Male

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1. Adjective

Evil; wicked; bad.

2. Noun

Same as Mail, a bag.

3. Verb

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. Verb

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. Verb

Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.

6. Verb

Consisting of males; as, a male choir.

7. Verb

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. Noun

An animal of the male sex.

9. Noun

A plant bearing only staminate flowers.

10. Noun

an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
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