Male vs. Unmasculine

Maleadjective

Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

‘male writers, the leading male and female singers, a male bird feeding a seed to a female, in bee colonies, all drones are male, intersex male patients’;

Unmasculineadjective

Not masculine; not characteristic of, typical of, or appropriate for a man

Maleadjective

Characteristic of this sex/gender. masculine, manly.}}

‘stereotypically male interests, an insect with typically male coloration’;

Maleadjective

Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.

‘the male chromosome, like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones’;

Maleadjective

Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.

Maleadjective

(figuratively) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.

Malenoun

One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

Malenoun

A human member of the masculine sex or gender.

Malenoun

An animal of the sex that has testes.

Malenoun

A plant of the masculine sex.

Maleadjective

Evil; wicked; bad.

Maleadjective

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.

Maleadjective

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.

Maleadjective

Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.

Maleadjective

Consisting of males; as, a male choir.

Maleadjective

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.

Malenoun

Same as Mail, a bag.

Malenoun

An animal of the male sex.

Malenoun

A plant bearing only staminate flowers.

Malenoun

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

Malenoun

a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

Malenoun

the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands

Maleadjective

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’; ‘a female heir’; ‘female holly trees bear the berries’;

Maleadjective

for or composed of men or boys;

‘the male lead’; ‘masculine attire’;

Maleadjective

characteristic of a man;

‘a deep male voice’; ‘manly sports’;

Male

Male (♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilization. A male organism cannot reproduce sexually without access to at least one ovum from a female, but some organisms can reproduce both sexually and asexually.