- male
- [[t]me͟ɪl[/t]]
♦♦males1) ADJ Someone who is male is a man or a boy.
Many women achievers appear to pose a threat to their male colleagues...
The London City Ballet has engaged two male dancers from the Bolshoi...
Most of the demonstrators were white and male.
Ant:Derived words:maleness N-UNCOUNT...the small part of the Y chromosome which is responsible for maleness.
...the solidarity among men which is part of maleness.
2) N-COUNT Men and boys are sometimes referred to as males when they are being considered as a type....the remains of a Caucasian male, aged 65-70...
He was very anxious to prove he was a red-blooded male...
A high proportion of crime is perpetrated by young males in their teens and twenties.
Syn:Ant:3) ADJ: ADJ n Male means relating, belonging, or affecting men rather than women.The rate of male unemployment in Britain is now the third worst in Europe.
...male violence.
...a deep male voice.
Ant:4) N-COUNT You can refer to any creature that belongs to the sex that cannot lay eggs or have babies as a male.Males and females take turns brooding the eggs.
Ant:ADJMale is also an adjective.After mating the male wasps tunnel through the sides of their nursery.
5) ADJ: usu ADJ n A male flower or plant fertilizes the part that will become the fruit.
English dictionary. 2008.
