(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Someone who is ~ is a man or a boy.
Many women achievers appear to pose a threat to their ~ colleagues...
Most of the demonstrators were white and ~.
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ADJ
~ness
...the solidarity among men which is part of ~ness.
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2.
Men and boys are sometimes referred to as ~s when they are being considered as a type.
A high proportion of crime is perpetrated by young ~s in their teens and twenties.
= man
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3.
Male means relating, belonging, or affecting men rather than women.
The rate of ~ unemployment in Britain is now the third worst in Europe.
...a deep ~ voice.
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ADJ: ADJ n
4.
You can refer to any creature that belongs to the sex that cannot lay eggs or have babies as a ~.
Males and fe~s take turns brooding the eggs.
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N-COUNT
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Male is also an adjective.
After mating the ~ wasps tunnel through the sides of their nursery.
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ADJ