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English Dictionary: male	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for male
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
male adj being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation; "a male infant"; "a male holly tree" Antonym(s): androgynous, female characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports" Synonym(s): male, manful, manlike, manly, virile for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys; "the male lead"; "the male population" n an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) Antonym(s): female a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies Synonym(s): male, male person Antonym(s): female, female person the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Male \Male\, n. 1. An animal of the male sex. 2. (Bot.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Male- \Male-\ See {Mal-}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Male \Male\, a. [L. malus. See {Malice}.] Evil; wicked; bad. [Obs.] --Marston.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Male \Male\, n. Same as {Mail}, a bag. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Male \Male\, a. [F. m[83]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man. Cf. {Masculine}, {Marry}, v. t.] 1. 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. 2. (Bot.) 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. 3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage. 4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir. 5. (Mech.) 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. {Male berry} (Bot.), a kind of coffee. See {Pea berry}. {Male fern} (Bot.), a fern of the genus {Aspidium} ({A. Filixmas}), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp. against the tapeworm. {Aspidium marginale} in America, and {A. athamanticum} in South Africa, are used as good substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See {Female fern}, under {Female}. {Male rhyme}, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree, as laid, afraid, dismayed. See {Female rhyme}, under {Female}. {Male screw} (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a corresponding nut or female screw. {Male thread}, the thread of a male screw.