male

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative

maler

Superlative

malest

Noun

Noun

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

Plural

males

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 sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

   • We got the hang of [caring for a baby], Kate and I, with some quiet, surprising guidance from a gentle male nurse whose touching lack of intrusion was so instinctive as to seem part of the pattern.

2. 2.Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)

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

4. 4.Masculine; of the masculine 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 has the F factor.

2. 2.Alternative form of Maale.

3. 3.One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:male.

4. 4.A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.

   • Work another rubber washer over the threads of the male adapter that is now sticking out of the bucket. […] cut out with an X-acto knife, then thread the female fittings to the males.

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Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

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Literature

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Antonyms

• female