male1 adjectivemale2 noun
malemale1 /meɪl/ ●●● S3 W2 adjective 
WORD ORIGINmale1
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French masle, male, from Latin masculus; ➔ MASCULINEEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- male pursuits such as football and golf
- male sexuality
- A rooster is a male chicken.
- a survey of male and female attitudes
- All the selected texts are written by male philosophers.
- More women are entering traditionally male jobs like engineering.
- Most of the science teachers are male.
- Salaries have increased for both male and female graduates.
- the male-only setting of the St Andrews Sporting Club
- The Health Service needs more male nurses.
- Aboard they had some six hundred gallons of gasoline, just a partial load, and a male stand-in for her.
- All too often, the male response has been flight.
- Female nurturing is presented as the solution to male violence - as though women haven't been doing that for centuries.
- Here we are, you see, women of modest but independent means, living together, but without male attachments.
- How, then, do women engineers resolve the contradictions of their presence in a male world?
- Is it the same reason old male television anchors go to the networks, and old female television anchors go to pasture?
- One such male priest conducted a ritual of purification of a church after a woman priest had celebrated Mass there.
Longman Language Activatora man
an adult male person: · There were two men and a woman in the car.· He had a very successful business and died a rich man.· You wouldn't understand how she feels -- you're a man!
informal also bloke British informal a man: · Dave's a really nice guy.· Is he the guy who used to live next door to you?· That Simon seems like a decent bloke.· He bought the car from a bloke at his office.
a man - use this as a polite way of talking about a man: · Can you serve this gentleman please, Sarah?· Mr Marks, an elderly gentleman, was travelling with his daughter.ladies and gentlemen (=used in speeches): · Ladies and gentlemen, may I present Dr Nelson Mandela.
informal also the lads British informal a group of men who are very friendly with each other or who work together or play in a team together: · I won't be home until late -- I'm going out for a drink with the boys.· The lads played really well -- we were unlucky not to win the game.
a man - use this especially when talking about characteristics that are typical of men and not of women: · The film is a brilliant analysis of the typical American male.· Haemophilia is a condition found only in males.
a male person is a man or a boy - use this especially when talking about jobs and work: · Most of the science teachers are male.· Salaries have increased for both male and female graduates.· The Health Service needs more male nurses.
a man who does not behave in a traditional male way or have traditionally male attitudes towards women, for example one who stays at home to look after the children or is happy to show his feelings: · I wouldn't say Tom was exactly a new man - he just enjoys looking after kids more than I do.· He considered himself to be a New Man, sensitive about things such as PMS and bad hair days.
for men designed for men: a man's watch/suit/shirt etc: · She was barefoot and wearing a man's shirt over her jeans.men's shoes/clothes/magazines etc: · a shop selling handmade men's shoes
for men - use this about jobs or activities that men usually do or places that are for men only: · More women are entering traditionally male jobs like engineering.· male pursuits such as football and golfall-male: · For the first time women are being allowed into this previously all-male school.male-only: · the male-only setting of the St Andrews Sporting Club
WORD SETSaerobic, adjectiveafterbirth, nounalgae, nounalimentary canal, nounamber, nounameba, nounamino acid, nounamoeba, nounanaconda, nounanaerobic, adjectiveandrogynous, adjectiveantibody, nounantigen, nounantitoxin, nounappendage, nounarm, nounarmour, nounasexual, adjectiveassimilation, nounatrophy, verbaviary, nounbacteria, nounbacteriology, nounbarnacle, nounbile, nounbinocular vision, nounbio-, prefixbiochemistry, nounbiodegradable, adjectivebiodiversity, nounbiohazard, nounbiological, adjectivebiological clock, nounbiology, nounbiomass, nounbiome, nounbiosphere, nounblind, nounbrain, nounbreathe, verbbreed, verbbreed, nounbreeding, nounbristle, nounbulb, nouncapsule, nouncarbohydrate, nouncarbon dioxide, nouncarnivore, nouncell, nouncellular, adjectivecellulose, nouncentral nervous system, nouncervical, adjectivecholesterol, nounchromosome, nouncirculation, nouncirculatory, adjectiveclass, nounclone, nouncold-blooded, adjectiveconceive, verbconch, nounconnective tissue, nouncopulate, verbcoral reef, nouncornea, nouncoronary, adjectivecorpuscle, nouncortex, nouncortisone, nouncowrie, nouncrab, nouncrawfish, nouncrayfish, nouncreature, nouncross, verbcrossbreed, nounculture, nouncytoplasm, noundecay, verbdecay, noundecompose, verbdefecate, verbdenizen, noundextrose, noundiaphragm, noundigest, verbdigestion, noundigestive, adjectiveDNA, noundorsal, adjectivedry rot, nounduct, noundwarf, noundwarf, adjectiveecological, adjectiveecology, nounecosystem, nounegg, nounejaculate, verbembryo, nounembryonic, adjectiveenzyme, nounepidermis, nounevolution, nounevolutionary, adjectiveexcrement, nounexcrescence, nounexcrete, verbexcretion, nounexhale, verbexoskeleton, nounextinction, nounfaeces, nounfamily, nounfang, nounfat, nounfatty acid, nounfauna, nounfeces, nounfeed, verbfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferment, verbferment, nounfertile, adjectivefertility, nounfertilize, verbfission, nounflank, nounflatulence, nounflesh, nounfleshy, adjectiveflightless, adjectiveflora, nounfoetal, adjectivefoetus, nounfoliage, nounfossil, nounfreak, nounfreshwater, adjectivefructose, noungamete, nounganglion, noungene, noungene pool, noungenera, genetic, adjectivegenetic code, noungenetic engineering, noungenetic fingerprinting, noungenetics, noungenome, noungenus, noungestation, noungland, nounglandular, adjectiveglucose, noungluten, noungonad, noungrass snake, noungrow, verbgrowth, nounhabitat, nounhaemoglobin, nounhearing, nounheart, nounhemisphere, nounherbivore, nounhereditary, adjectiveheredity, nounhermaphrodite, nounhibernate, verbhistamine, nounhoming, adjectivehormone, nounhost, nounimpregnate, verbimpulse, nounincubate, verbindigenous, adjectiveinfected, adjectiveinfertile, adjectiveinfest, verbingest, verbinhale, verbinseminate, verbinsensate, adjectiveinsulin, nounintegument, nounintercourse, nouninterferon, nounintestine, nouninvertebrate, nouninvoluntary, adjectiveiris, nounjaw, nounjelly, nounkidney, nounkrill, nounlactate, verblactation, nounlactic acid, nounleech, nounleg, nounlesser, adjectivelichen, nounlife, nounlife cycle, nounlife form, nounligament, nounlimb, nounlimpet, nounlipid, nounliver, nounliving fossil, nounlocomotion, nounlymph, nounlymph node, nounmale, adjectivemale, nounmammal, nounmandible, nounmate, nounmate, verbmembrane, nounmetabolism, nounmetabolize, verbmetamorphosis, nounmicrobe, nounmicrobiology, nounmicroorganism, nounmicroscopic, adjectivemigrate, verbmigratory, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmolar, nounmorphology, nounmotor, adjectivemould, nounmouth, nounmucous membrane, nounmucus, nounmulticellular, adjectivemuscle, nounmuscular, adjectivemutant, nounmutate, verbmutation, nounnatural history, nounnatural selection, nounnature, nounneck, nounnectar, nounnerve, nounnervous, adjectivenervous system, nounneural, adjectiveneuro-, prefixneurology, nounnode, nounnose, nounnostril, nounnucleic acid, nounnucleus, nounnutrient, nounnutriment, nounoesophagus, nounoestrogen, nounolfactory, adjectiveoptic, adjectiveorgan, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic chemistry, nounorganism, nounorifice, nounossify, verbosteo-, prefixoutgrowth, nounova, ovary, nounoverwinter, verboviduct, nounoviparous, adjectiveovulate, verbovum, nounparasite, nounpathogen, nounpedigree, nounpelvic, adjectivepelvis, nounpenile, adjectivepenis, nounpepsin, nounperiod, nounperspiration, nounperspire, verbphotosynthesis, nounphylum, nounpigment, nounpigmentation, nounplankton, nounplasma, nounpollinate, verbpostnatal, adjectivepregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectiveprenatal, adjectiveproduct, nounproliferation, nounpropagate, verbprotein, nounprotoplasm, nounprotozoan, nounpuberty, nounpulmonary, adjectivepulp, nounpulsation, nounputrefy, verbputrid, adjectivered blood cell, nounregurgitate, verbrenal, adjectivereproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverespiration, nounrespiratory, adjectiverespire, verbretina, nounroot, nounrot, verbrot, nounruff, nounsac, nounsaliva, nounsalivary gland, nounsalivate, verbsaltwater, adjectivescale, nounscallop, nounscaly, adjectivesebaceous, adjectivesecrete, verbsecretion, nounsemen, nounsense organ, nounsensory, adjectiveserum, nounsex, nounsex, verbsexless, adjectivesexual intercourse, nounsheath, nounshell, nounsibling, nounskeletal, adjectiveskeleton, nounskin, nounskull, nounspasm, nounspasmodic, adjectivespecies, nounspecimen, nounsperm, nounspiderweb, nounspinal cord, nounspine, nounspineless, adjectivestarch, nounstem cell, nounstimulate, verbstimulus, nounstrain, nounsubject, nounsubspecies, nounsucker, nounsucrose, nounsweat, verbsweat, nounsweat gland, nounsymbiosis, nounsystemic, adjectivetail, nountaxonomy, nounteeth, testosterone, nountest-tube baby, nountissue, nountrachea, nountube, noununicellular, adjectiveurethra, nounuric, adjectiveurinate, verburine, nounvariety, nounvector, nounvein, nounvenom, nounvenomous, adjectiveventricle, nounvertebra, nounvertebrate, nounvivisection, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewean, verbwildlife, nounwindpipe, nounyolk, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
Motor-racing has largely been a male preserve (=something that only men have been involved with).COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES male chauvinism He’s a bit of a male chauvinist. a male chauvinist pig (=an insulting name for a male chauvinist) The dominant male gorilla is the largest in the group. This particular gene is passed down through the male line. Banking used to be a male preserve. a study of male sexuality
Motor-racing has largely been a male preserve (=something that only men have been involved with).· his drawings of the female body
male chauvinism He’s a bit of a male chauvinist. a male chauvinist pig (=an insulting name for a male chauvinist)· Do you know who his female companion was?
The dominant male gorilla is the largest in the group.· The majority of the female employees are under 30.
· Most of my male friends are married now.
This particular gene is passed down through the male line. (=an insulting name for a male chauvinist)
(=a job that traditionally is done by men or women)· traditional female occupations such as nursing
(=a man who thinks women are not equal to men)
Banking used to be a male preserve. a study of male sexuality (=the number of young people/men/women unemployed)· Youth unemployment there has reached 50 percent.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· He got a little tired of her complaints that male chauvinism had stopped her getting a book out.· We doubt if any of the men on translation committees or who did their own translations are conscious of any male chauvinism.· But to ascribe this to male chauvinism wouldn't be accurate either.· Marriage experts have slammed Laura's ideas as offensive and pandering to male chauvinism.· Hence also the exaggerated tribalism, the bullheaded racism of an Alf Garnett, the dogged male chauvinism of an Andy Capp.· He's had a lifelong fight with feminists who accuse him of extreme male chauvinism and damaging their dignity.
· Who said his age excused him from being a male chauvinist?· The producer was Av Westin, who is a staunch male chauvinist, but there was absolutely no hesitation, no objection.· In a nation of committed male chauvinists, all this excitement may stimulate a desire to pinch a schoolgirl's bottom.· No wonder male chauvinists want to reclaim the sole right to do so.
· I had, after all, accounted for two male children and thus done womankind something of a statistical favour.· They early give their male children guns and ceremoniously teach them the rules of their use.· The conflict aroused in these male children can induce an emotional paralysis in later life.· Two-thirds of the ability of male children on aerobic capacity tests; almost 90 percent in female children.· Concentrated semen will make a male child, fluid semen a female.
· Diplomatically, she pointed to where her male colleagues were standing.· Most women can recognize an inappropriate pass by a male colleague.· There was a brief scuffle at the entrance between photographers and a male colleague with the Marquess.· Few were in the top echelons, and they regularly fell behind their male colleagues in promotions and salary increases.· Leslie was hurt after racing to back up male colleagues trying to catch the suspect in Wavertree, Liverpool.· Earlier this month a male colleague, also on the holiday, was dismissed.· If two male colleagues had gone on holiday, she said, neither would have been sacked.· Our engineers described how their male colleagues had problems finding topics of social conversation outside work.
· Elizabeth Jerichau-Baumann's undated painting Odalisque subscribes to the stereotypes of the female nude propagated by her male counterparts.· Fifty-eight percent say they are no worse than their male counterparts.· Besides being paid less per hour the majority of women employees in both sectors work fewer hours than their male counterparts.· Women who undergo cosmetic surgery still far outnumber their male counterparts.· Furthermore, they found that female clerical workers were much less likely to achieve promotion than their male counterparts.· Female managers generally have less difficulty and embarrassment with this topic than do their male counterparts.· But far be it for us to shed crocodile tears over the bruised egos of our male counterparts.· And life for their male counterparts may be no less bleak.
· She said she asked for a lift for herself and a male friend as a joke.· I have the honor of being his only male friend to be included.· She was at pains to tell me - several times - that her male friends were divided into two groups.· She's the type of girl who doesn't have any close girlfriends, just male friends.· He went to the cinema at least once a week, in the company of Susan Einzig or his young male friends.· A number of my male friends are very interested in my neckties.· He had two friends there, two male friends, who had a little boat they could take fishing.· This was a book which began life as chapters to be read aloud to like-minded male friends.
· The succession law favouring the male heir was changed in May 1990 to give equal succession rights to both sexes.· That is how strongly she felt about her responsibility to produce a male heir to the Kang clan.· However, if a man dies without direct male heirs, his cattle will be inherited by a daughter.· Late in life, King Robert had still fathered no male heir.· Unless this occurred, the land was divided equally amongst all the male heirs, reducing the size of Catholic plots.· This was most likely to happen if a lordship was left without an adult male heir.· Madresfield Court at Malvern, Worcs, had stayed empty because the previous tenant had no male heir.
· The family was one of the most prolific in the parish, but in the end the male line withered.· A second method of proclaiming cadency down the male line of the whole blood is to display single marks of difference.· The direct male line of the family died out in 1367.
· During the lesson the male member of staff was continually engaged in a physical interaction with a number of pupils.· In addition, feminists received more support from clergymen than from male members of any other profession.· At the beginning of 1940 there were 190 male members, yet four years later only 93!· Most days the male members of the dass ate lunch together.· Another pleasure, which Karelius shared with most male members of the audience, was the performance of her sister's understudy.· The male member of the duo turned around.· The only remaining male member of our Church choir was a Vic-Wells ballet fan.· But then various men on the race committee and some male members of the National Aeronautic Association began to have second thoughts.
· There was no effect when only the male partner was a smoker.· In London in 1994 9,800 women were attacked by their male partners, compared to 887 men.· Males, in particular, are quickly inhibited from approaching a female if she is already interacting with a male partner.· One of the key differences between the two relates to the impact of a male partner in the household.· Females benefit from having several male partners because they all help to rear her young.· Women's caring responsibilities frequently include the welfare of male partners as well as children.· Some women choose to bring up children alone without a male partner.
· Interestingly, both female as well as male patients exhibited a hypocholesterolaemia, a finding not previously reported among other population groups.· Another male patient at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, arrested after last night's incident, was today being interviewed by police.· One male patient had two separate oesophageal carcinomas.· There were 2101 male patients and 3 female patients in the group.· There they go now, in the autumn dusk, the male patients in their light pyjamas, while the band plays.· Methods Studies were undertaken in 176 male patients who were having investigational colonoscopy and who were found to have a normal colon.· The other male patient was very different from the man who had hurt his head.· Dieulafoy's lesion is a disease of mainly middle aged and elderly male patients.
· Here in Deptford half the male population don't have what you'd call a regular job.· Half the male population is economically active, compared to one-quarter of the female population.· Over 85% of the male population are or were manual workers.· You have to be both token woman and superwoman to come anywhere near a shortlist that disenfranchises most of the male population.· In mid-Cornwall, for example, over a third of the male population has been out of work in recent years.· That does not surprise me, given that 20 percent. of the male population in Newham are currently unemployed.· One in five of the male population is unemployed.
· In other words, they take the side of women against forms of male power.· The combination of sheer male power and boyish devilment was too seductive.· No relevant issues were raised, no acknowledgment that rape is about male power, or even that it is wrong.· It raised questions about the connections between male power within the family and within the industrial firm.· In understanding male power it is important to understand that masculine oligarchies exclude not only all women but most men.· A serious feminist critique of masculinity and male power was long overdue.· The male power in procreation is the active power; women's contribution is passive.
· Because work is still considered a male role, leisure, similarly, is thought to be a male preserve.· Real life was then a male preserve but Helen had no interest in the usual option of the women's pages.· Every head would turn if a woman walked into one of those male preserves.· In cotton country women weavers made coarser cloths, quality pieces remaining a male preserve.· Despite being so ubiquitous, until now they've been solely a male preserve.· Not only does she execute embroideries, but designs them too - thereby encroaching on what had formerly been a male preserve.· The suburban commuter station was emphatically a male preserve at certain times of day.· Working technical equipment seemed to be a male preserve.
· Max breathed out powerful male sexuality in every movement.· A dread of black male sexuality remains.· It was the language of purity which mobilized many women to develop a trenchant critique of male sexuality.· And it would give us a new understanding of the statues with phallic necks or other representations of male sexuality.· He was standing close, holding her breathless with his gaze, every inch of him exuding male sexuality.· Untamed, they can indulge their short-term and promiscuous male sexuality and many do.· It needed to focus on the reform of male sexuality and the improvement of working-class morals.· She is in constant pursuit of ways in which to accentuate male sexuality and to provide men with comfortable clothes.
· Only 10 percent of male students showed such reactions to a story about a student called John.· Nisbett and Cohen also cite experiments they conducted using male students at the University of Michigan.· On one occasion in the early 1880s she was persuaded to address male students at Edinburgh University medical school.· Since most of the male students were in their mid to late twenties, spouse hunting for them was a major preoccupation.· But male students are not exempt.· The male students were randomly assigned to one of four groups.· The gunman had entered a classroom and ordered male students to leave.· In the months prior to the incident, white male students had become more openly resentful of black men dating white women.
· None the less to equate female and male violence is misleading.· The popular notion that words do not hurt you is by no means endorsed among women survivors of male violence.· The causes of male violence intersect in complex ways with inequalities of class, ethnicity, race, and age.· Female nurturing is presented as the solution to male violence - as though women haven't been doing that for centuries.· Other essays examine subjects such as white supremacy, Black homophobia feminist politicization and male violence.· Summary 1 Official statistics understate the amount of male violence against women both in public places and in the home.
· A gruff male voice bade them enter.· There is now a male voice, firm and authoritative, speaking on top of the music.· She paused, hearing the low murmur of male voices, from the doorway just ahead of her.· With a table and a loud male voice he had rid 114 of its claim to local fame.· She sang solo against the humming of the male voices behind her and against the organ counterpoint.· He had a good tenor voice and he belonged to a male voice glee party.· And then an impatient male voice had shouted from the cockpit above.· The Hilliard Ensemble, using six male voices, gives immaculate performances that are rhythmically alive and expressive.
· The evidence does not appear to confirm this, especially in the case of full-time male workers.· She also said she was locked in a walk-in freezer by two male workers.· Finally, the decrease has been greatest among full-time male workers.· It is assumed that all permanently disabled male workers who survived until 1966 are included in the above table.· By 1985, full-time male workers were working an average of 40.3 hours per week.· No evidence was found of fertility problems in male workers.· By 1989 the average working week for full-time male workers had increased to 44.1 hours.· Inasmuch as almost all on-the-job injuries up to that time involved male workers, I concentrate on the males.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► don’t come the innocent/victim/helpless male etc with me
1typical of or relating to men or boys OPP female: - Do a little female bonding - go shopping or out for a big lunch with a friend.
- A whole series of male clubs sprang up which emphasised the elements of male bonding.
- Anticipated here is that always unstable disjunction between identification and desire upon which male bonding depends.
- First, the male - female bonding is weakened owing to the low frequency of male interactions with most of his female companions.
- How could any red-blooded male ignore the message the actress was sending so blatantly? she wondered despairingly.
- Wish I'd met her ten, twenty years ago when I could still pass as a red-blooded male.
a deep male voice traditional male values Motor-racing has largely been a male preserve (=something that only men have been involved with).2a male person or animal cannot have babies or lay eggs OPP female: adult male bears Many women earn less than their male colleagues.3a male plant or flower cannot produce fruit OPP female4technical a male plug has parts that stick out and that fit into a hole or socket OPP femalemale1 adjectivemale2 noun
malemale2 ●●● W3 noun [countable] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Males under 25 have a higher accident rate.
- Haemophilia is a condition found only in males.
- The male uses its light to find receptive female fireflies.
- The film is a brilliant analysis of the typical American male.
- At all three the female was on the nest, and the male perched nearby in the trees.
- Competition among males for mates is stronger in polygamous than in monogamous species.
- In other words, some males are extraordinarily successful while others may never mate.
- One of the key things for the male is to time his departure from the first female correctly.
- The male has two long tail streamers, and females prefer the males with the longest streamers.
- The obstinate refusal of many males to support gun control is not chiefly a product of conditioning by the weapons industry.
- When officers approached the car, both males fled.
THESAURUS
an adult male human: · a young man· Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest.
(also bloke/chap British English) informal a man: · She’d arranged to meet a guy in the bar.· Alex is a really nice bloke.
formal a man – used as a very polite way of talking about a man: · an elderly gentleman· Please could you serve this gentleman?
a young male person, usually a child or a teenager: · a teenage boy
old-fashioned informal a boy or young man: · When I was a young lad, I wanted to join the army.
a teenage boy or young man – used especially in news reports to show disapproval: · Gangs of youths roam the streets.
formal a man – used especially by the police or in science and research contexts. The adjective male is much more common than the noun: · We are investigating the death of an unidentified male.· The condition is usually found only in males.
American English informal a man – a very informal use: · You could tell there was something creepy going on with that dude.
relating to men adjective a male teacher, singer etc is a man. Male jobs are the kind of jobs that men typically do: · Most science teachers are male.· a male nurse· We are trying to recruit more women to do traditionally male jobs such as engineering.
considered to be more typical of a man than of a woman: · He had a very masculine face.· masculine aggression
having the qualities that people expect and admire in a man, such as being brave and strong: · He took off his shirt, revealing his manly chest.· It isn’t considered manly to cry.· In the portrait, the King looked manly and in control.· He was bronzed and athletic, with manly features and a steady gaze.
behaving in a way that is traditionally typical of men, for example by being strong and tough and not showing your feelings – used especially either humorously or to show disapproval: · On the outside he may seem to be very macho but inside he’s very sensitive.· Stallone always plays macho men.· He’s far too macho to drink mineral water.
Longman Language Activatora man an adult male person: · There were two men and a woman in the car.· He had a very successful business and died a rich man.· You wouldn't understand how she feels -- you're a man!
informal also bloke British informal a man: · Dave's a really nice guy.· Is he the guy who used to live next door to you?· That Simon seems like a decent bloke.· He bought the car from a bloke at his office.
a man - use this as a polite way of talking about a man: · Can you serve this gentleman please, Sarah?· Mr Marks, an elderly gentleman, was travelling with his daughter.ladies and gentlemen (=used in speeches): · Ladies and gentlemen, may I present Dr Nelson Mandela.
informal also the lads British informal a group of men who are very friendly with each other or who work together or play in a team together: · I won't be home until late -- I'm going out for a drink with the boys.· The lads played really well -- we were unlucky not to win the game.
a man - use this especially when talking about characteristics that are typical of men and not of women: · The film is a brilliant analysis of the typical American male.· Haemophilia is a condition found only in males.
a male person is a man or a boy - use this especially when talking about jobs and work: · Most of the science teachers are male.· Salaries have increased for both male and female graduates.· The Health Service needs more male nurses.
a man who does not behave in a traditional male way or have traditionally male attitudes towards women, for example one who stays at home to look after the children or is happy to show his feelings: · I wouldn't say Tom was exactly a new man - he just enjoys looking after kids more than I do.· He considered himself to be a New Man, sensitive about things such as PMS and bad hair days.
WORD SETSaardvark, nounadder, nounAfghan, nounalley cat, nounalligator, nounalpaca, nounAlsatian, nounamphibian, nounamphibious, adjectiveangora, nounanimal, nounanteater, nounantelope, nounanthropoid, adjectiveantler, nounape, nounappaloosa, nounarachnid, nounarmadillo, nounasp, nounass, nounbaa, verbbaboon, nounbaby, nounbadger, nounbantam, nounbark, verbbark, nounbarnacle, nounbasset, nounbat, nounbay, nounbay, verbbay, adjectivebeagle, nounbear, nounbeast, nounbeast of burden, nounbeaver, nounbellow, verbbellow, nounbelly, nounbig cat, nounbig game, nounbighorn sheep, nounbilly goat, nounbiped, nounbison, nounbitch, nounbivalve, nounbleat, verbbloodhound, nounbloodstream, nounblow-hole, nounboa, nounboar, nounbobcat, nounbovine, adjectivebow-wow, nounboxer, nounbrainwave, nounbrindled, adjectivebristle, verbbronc, nounbronco, nounbrontosaurus, nounbrush, nounbuck, nounbuffalo, nounbull, nounbulldog, nounbullfrog, nounbullock, nounbull terrier, nounburro, nounburrow, nouncalf, nouncall, nouncalve, verbcamel, nouncanine, adjectivecanine, nouncarapace, nouncarcass, nouncaribou, nouncarnivore, nouncarthorse, nouncat, nouncattle, nouncaudal, adjectivecayman, nouncetacean, nounchameleon, nounchamois, nouncheetah, nounchestnut, nounchickadee, nounchicken, nounchihuahua, nounchimpanzee, nounchinchilla, nounchipmunk, nounchow, nounclaw, nouncloven hoof, nouncoat, nouncob, nouncobra, nouncocker spaniel, nouncold-blooded, adjectivecollie, nouncolouring, nouncolt, nouncomb, nounconnective tissue, nouncony, nouncoon, nouncopperhead, nouncorgi, nouncougar, nouncourtship, nouncow, nouncoyote, nouncoypu, nouncrest, nouncrocodile, nouncrop, verbcrustacean, nouncry, nouncub, nouncur, noundachshund, nounDalmatian, noundeer, nounden, noundentine, noundingo, noundinosaur, noundoe, noundog, noundolphin, noundomesticate, verbdonkey, noundormouse, noundorsal, adjectivedromedary, nounduckbilled platypus, nounearthworm, nounelephant, nounelk, nounentrails, nounermine, nounewe, nounexcreta, nounexcretion, nounfallopian tube, nounfallow deer, nounfang, nounfauna, nounfawn, nounfeed, nounfeeler, nounfeline, adjectivefeline, nounfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferal, adjectiveferret, nounfetlock, nounfieldmouse, nounfilly, nounfin, nounfleece, nounflipper, nounflying fox, nounfoal, nounfoal, verbfoetus, nounforefoot, nounforeleg, nounfox, nounfoxhound, nounfox terrier, nounFriesian, nounfrog, nounfrogspawn, nounfruit bat, nounfur, nounfurry, adjectivegarter snake, noungazelle, noungecko, noungeese, gelding, noungerbil, nounGerman shepherd, noungestation, noungiant panda, noungibbon, noungiraffe, noungnu, noungoat, noungolden retriever, noungopher, noungorilla, noungregarious, adjectivegreyhound, noungroundhog, nounground squirrel, noungrunt, verbguinea pig, nounhack, nounhackles, nounhairless, adjectivehamster, nounhare, nounhart, nounhaunch, nounhedgehog, nounheifer, nounhen, nounherbivore, nounherd, nounhermit crab, nounhibernate, verbhind, adjectivehind, nounhindquarters, nounhippo, nounhippopotamus, nounhock, nounhog, nounhoof, nounhorned, adjectivehorse, nounhound, nounhowl, verbhump, nounhusky, nounhyaena, nounhybrid, nounhyena, nounibex, nouniguana, nounimpala, nouninbred, adjectiveinbreeding, nouninsectivore, nouninterbreed, verbinvertebrate, nounjackal, nounjackrabbit, nounjaguar, nounjellyfish, nounJersey, nounkangaroo, nounkid, nounkoala, nounkookaburra, nounLabrador, nounlair, nounlamb, nounlemming, nounleopard, nounlion, nounlioness, nounlitter, nounlitter, verblizard, nounllama, nounlonghorn, nounlugworm, nounlynx, nounmale, nounmamba, nounmammal, nounmammary, adjectivemammoth, nounmandible, nounmandrill, nounmane, nounman-eater, nounmare, nounmarmoset, nounmarsupial, nounmarten, nounmastitis, nounmate, nounmate, verbmating, nounmaw, nounmenagerie, nounmew, verbmiaow, verbmice, nounmigrant, nounmilk, verbmimic, verbmimic, nounmink, nounmole, nounmollusc, nounmongoose, nounmongrel, nounmonkey, nounmoo, verbmoose, nounmoult, verbmountain goat, nounmountain lion, nounmouse, nounmule, nounmuskrat, nounmussel, nounmustang, nounmutt, nounmuzzle, nounnag, nounnanny goat, nounnative, adjectivenative, nounnest, nounnewt, nounnocturnal, adjectiveocelot, nounoctopus, nounoffspring, nounoink, interjectionokapi, nounOld English sheepdog, nounomnivore, nounomnivorous, adjectiveopossum, nounorangutang, nounotter, nounox, nounpachyderm, nounpack, nounpad, nounpair, nounpanda, nounpanther, nounparasite, nounparasitic, adjectivepaw, nounpaw, verbpeccary, nounpedigree, adjectivepeke, nounPekinese, nounpelt, nounPersian cat, nounpest, nounpheasant, nounpiebald, adjectivepied, adjectivepig, nounpiggy, nounpiglet, nounpincer, nounpine marten, nounpinto, nounpit bull terrier, nounpit pony, nounplankton, nounplate, nounplatypus, nounpointer, nounpolar bear, nounpolecat, nounpolyp, nounpony, nounpooch, nounpoodle, nounporcupine, nounporker, nounporpoise, nounPortuguese man-of-war, nounpossum, nounpouch, nounprairie dog, nounprance, verbpredation, nounpredator, nounpredatory, adjectiveprehensile, adjectiveprey, nounprickle, nounpride, nounprimate, nounproboscis, nounprocreate, verbprowl, verbpterodactyl, nounpuffin, nounpug, nounpullet, nounpuma, nounpup, nounpurebred, adjectivepurr, verbpussy, nounpython, nounquack, verbquadruped, nounquill, nounrabbit, nounrabbit warren, nounrabid, adjectiveraccoon, nounracoon, nounram, nounrat, nounrattler, nounrattlesnake, nounravening, adjectivereindeer, nounreptile, nounretract, verbretriever, nounrhesus monkey, nounrhino, nounrhinoceros, nounroan, nounrodent, nounroe deer, nounrottweiler, nounruminant, nounruminate, verbrump, nounrunt, nounrut, nounsable, nounsac, nounsalamander, nounsausage dog, nounscavenge, verbschool, nounscorpion, nounseal, nounsea lion, nounseashell, nounsea urchin, nounsemen, nounserpent, nounsetter, nounsex, verbshed, verbsheep, nounsheepdog, nounShetland pony, nounshire horse, nounshrew, nounshrimp, nounSiamese cat, nounsilkworm, nounsimian, adjectivesire, nounskin, nounskunk, nounsloth, nounslug, nounsnail, nounsnake, nounsnakebite, nounsnarl, verbsniffer dog, nounsnout, nounsocial, adjectivesow, nounspaniel, nounspawn, verbspawn, nounsperm whale, nounsponge, nounspoor, nounspore, nounspringbok, nounsquid, nounsquirrel, nounstag, nounstallion, nounstarfish, nounSt Bernard, nounsteed, nounsteer, nounsting, nounstinger, nounstoat, nounstomach, nounstray, adjectivestray, nounstud, nounsucker, nounsuckle, verbsuckling, nounswine, nountadpole, nountail, nountame, adjectivetame, verbtapeworm, nountapir, nounteat, nountentacle, nounterrapin, nounterrier, nounterritorial, adjectiveterritory, nountiger, nountigress, nountoad, nountom, nountomcat, nountooth, nountortoise, nountortoiseshell, nountrumpet, verbtrunk, nountufted, adjectiveturtle, nountusk, nountyrannosaurus, nounudder, nounuterus, nounvampire bat, nounvent, nounvermin, nounvertebrate, nounvicuña, nounviper, nounvivarium, nounvixen, nounvole, nounwag, verbwallaby, nounwallow, verbwalrus, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewarren, nounwarthog, nounwater buffalo, nounwater rat, nounwater vole, nounweasel, nounweevil, nounwhale, nounwhelk, nounwhelp, nounwhelp, verbwhinny, verbwhippet, nounwhisker, nounwild boar, nounwildcat, nounwildebeest, nounwildfowl, nounwinkle, nounwithers, nounwolf, nounwolfhound, nounwombat, nounwool, nounyak, nounyap, verbyap, nounyearling, nounyelp, nounYorkshire terrier, nounyoung, nounzebra, nounzoologist, nounzoology, nounzygote, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES male chauvinism He’s a bit of a male chauvinist. a male chauvinist pig (=an insulting name for a male chauvinist) The dominant male gorilla is the largest in the group. This particular gene is passed down through the male line. Banking used to be a male preserve. a study of male sexuality
· his drawings of the female body
male chauvinism He’s a bit of a male chauvinist. a male chauvinist pig (=an insulting name for a male chauvinist)· Do you know who his female companion was?
The dominant male gorilla is the largest in the group.· The majority of the female employees are under 30.
· Most of my male friends are married now.
This particular gene is passed down through the male line. (=an insulting name for a male chauvinist)
(=a job that traditionally is done by men or women)· traditional female occupations such as nursing
(=a man who thinks women are not equal to men)
Banking used to be a male preserve. a study of male sexuality (=the number of young people/men/women unemployed)· Youth unemployment there has reached 50 percent.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The adult males move in larger home ranges that are superimposed spatially upon those of the females.· Being an adult male, he was at the end of the line for inoculations.· The adult males are dark, the females and young are sandy-brown.· This year's quota is 25,400, composed of 23,400 pups and 2,000 adult males.· Another key set of wired bonds is that between adult males.· Between 1641 and 1651 more than one in five adult males bore arms perhaps one in twenty lost their lives.· In 1877 he observed the adult male and female forms.
· Both movies look at the pressures on young black urban males.· Blacks, particularly black males, are underrepresented in medical schools across the country.· But not every black male is a wife-beater.· They were sparked by the police shooting of an unarmed young black male, Timothy Thomas.· More whites joined in, and black female students called more black males to even the numbers.· Consider: Homicide is the leading cause of death for black males between the ages of 15 and 34.· For black males in this age group the increase was even greater.· The participants, mostly black males, were criticized for following Farrakhan, who has been accused of anti-Semitism.
· Harem A typical mammalian grouping consists of one dominant male and a harem of females.· It is not my experience that dominant males have ever had too much difficulty accepting their social superiority.· Her father is Andy, the only adult dominant male in the Belfast group.· Several dominant males could impregnate all the women and perpetuate the tribe.· This arrangement requires a certain amount of restraint and co-operation on the part of the dominant males, but it clearly has compensatory advantages.· There are some species, such as hyenas and vervet monkeys, in which females are dominant to males.· In other groups, the dominant male gets most of the matings, and the other males are allowed an occasional copulation.· If the pack has become too big and unmanageable, the dominant male must spend all his time trying to control it.
· Its distinction between human males and human females was almost complete.· Similarly - and we declare this honestly and proudly - we believe human males have a genetic thirst to flirt.· Some owners notice that their cats love human females and hate or fear human males.· Yet they still can not define any specific influence of testosterone on the behaviour of the human male.· This ghostly figure appears as a scarecrow-thin, stooped human male in late middle age, which mutters and cackles to himself.· This is equivalent to a human male becoming a father in his late seventies.· All it knows is that when a human male came close to it, it was restrained and then something painful happened.
· The female played the major role in this, and often bullied the larger male into attending to his duties.· I knew it was a female, because in owls they are larger than males.· Against this the presence of the large male and his spectacular charging displays is an ample response.· The shoal consists of lots of females and a single large male.· The largest of the males began to court her.· In experiments larger males are much better at dislodging smaller males from females than viceversa.· Detailed life-history studies of this highly dimorphic animal reveal that the reproductive success of large males is much higher than small males.· Yet large males are in the minority among their peers, and are much smaller than the females.
· The newcomer trades his forbearance of the existing young against the collaboration of the old male in retaining the harem.· Cigar was voted the outstanding older male unanimously.· Patients in this group are likely to be older males.· Found murdered, unidentified eighteen-year old male in empty lot on Jackson Avenue, South Bronx.· Then he has to cope with the alarming vocal displays of the old males, designed to put him off his game.· Each eight-year-old male comes to the plate with dreams of violent magic in his bat.· If this happens it seems the old male is doomed.
· Males of this species hold harems of three to six females, and forcibly prevent other males from mating with them.· At the same time they try to make sure that no other males get the opportunity to mate with their own female.· He never gives the other males a chance.· In other groups, the dominant male gets most of the matings, and the other males are allowed an occasional copulation.· This group range is in effect a male-group territory and is defended as such against groups of other males.· In other species males have evolved special weapons with which they fight over females.· A harem stallion defends his mares against the attentions of other males.· One example may be the male red deer which competes vigorously with other males for opportunities to mate.
· The best strategy is to have small males who stick like glue on the rare occasions when one makes the grade.· Conversely, a small male does worse than a small female because he fails to win a mate at all.· In experiments larger males are much better at dislodging smaller males from females than viceversa.· Detailed life-history studies of this highly dimorphic animal reveal that the reproductive success of large males is much higher than small males.· The females, their huge shells glinting in the moonlight, drag smaller males behind them.· As a consequence they typically occur in very small groups and males therefore mate with fewer females each year.
· The robber's described as a white male, in his early to mid twenties and of medium build.· But in the early sixties, Loyola was pretty mucha school for white males from the middle and upper middle class.· Kim described her assailant as a white male in his 20s or 30s who reminded her of Timothy McVeigh.· A No. 5 is a white male like Jim Davis, the victim.· The suspect was described as a white male of average height and weight between 25 to 32 years old.· In proportion to their numbers young ghetto males commit seven times more homicides and 30 percent more suicides than young white males.· We have eight task forces, one of white males.· The mobilization of large numbers of white males for the war effort in-creased apprehension among the population at home.
· Some are sufficiently realistic that young males try to chat up the female personas they represent.· In proportion to their numbers young ghetto males commit seven times more homicides and 30 percent more suicides than young white males.· The behaviour of young males and females in Seyfarth's study already foreshadowed the adult outcome.· They were sparked by the police shooting of an unarmed young black male, Timothy Thomas.· Both movies look at the pressures on young black urban males.· Holly was astride the supine form of one of the younger males, it was hard to tell which.· Mr. Baker A large proportion of car crime is carried out by young males between the ages of 12 and 22.· I asked my husband of the punishment for the young males who had participated, but he had no answer.
NOUN· Females often try to escape from the alpha male's vigilance, and will go up to the beta male and solicit copulation.· You see it in nonhuman primates, where the new alpha male comes into the troop and mates.· They turned themselves into cartoon alpha males.· They were also friendlier towards female infants and those not fathered by the current alpha male.· Overall, females were friendliest and least aggressive towards alpha males, regardless of their treatment of infants.· Since females reap substantial protective benefits from associating with alpha males, this is perhaps not surprising.· They might find themselves having to do some serious work, with concomitant loss of status among the other alpha males.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► don’t come the innocent/victim/helpless male etc with me
1a male animal OPP female: - Do a little female bonding - go shopping or out for a big lunch with a friend.
- A whole series of male clubs sprang up which emphasised the elements of male bonding.
- Anticipated here is that always unstable disjunction between identification and desire upon which male bonding depends.
- First, the male - female bonding is weakened owing to the low frequency of male interactions with most of his female companions.
- How could any red-blooded male ignore the message the actress was sending so blatantly? she wondered despairingly.
- Wish I'd met her ten, twenty years ago when I could still pass as a red-blooded male.
The male is usually bigger and more brightly coloured than the female.► see thesaurus at man2a man OPP female: Police described her attacker as a white male aged about 25.