Definition of male

"male" in the noun sense

1. male

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

2. male, male person

a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

3. Male

the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands

"male" in the adjective sense

1. male

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"

2. male, manful, manlike, manly, virile

characteristic of a man

"a deep male voice"

"manly sports"

3. male

for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys

"the male lead"

"the male population"

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Quotations for male

There are male as well as female gossips. [ Colton ]

The male alone has been appointed to bear rule. [ Molière ]

There are female women, and there are male women. [ Charles Buxton ]

That same man that rennith awaie, Male again fight, an other dale. [ Erasmus ]

Beauties, whether male or female, are generally the most untractable people of all others. [ Steele ]

There are certain things in which a woman's vision is sharper than a hundred eyes of the male. [ Lessing ]

Foppery, being the chronic condition of women, is not so much noticed as it is when it breaks out on the person of the male bird. [ Balzac ]

male in Scrabble®

The word male is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

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male in Words With Friends™

The word male is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

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Word Growth involving male

Shorter words in male

ale

ma

Longer words containing male

female femaleness

female females nonfemales

female nonfemale nonfemales

maleate

maledict maledicted

maledict maledicting

maledict malediction maledictions

maledict maledictive

maledict maledictory

maledict maledicts

maleducated

maleducating

maleducation

maleducative

malefactor malefactors

maleimide maleimides

malemute malemutes

maleness femaleness

males dismalest

males females nonfemales

males formalest

males nonmales

males tamales

malevolence malevolences

malevolent malevolently

nonmale nonmales

plasmalemma plasmalemmas

tamale tamales