Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - male
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Male
male
(males) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is male is a man or a boy. Many women achievers appear to pose a threat to their male colleagues... Most of the demonstrators were white and male. ? female ADJ • maleness ...the solidarity among men which is part of maleness. N-UNCOUNT 2. Men and boys are sometimes referred to as males when they are being considered as a type. A high proportion of crime is perpetrated by young males in their teens and twenties. = man ? female N-COUNT 3. Male means relating, belonging, or affecting men rather than women. The rate of male unemployment in Britain is now the third worst in Europe. ...a deep male voice. ? female ADJ: ADJ n 4. You can refer to any creature that belongs to the sex that cannot lay eggs or have babies as a male. Males and females take turns brooding the eggs. ? female N-COUNT • Male is also an adjective. After mating the male wasps tunnel through the sides of their nursery. ? female ADJ
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geographical name island (atoll), chief of the Maldives; contains the nation's capital MALE I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French masle, ~, adjective & noun, from Latin masculus — more at masculine Date: 14th century 1. a. a ~ person ; a man or a boy b. an individual that produces small usually motile gametes (as spermatozoa or spermatozoids) which fertilize the eggs of a fe~ 2. a staminate plant II. adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) of, relating to, or being the sex that produces gametes which fertilize the eggs of a fe~ (2) staminate; especially having only staminate flowers and not producing fruit or seeds a ~ holly b. (1) of, relating to, or characteristic of the ~ sex a deep ~ voice (2) made up of usually adult ~ individuals a ~ choir 2. masculine 3a 3. designed with a projecting part for fitting into a corresponding fe~ part ~ hose coupling • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
adj. & n. --adj. 1 of the sex that can beget offspring by fertilization or insemination (male child; male dog). 2 of men or male animals, plants, etc.; masculine (the male sex; a male-voice choir). 3 a (of plants or their parts) containing only fertilizing organs. b (of plants) thought of as male because of colour, shape, etc. 4 (of parts of machinery etc.) designed to enter or fill the corresponding female part (a male screw). --n. a male person or animal. Phrases and idioms male chauvinist a man who is prejudiced against women or regards women as inferior. male fern a common lowland fern, Dryopteris filixmas. male menopause a crisis of potency, confidence, etc., supposed to afflict men in middle life. Derivatives maleness n. Etymology: ME f. OF ma(s)le, f. L masculus f. mas a male ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1) входящий 2) керн 3) наружный 4) охватываемый 5) охватывающий 6) штепсель 7) штырьковый - male blade - male contact - male gage - male gauge - male part - male plug ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
5.
1) мужчина; мужской 2) самец – male for breeding – dwarf male – idle male – peripheral male – precocious male ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
6.
1. мужчина, лицо мужского пола fevery male who had attained the age of eighteen —- все лица мужского пола, достигшие восемнадцатилетнего возраста male bonding —- мужская дружба there were no males present —- мужчин (лиц мужского пола) там не было 2. самец the animals caught were all males —- среди пойманных животных были только (одни) самцы 3. pl. театр. мужские роли 4. мужской; мужского пола male child —- мальчик, ребенок мужского пола male heir —- наследник male issue —- потомство мужского пола male line —- мужская линия (в семье) male animal —- самец male lead —- театр. кин. главная мужская роль male choir —- мужской хор male nurse —- санитар male servant —- слуга male bee —- трутень male dog —- кобель male hemp plant —- посконь (мужской экземпляр конопли) male rhyme —- стих. мужская рифма 5. тех. входящий в другую деталь, охватываемый male die —- пуансон, подвижной штамп male screw —- болт, шуруп, винт male thread —- наружная резьба ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
7.
beast самец; MALE noun г. Мале MALE bee трутень; MALE cat кот; MALE dog кобель; MALE fern мужской папоротник; MALE line мужская линия MALE 1. noun 1) мужчина 2) самец 2. adj. 1) мужской; - male beast - male bee - male cat - male dog - male fern - male pigeon 2) tech. входящий в другую деталь, охватываемый; - male pipe - male pin - male screw - male thread Syn: see masculine MALE nurse а) санитар; б) брат милосердия MALE pigeon голубь-самец MALE pin шип; MALE pipe вдвинутая труба; MALE screw винт; MALE thread наружная резьба ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 adj 1 belonging to the sex that cannot have babies (a male lion | Women teachers often earn less than their male colleagues.) 2 typical of or connected with this sex (male aggression | traditional male values | differences between male and female longevity) 3 male plant/flower etc a plant etc that cannot produce fruit 4 technical a male plug1 (1) fits into a hole or socket (1) 5 male bonding the forming of strong friendships between men (- opposite female2) - maleness n ~2 n 1 a male animal (The male is usually bigger and more brightly coloured than the female.) 2 a man, especially a typical man (She wouldn't appeal to your average male. | Police described her attacker as a white male aged about 25.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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mil. abbr. Medium Altitude Long Endurance gen. bus. abbr. Men Assisting Leading And Educating ...English abbreviation dictionary
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