Results for male

Definitions of male:

part of speech: adjective

A prefix signifying evil; ill; badly, as in malformation, malediction.

part of speech: adjective

Masculine: pertaining to the sex that begets ( not bears) young: ( bot.) bearing stamens.

part of speech: noun

A male animal or plant; in bot., a plant or flower which bears stamens and no pistil.

part of speech: noun

A human being of the sex that fathers young; an animal or plant of such sex.

part of speech: noun

One of the male sex: a he- animal: a stamen- bearing plant.

part of speech: adjective

Relating to the sex that begets young; bearing stamens only; having the thread on the outside, as a screw.

part of speech: adjective

Pertaining to the sex that fathers young; not female; masculine.

Usage examples for male:

• In some of the fossil specimens the male flowers are preserved. "The Student's Elements of Geology", Sir Charles Lyell

• " Because you know that I'm the last male representative of our family. "Black Jack", Max Brand

• Fifty per cent, of the Koptic male population can read and write well. "History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)", S. Rappoport

• A large number of persons must be assembled there, for she could distinguish several male voices, and now and then a woman's. "The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers