female

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative

femaler

Superlative

femalest

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

females

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

   • Some mentioned factional tensions and bullying within the party involving other female MSPs.
   • I turned to [gender-fluid] Alex. "Hey, are you female today? [..] The Skofnung Sword [..] can't be drawn in the presence of women."

2. 2.Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine, womanly.)

   • A travelling shot of a harbour view near Sydney's White Bay moves into a domestic interior as a female voice says, 'There was nowhere else to live except alone.'

3. 3.Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.

4. 4.Feminine; of the feminine grammatical gender.

   • If you are describing a female noun, you must make the adjective feminine by adding an 'e'. If you describe a male noun, you add an 'er'. For neutral nouns you add an 'es'.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A bacterium which lacks the F factor, and is able to receive DNA from another bacterium which has that factor.

   • During mating, F+ male bacteria transfer the F factor to the recipient females, transforming them into F+ males.

2. 2.One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.

   • Accumulated data indicate that in all species of sharks, the females grow larger than the males.
   • It would be years sometimes ere he saw the face of a female, and when he did, that face would not be overangelic.

3. 3.A female connector, pipe fitting, etc.

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Everyday conversation

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General reading & writing

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Literature

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Antonyms

• male