Thesaurus: sex

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1. n. The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of properties or qualities by which male is distinguished from female.
2. n. One of the two divisions of organic beings formed on the distinction of male and female.
3. n. The capability in plants of fertilizing or of being fertilized; as, staminate and pistillate flowers are of opposite sexes.
4. n. One of the groups founded on this distinction.
5. n. activities associated with sexual intercourse
6. n. either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided
7. n. all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses
8. n. the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
9. v. to evoke sexual feelings
10. v. tell the sex (of young chickens)
11. 1. The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of properties or qualities by which male is distinguished from female. 2. One of the two divisions of organic beings formed on the distinction of male and female. 3. (Bot.) (a) The capability in plants of fertilizing or of being fertilized; as, staminate and pistillate flowers are of opposite sexes. (b) One of the groups founded on this distinction. The sex, the female sex; women, in general.
12. v:1/n:99 n. either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided n. all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses n. the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles v. tell the sex (of young chickens)