MALE


Meaning of MALE in English

adj evil; wicked; bad.

2. male ·noun an animal of the male sex.

3. male ·noun ·same·as mail, a bag.

4. male ·noun a plant bearing only staminate flowers.

5. male ·vt consisting of males; as, a male choir.

6. male ·vt suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.

7. male ·vt 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.

8. male ·vt 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.

9. male ·vt 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.

Webster English vocab.      Английский словарь Webster.