW
Attractive to other people in a way that makes them want to be physically close
- Specialized
A medical operation and hormone treatment to make a person's body match the gender they feel
- NSFW
A famous person, for example an actor or singer, who many people think is very sexually attractive
- Offensive
Sexual activity when a person with a penis puts it into another person's anus
- Archaic
Medical treatment with surgery and hormones that helps a person live as a different gender
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A body part used to make babies, like the penis, vagina, testes, or ovaries
- Offensive
A person who others see as very attractive and confident with partners in private
- Specialized
A body chemical that helps sex organs and other adult body features like hair or voice develop
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A crime in which someone forces another person to have sex against their will
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Sex between a married person and someone who is not their husband or wife
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A physical change during puberty that shows male or female differences and does not help make babies
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A gene on a sex chromosome that makes a trait appear more often in one sex than the other
- Specialized
A gland that makes the cells used to make babies, like an ovary or testis
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Physical closeness between partners that is soft, careful, and focused on comfort and trust
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Body parts used for having babies, like genitals, that show if someone is male or female
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A body part you are born with that helps make babies, like genitals or ovaries
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A physical feature that differs between males and females, like body hair or a deep voice
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A small dark spot inside a cell nucleus that shows a second X chromosome in female cells
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A condition caused by a gene on a sex chromosome that affects males and females differently
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sex as a verb meaning to check whether an animal is male or female comes from the noun sex ('male' or 'female'), so to 'sex' an animal is to find its sex.