maleadjective
uk/meɪl/us/meɪl/male adjective (SEX)
B1 used to refer to men or boys, or the sex that fertilizes eggs, and does not produce babies or eggs itself:
male students
a male giraffe
IT is very much a male-dominated industry.
What percentage of the adult male population is unemployed?
The male parts of the flower are the stamens and the anthers.
See also
masculine
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- A male chicken is called a cock and a female chicken is called a hen.
- The male deer grows large branching horns called antlers.
- She's going out with a male model.
- The critics picked him out as the outstanding male dancer of the decade.
- Industry is still a preponderantly male environment.
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Species & genders
- breed
- class
- female
- genera
- genus
- he
- m
- order
- paramecium
- phylum
- related
- same-gender
- she
- species
- strain
- subspecies
male adjective (CONNECTING PART)
specialized engineering, electronics used to refer to a piece of equipment that has a part that sticks out and can be fitted into a hollow part in another piece of equipment:
a male plug
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female adjective
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Engineering - mechanical
- -engined
- artificer
- automatic
- automative
- hydraulic
- idle
- internal combustion engine
- mechanic
- mechanical
- mechanically
- octane
- octane number
- outboard motor
- strip
- tick
- tick over
- torque
- tune
- vane
- wheelbase
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Protruding and sticking out
maleness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈmeɪl.nəs/us/ˈmeɪl.nəs/
malenoun [ C ]
uk/meɪl/us/meɪl/B2 a boy, man, or male animal:
The male of the species is less aggressive.
Among the bodies are two unidentified British males.
More examples
- The kitten was actually a female, not a male.
- He's just your average 25-year-old hot-blooded male.
- The female bird incubates the eggs for about sixteen days while the male brings food.
- He says he's a red-blooded American male!
- The chief suspect for the robbery is a Caucasian male.