(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Someone who is ~ is a woman or a girl.
...a sixteen-piece dance band with a ~ singer...
Only 13 per cent of consultants are ~.
? male
ADJ
2.
Women and girls are sometimes referred to as ~s when they are being considered as a type.
Hay fever affects males more than ~s.
? male
N-COUNT
3.
Female matters and things relate to, belong to, or affect women rather than men.
...~ infertility.
...a purveyor of ~ undergarments...
? male
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
You can refer to any creature that can lay eggs or produce babies from its body as a ~.
Each ~ will lay just one egg in April or May.
? male
N-COUNT
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Female is also an adjective.
...the scent given off by the ~ aphid to attract the male.
? male
ADJ
5.
A ~ flower or plant contains the part that will become the fruit when it is fertilized.
Figs have male and ~ flowers.
? male
ADJ: usu ADJ n