The meaning of MALE is of, relating to, or being the sex that typically has the capacity to produce relatively small, usually motile gametes which fertilize the eggs of a female.

Male animals have evolved to use secondary sex characteristics as a way of displaying traits that signify their fitness. Sexual selection is believed to be the driving force behind the development of these …

MALE definition: 1. belonging or relating to men or boys: 2. belonging or relating to the sex that fertilizes eggs…. Learn more.

Male means relating, belonging, or affecting men rather than women. Women entered the workforce in greater numbers and male unemployment rose. ...a deep male voice.

A male is a guy, a dude, a boy, or a man. A male animal is not female. Male life forms are the opposite of females in many ways. The biggest way is that males can’t have babies.

2 days ago · From Middle English male, borrowed from Old French malle, masle (Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus (“masculine, a male”), diminutive of mās (“male, masculine”).

Male, masculine, virile are adjectives that describe men and boys or attributes and conduct culturally ascribed to them.

Male, masculine, virile are adjectives that describe men and boys or attributes and conduct culturally ascribed to them.

There are 19 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word male, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Usage The use of male to mean “man” or “boy” now occurs most commonly in scientific or technical language.