Word Definition

Male

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

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