Male

10 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Male \Male\, n.
     1. An animal of the male sex.
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     2. (Bot.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mal- \Mal-\ (m[a^]l-).
     A prefix in composition denoting ill, or evil, F. male, adv.,
     fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form {male-},
     as in malediction, malevolent. See {Malice}.
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     Note: The form male- is chiefly used in cases where the e,
           either alone or with other letters, is pronounced as a
           separate syllable, as in malediction, malefactor,
           maleficent, etc. Where this is not the case, as in
           malfeasance or male-feasance, malformation or
           male-formation, etc., as also where the word to which
           it is prefixed commences with a vowel, as in
           maladministration, etc., the form mal is to be
           preferred, and is the one commonly employed.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Male \Male\, a. [F. m[^a]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.
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     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.
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     3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of
        a male; masculine; as, male courage.
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     4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
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     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.
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     {Male fern} (Bot.), a fern of the genus {Aspidium} ({Aspidium
        Filixmas}), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp.
        against the tapeworm. {Aspidium marginale} in America, and
        {Aspidium 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Male- \Male-\ (m[a^]l- or m[a^]l[-e]-).
     See {Mal-}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Male \Male\ (m[=a]l), a. [L. malus. See {Malice}.]
     Evil; wicked; bad. [Obs.] --Marston.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Male \Male\, n.
     Same as {Mail}, a bag. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  male
       adj 1: 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" [ant:
               {female}, {androgynous}]
       2: for or composed of men or boys; "the male lead"; "masculine
          attire"
       3: characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports"
          [syn: {manful}, {manlike}, {manly}, {virile}]
       n 1: an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can
            fertilize female gametes (ova) [ant: {female}]
       2: a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
          [syn: {male person}] [ant: {female}]
       3: the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "male":
     andric, bull, gentleman, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, he, him, his,
     hombre, homme, male being, male person, man, manful, manlike,
     manly, mannish, masculine, spear, uneffeminate, virile
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  MALE. Of the masculine sex; of the sex that begets young; the sex opposed to 
  the female. Vide Gender; Man; Sex; Worthiest of blood. 
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  MALE, n.  A member of the unconsidered, or negligible sex.  The male
  of the human race is commonly known (to the female) as Mere Man.  The
  genus has two varieties:  good providers and bad providers.