male
Definition of male:
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part of speech: adjective
A prefix signifying evil; ill; badly, as in malformation, malediction.
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part of speech: adjective
Masculine: pertaining to the sex that begets ( not bears) young: ( bot.) bearing stamens.
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part of speech: adjective
Relating to the sex that begets young; bearing stamens only; having the thread on the outside, as a screw.
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part of speech: noun
A male animal or plant; in bot., a plant or flower which bears stamens and no pistil.
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part of speech: noun
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Common misspellings:
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- mens (3.1%)
- mele (3.1%)
- m (12.5%)
- maile (12.5%)
- mle (12.5%)
- nale (12.5%)
- amle (6.3%)
- mal (6.3%)
- malew (6.3%)
- mael (6.3%)
- mdae (3.1%)
- mae (6.3%)
- mlae (6.3%)
- makle (3.1%)
Usage examples for male:
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You will remember, Sir, that they sometimes lay male eggs in the royal cells.
"New observations on the natural history of bees" – Francis Huber -
To raise seed, have male plants at convenient distances, say one in two or three feet.
"Soil Culture" – J. H. Walden -
It was an old male bird, very wise and very cunning.
"Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy" – Frank Richard Stockton -
He also has got it: another male weakness which I recognize with sympathy.
"Gilbert Keith Chesterton" – Maisie Ward
