male

Topic: DAILY LIFE

Date:	1300-1400
Language:	Old French
Origin:	masle, male, from Latin masculus; MASCULINE

male
1 adjective

male1 S3 W2 See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages

1 typical of or relating to men or boys [≠ female; ↪ masculine]:

a deep male voice

traditional male values

Motor-racing has largely been a male preserve. (=something that only men have been involved with)

2 a male person or animal cannot have babies or lay eggs [≠ female]:

adult male bears

Many women earn less than their male colleagues.

3HBP a male plant or flower cannot produce fruit [≠ female]

4 technicalDT a male plug has parts that stick out and that fit into a hole or socket [≠ female]

Definition of male from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic DAILY LIFE