Thesaurus: male

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1. a. Evil; wicked; bad.
2. n. Same as Mail, a bag.
3. v. t. 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. v. t. 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. v. t. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.
6. v. t. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
7. v. t. 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. n. An animal of the male sex.
9. n. A plant bearing only staminate flowers.
10. adj. being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation
11. adj. characteristic of a man
12. adj. for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys