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adjective meɪlmeɪl 1Of or denoting the sex that produces gametes, especially spermatozoa, with which a female may be fertilized or inseminated to produce offspring. Example sentencesExamples - The subscription lists, particularly those before 1860, suggest that the audience was predominantly male.
- In this case it appears that male sterility caused self-fertilization to fail but some days later cross-fertilization took place.
- The mostly male executives running corporations across America would do well to take note.
- Other males and male offspring have no recourse but either to accept celibacy, look elsewhere, or kill the father.
- Havana produced Carlos Acosta, now a member of the Royal Ballet, the world's number one male dancer.
- The 65 987 participants were predominantly male and middle aged.
- But then from memory mass murderers or serial killers were pretty much exclusively male.
- Today, there are few, if any, maritime roles that remain exclusively male.
- An emphasis on male offspring and the male line is found throughout the country.
- Reef fishes are egg-layers, and the eggs are externally fertilized by the male parent.
- Female students, on average, take more valuable equipment than their male counterparts.
- Thus, the benefits to offspring of male incubation may be reduced in various species.
- So there is some evidence that male sterility can negatively affect female fitness.
- Some females even adjust the ratio of male to female offspring depending on the circumstances.
- Male fish with both male and female reproductive systems have been found in the River Ouse in the county.
- Biological differentiation into male and female makes sexual reproduction possible.
- The biological consequences concern both male and female reproductive systems.
- The chromosome from the father determines whether the offspring becomes male or female.
- Petronio was the first male dancer of the Trisha Brown Company, for which he danced from 1979 to 1986.
- While students are predominantly male, any driver with a valid license can sign up.
Synonyms masculine, to do with men, he- virile, manly, macho, red-blooded - 1.1 Relating to or characteristic of men or male animals.
Example sentencesExamples - You live in a place where male bonding takes on a whole new life!
- Over the speakers, the male voice reading was full of love but full of loss.
- However, in some species, females use male traits to predict spermatophore quality.
- Many footballers in England earned a wage that was not much greater than average adult male earnings in manufacturing.
- Younger women use the monophthongs characteristic of male speech.
- Also, how many males will want their offspring to suffer male pattern baldness?
- We know also that in animals the male hormone, testosterone, is related to dominance and aggression.
- He sat in on his wife's women's group, with their permission, as they talked about menopause and male menopause.
- Thus, it seems logical for a correlation to exist between male and female fertility traits.
- We women in business are measured by how many male characteristics we have.
- Imagine those choruses of lusty male voices singing The Internationale on the soundtrack.
- A male voice said the chairman would return the call, but there was no response from Rao up to press time.
- Their intense dialogue was somehow interrupted by the deep male voices approaching.
- The slow release of testosterone ensures that sex drive and male characteristics, such as body hair, are maintained.
- The Talking Messenger has 15 readers, but is always looking for more, especially male voices.
- Both times Darren said he heard a gruff male voice in the background speaking angrily in rapid fire French.
- The elephants are also slow to respond to a woman's voice as their hearing is tuned to following a male voice.
- We were unable to identify any male characteristics that were associated with EPF.
- The four male voices of the Hilliard earned thunderous foot-stamping applause from a capacity audience at Canongate Kirk.
- He will go down in history as the most popular male voice of all time.
- Founded in 1944, the Orpheus Choir may have to fold due to a lack of male voices.
- Firstly, to get the male point of view, they interview one man.
Synonyms aggressively male, masculine, unpleasantly masculine - 1.2 (of a plant or flower) bearing stamens but lacking functional pistils.
Example sentencesExamples - It is now clear that mutation rates are greater in male than in female germ lines.
- Thus, the perianth of male flowers is often larger than that of female flowers.
- Inflorescences with male flowers only were found in various sequential inflorescences in the six populations.
- The path of pollen tubes has not been investigated, as male flowers were not available.
- Live oaks produce male flowers called catkins that bloom in hanging clusters.
- The pollen grain is the male gametophytic phase of flowering plants.
- 1.3 (of a fitting or part of machinery) manufactured to fit inside a corresponding female part.
the valve has standard half-inch threaded male ends Example sentencesExamples - Cut another small piece of pipe and attach male adapters on both ends.
- Then the connector was flanged onto the newly installed flexible pipe end termination which will mate with the male hub connection structure.
- The fitting also includes a male end portion configured to engage female threads on the hub of the receptacle.
- This audio cable with male connectors on each end is used with ISDN primary rate interfaces.
noun meɪlmeɪl A male person, plant, or animal. the audience consisted of adult males Example sentencesExamples - For black males aged 15-19, the rate increased 105 percent.
- Interactions among newborns, mothers, and adult males are rarely observed but are needed to distinguish between these hypotheses.
- The purpose of the program is to develop responsible sexual behavior among young adolescent males.
- The researcher worldview is that of a middle-class, white, heterosexual male.
- The idea was that every adult white male would have his own gun.
- But costs rise to four times the European average for young males aged between 17 and 24.
- Neither of the two unmated males sired extra-pair young.
- Common chimpanzees are very social animals, with males forming the closest bonds.
- Smaller groups usually consist of an unmated female courted by unmated males.
- Sometimes, though, the ratio of males to females lurches out of balance.
- Mate guarding is the primary mating tactic used by dominant males of many species of ungulates.
- Even Frodo, the longtime dominant alpha male, is feeling poorly and lying low.
- An adolescent heterosexual male, for example, is certainly driven to distraction by his hormonal urge to reproduce.
- There is a palpably macho tone to all of this, as of alpha males competing for dominance and display.
- Territorial males sired, on average, significantly more offspring per reproductive season than peripherals.
- Participants in this study included 105 adolescent males between the ages of 12 and 18 in outpatient and residential programs.
- Plot shows percentage of females produced by hybrid males of various genotypes.
- Adult natal males were never observed to achieve intromission, so all complete copulations involved immigrants.
- And so often what is radical is defined by white heterosexual males and females.
- There was no predation and there were no unmated males in our population.
Derivatives noun ˈmeɪlnəsˈmeɪlnəs They believe that maleness is a kind of original sin. Example sentencesExamples - ‘Other than their pervasive maleness and greyness, there is little to contest about the new appointments’.
- The distinction feminists have made between maleness and masculinity provides a clue and an analogy.
- I wanted to welcome men back to their wonderful maleness.
- Nelson is emasculated by postmodern and postcolonial theories, which call his white maleness into question.
- He needs to mirror and affirm his son's maleness.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French masle, from Latin masculus, from mas 'a male'. female from Middle English: The spelling of female changed in the Middle Ages to match male, which is a quite different word. Female came via Old French femelle from Latin femella, which was a diminutive form of femina ‘woman’ source also of feminine (Late Middle English), whereas male (Late Middle English) is based on Latin masculus, from mas ‘a male person’. See also chauvinism, macho. The saying the female of the species is more deadly than the male comes originally from the 1911 poem ‘The Female of the Species’ by Rudyard Kipling. Whether the animal in question is a cobra, a she-bear, or a woman, the warning of where the greatest danger lies is the same, ‘For the female of the species is more deadly than the male’.
Rhymes ail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, bewail, brail, Braille, chain mail, countervail, curtail, dale, downscale, drail, dwale, entail, exhale, fail, faille, flail, frail, Gael, Gail, gale, Grail, grisaille, hail, hale, impale, jail, kale, mail, webmail, nonpareil, outsail, pail, pale, quail, rail, sail, sale, sangrail, scale, shale, snail, stale, swale, tail, tale, they'll, trail, upscale, vail, vale, veil, surveil, wail, wale, whale, Yale proper nounˈmɑːleɪˈmälā The capital of the Maldives; population 111,000 (est. 2007).
adjectivemeɪlmāl 1Of or denoting the sex that produces small, typically motile gametes, especially spermatozoa, with which a female may be fertilized or inseminated to produce offspring. Example sentencesExamples - Other males and male offspring have no recourse but either to accept celibacy, look elsewhere, or kill the father.
- Biological differentiation into male and female makes sexual reproduction possible.
- An emphasis on male offspring and the male line is found throughout the country.
- Petronio was the first male dancer of the Trisha Brown Company, for which he danced from 1979 to 1986.
- The chromosome from the father determines whether the offspring becomes male or female.
- Today, there are few, if any, maritime roles that remain exclusively male.
- Male fish with both male and female reproductive systems have been found in the River Ouse in the county.
- The mostly male executives running corporations across America would do well to take note.
- Havana produced Carlos Acosta, now a member of the Royal Ballet, the world's number one male dancer.
- Reef fishes are egg-layers, and the eggs are externally fertilized by the male parent.
- The 65 987 participants were predominantly male and middle aged.
- While students are predominantly male, any driver with a valid license can sign up.
- The subscription lists, particularly those before 1860, suggest that the audience was predominantly male.
- Some females even adjust the ratio of male to female offspring depending on the circumstances.
- Female students, on average, take more valuable equipment than their male counterparts.
- The biological consequences concern both male and female reproductive systems.
- But then from memory mass murderers or serial killers were pretty much exclusively male.
- Thus, the benefits to offspring of male incubation may be reduced in various species.
- In this case it appears that male sterility caused self-fertilization to fail but some days later cross-fertilization took place.
- So there is some evidence that male sterility can negatively affect female fitness.
Synonyms masculine, to do with men, he- man, adult male, gentleman - 1.1 Relating to or characteristic of men or male animals; masculine.
Example sentencesExamples - Both times Darren said he heard a gruff male voice in the background speaking angrily in rapid fire French.
- A male voice said the chairman would return the call, but there was no response from Rao up to press time.
- Their intense dialogue was somehow interrupted by the deep male voices approaching.
- Firstly, to get the male point of view, they interview one man.
- Thus, it seems logical for a correlation to exist between male and female fertility traits.
- Over the speakers, the male voice reading was full of love but full of loss.
- The elephants are also slow to respond to a woman's voice as their hearing is tuned to following a male voice.
- However, in some species, females use male traits to predict spermatophore quality.
- He will go down in history as the most popular male voice of all time.
- Younger women use the monophthongs characteristic of male speech.
- We know also that in animals the male hormone, testosterone, is related to dominance and aggression.
- We women in business are measured by how many male characteristics we have.
- The Talking Messenger has 15 readers, but is always looking for more, especially male voices.
- We were unable to identify any male characteristics that were associated with EPF.
- Also, how many males will want their offspring to suffer male pattern baldness?
- You live in a place where male bonding takes on a whole new life!
- Imagine those choruses of lusty male voices singing The Internationale on the soundtrack.
- Many footballers in England earned a wage that was not much greater than average adult male earnings in manufacturing.
- Founded in 1944, the Orpheus Choir may have to fold due to a lack of male voices.
- The slow release of testosterone ensures that sex drive and male characteristics, such as body hair, are maintained.
- The four male voices of the Hilliard earned thunderous foot-stamping applause from a capacity audience at Canongate Kirk.
- He sat in on his wife's women's group, with their permission, as they talked about menopause and male menopause.
Synonyms aggressively male, masculine, unpleasantly masculine - 1.2 (of a plant or flower) bearing stamens but lacking functional pistils.
Example sentencesExamples - Inflorescences with male flowers only were found in various sequential inflorescences in the six populations.
- The path of pollen tubes has not been investigated, as male flowers were not available.
- The pollen grain is the male gametophytic phase of flowering plants.
- It is now clear that mutation rates are greater in male than in female germ lines.
- Live oaks produce male flowers called catkins that bloom in hanging clusters.
- Thus, the perianth of male flowers is often larger than that of female flowers.
- 1.3 (of parts of machinery, fittings, etc.) designed to enter, fill, or fit inside a corresponding female part.
Example sentencesExamples - The fitting also includes a male end portion configured to engage female threads on the hub of the receptacle.
- Then the connector was flanged onto the newly installed flexible pipe end termination which will mate with the male hub connection structure.
- This audio cable with male connectors on each end is used with ISDN primary rate interfaces.
- Cut another small piece of pipe and attach male adapters on both ends.
nounmeɪlmāl A male person, plant, or animal. the audience consisted of adult males Example sentencesExamples - Neither of the two unmated males sired extra-pair young.
- Adult natal males were never observed to achieve intromission, so all complete copulations involved immigrants.
- Sometimes, though, the ratio of males to females lurches out of balance.
- The researcher worldview is that of a middle-class, white, heterosexual male.
- Plot shows percentage of females produced by hybrid males of various genotypes.
- Territorial males sired, on average, significantly more offspring per reproductive season than peripherals.
- But costs rise to four times the European average for young males aged between 17 and 24.
- Participants in this study included 105 adolescent males between the ages of 12 and 18 in outpatient and residential programs.
- For black males aged 15-19, the rate increased 105 percent.
- Mate guarding is the primary mating tactic used by dominant males of many species of ungulates.
- The purpose of the program is to develop responsible sexual behavior among young adolescent males.
- There is a palpably macho tone to all of this, as of alpha males competing for dominance and display.
- Common chimpanzees are very social animals, with males forming the closest bonds.
- There was no predation and there were no unmated males in our population.
- Even Frodo, the longtime dominant alpha male, is feeling poorly and lying low.
- The idea was that every adult white male would have his own gun.
- Interactions among newborns, mothers, and adult males are rarely observed but are needed to distinguish between these hypotheses.
- An adolescent heterosexual male, for example, is certainly driven to distraction by his hormonal urge to reproduce.
- Smaller groups usually consist of an unmated female courted by unmated males.
- And so often what is radical is defined by white heterosexual males and females.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French masle, from Latin masculus, from mas ‘a male’. proper nounˈmälā The capital of the Maldives; population 111,000 (est. 2007).
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