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

Someone who is male is a man or a boy. From 1995 to 2002, the total number of male prisoners nationwide in state and federal prisons grew 27 percent. The company has engaged two male …

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.

Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces, or is organized to produce, the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, [1][2][3][4] or ovum, in the process …

male (meɪl) n. 1. a person bearing an X and Y chromosome pair in the cell nuclei and normally having a penis, scrotum, and testicles and developing hair on the face at adolescence; a boy or man. 2. an …

4 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.

Definition of male adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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