male

adjective

  1. 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

  2. 2

    for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys

    the male lead

    the male population

  3. 3

    characteristic of a man

    a deep male voice

    manly sports

noun

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands

  3. 3

    a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

Synonyms

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