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Found 10 hits - Term: male, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
male \male\, n.
   1. an animal of the male sex.
      1913 webster

   2. bot. a plant bearing only staminate flowers.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mal- \mal-\ ma^l-.
   a prefix in composition denoting ill, or evil, f. male, adv.,
   fr. malus, bad, ill. in some words it has the form male-,
   as in malediction, malevolent. see malice.
   1913 webster

   note: the form male- is chiefly used in cases where the e,
         either alone or with other letters, is pronounced as a
         separate syllable, as in malediction, malefactor,
         maleficent, etc. where this is not the case, as in
         malfeasance or male-feasance, malformation or
         male-formation, etc., as also where the word to which
         it is prefixed commences with a vowel, as in
         maladministration, etc., the form mal is to be
         preferred, and is the one commonly employed.
         1913 webster
see also:
male- malice 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
male \male\, a. f. m^ale, of. masle, mascle, fr. l. masculus
   male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to e. man.
   cf. masculine, marry, v. t.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. bot. 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.
      1913 webster

   3. suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of
      a male; masculine; as, male courage.
      1913 webster

   4. consisting of males; as, a male choir.
      1913 webster

   5. mech. 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.
      1913 webster

   male fern bot., a fern of the genus aspidium aspidium
      filixmas, used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp.
      against the tapeworm. aspidium marginale in america, and
      aspidium athamanticum in south africa, are used as good
      substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. see
      female fern, under female.

   male rhyme, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree,
      as laid, afraid, dismayed. see female rhyme, under
      female.

   male screw mech., a screw having threads upon its
      exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a
      corresponding nut or female screw.

   male thread, the thread of a male screw.
      1913 webster
see also:
masculine marry male fern aspidium aspidium filixmas aspidium marginale 
aspidium athamanticum female fern female male rhyme female rhyme 
male screw male thread 
[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
male- \male-\ ma^l- or ma^l-e-.
   see mal-.
   1913 webster
see also:
mal- 
[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
male \male\ m=al, a. l. malus. see malice.
   evil; wicked; bad. obs. --marston.
   1913 webster
see also:
malice 
[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
male \male\, n.
   same as mail, a bag. obs. --chaucer.
   1913 webster
see also:
mail 
[7] : WordNet (r) 2.0
male
     adj 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" ant:
             female, androgynous
     2: for or composed of men or boys; "the male lead"; "masculine
        attire"
     3: characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports"
        syn: manful, manlike, manly, virile
     n 1: an animal that produces gametes spermatozoa that can
          fertilize female gametes ova ant: female
     2: a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
        syn: male person ant: female
     3: the capital of maldives in the center of the islands
see also:
female androgynous manful manlike manly virile 
male person 
[8] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
21 moby thesaurus words for "male":
   andric, bull, gentleman, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, he, him, his,
   hombre, homme, male being, male person, man, manful, manlike,
   manly, mannish, masculine, spear, uneffeminate, virile




[9] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
male. of the masculine sex; of the sex that begets young; the sex opposed to 
the female. vide gender; man; sex; worthiest of blood. 



[10] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
male, n.  a member of the unconsidered, or negligible sex.  the male
of the human race is commonly known to the female as mere man.  the
genus has two varieties:  good providers and bad providers.




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