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Dictionary definition · Male

noun

  1. the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands
  2. an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
  3. a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

adjective

  1. being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation"a male infant"
  2. characteristic of a man"a deep male voice"
  3. for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys"the male lead"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).