Male
[meɪl] or [mel]
Definition
(noun.) an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova).
(noun.) the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands.
(noun.) a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies.
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys; 'the male lead'; 'the male population' .
(adj.) characteristic of a man; 'a deep male voice'; 'manly sports' .
Editor: Rosanne--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Evil; wicked; bad.
(n.) Same as Mail, a bag.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.
(v. t.) Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
(v. t.) 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.
(n.) An animal of the male sex.
(n.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers.
Inputed by Deborah
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. He.
n. Male animal.
Checker: Natalia
Definition
adj. masculine: pertaining to the sex that begets (not bears) young: (bot.) bearing stamens.—n. one of the male sex: a he-animal: a stamen-bearing plant.—n. Male′-fern an elegant fern with the fronds growing in a crown.—Male order in architecture the Doric order; Male rhymes those in which only the final syllables correspond; Male screw a screw whose threads correspond to and enter the spiral grooves of the female screw.
n. (Spens.) mail armour.
Edited by Bernice
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A member of the unconsidered or negligible sex. The male of the human race is commonly known (to the female) as Mere Man. The genus has two varieties: good providers and bad providers.
Typist: Robbie
Examples
- The three persons were Miss Abbey and two male guests. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But in many cases victory depends not so much on general vigour, but on having special weapons, confined to the male sex. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The whole staff of instructors, male and female, he set aside, and stood on the examiner's estrade alone. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- If the male relations of Madame Rigaud had put themselves forward openly, I should have known how to deal with them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It wasn't any impudence from any of them male paupers as--' 'No, no, love! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Neither must they represent slaves, male or female, performing the offices of slaves? Plato. The Republic.
- There was a curious hostility in male, outlawed understanding between the two men. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Your uncle is your nearest male relative, and the head of the family. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Robert is no puppy or male flirt; I can vouch for that. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The Old Man is the only fully adult male in the little group. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Each lady contributor takes it in her turn to keep the basket a month, to sew for it, and to foist off its contents on a shrinking male public. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Was not the selection of the male guardians determined by differences of this sort? Plato. The Republic.
- This walk was common to all the male members of Sleary's company, and was understood to express, that they were always on horseback. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Pius quaestus, says old Cato, stabilissimusque, minimeque invidiosus; minimeque male cogitantes sunt, qui in eo studio occupati sunt. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- As the wind had set for several days from the female to the male tree, the pollen could not thus have been carried. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In this family several hen birds unite and lay first a few eggs in one nest and then in another; and these are hatched by the males. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Their bodies were smaller and lighter in color, and their fingers and toes bore the rudiments of nails, which were entirely lacking among the males. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The females and young squatted in a thin line at the outer periphery of the circle, while just in front of them ranged the adult males. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The most vigorous males, or those which have most successfully struggled with their conditions of life, will generally leave most progeny. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- As the din of the drum rose to almost deafening volume Kerchak sprang into the open space between the squatting males and the drummers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- They were four in number, two males and two females. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Generally, the most vigorous males, those which are best fitted for their places in nature, will leave most progeny. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- No, he said, they share alike; the only difference between them is that the males are stronger and the females weaker. Plato. The Republic.
- When we three males were left alone after dinner, he got into a more adventurous state. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The other males scattered in all directions, but not before the infuriated brute had felt the vertebra of one snap between his great, foaming jaws. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Then, as one, the males rushed headlong upon the thing which their terrific blows had reduced to a mass of hairy pulp. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The war is, perhaps, severest between the males of polygamous animals, and these seem oftenest provided with special weapons. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- With animals having separated sexes, there will be in most cases a struggle between the males for the possession of the females. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- When all the adult males had joined in the thin line of circling dancers the attack commenced. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The case is the same with the transmission of the honours and fortune through a succession of males without their passing through any female. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
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