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Meaning Of Male

  1. a.
    Evil; wicked; bad.
  2. n.
    Same as Mail, a bag.
  3. v. t.
    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.
  4. v. t.
    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.
  5. v. t.
    Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.
  6. v. t.
    Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
  7. v. t.
    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.
  8. n.
    An animal of the male sex.
  9. n.
    A plant bearing only staminate flowers.



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