male

adj

1. (not-comparable, usually)Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

   “male writers”

   “the leading male and female singers”

   “a male bird feeding a seed to a female”

   “in bee colonies, all drones are male”

   “intersex male patients”

2. (not-comparable, usually)Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)

   “stereotypically male interests”

   “an insect with typically male coloration”

   “A bright light was shone in her eye and then she heard a kind, male voice who she figured must be Dr. Smith. “Yes, let her rest now, but keep an eye on her blood pressure and her pulse. Check her about every 15 or 20 minutes. Call me if any problem occurs.””

   “More than that, we cannot find the same dynamics within female career trajectories as in the other two country groups, because the time-structure of female and male careers already shows great similarity within the older generation of elites. In addition, the pattern of the relation between female and male careers remains the same over time.”

3. (not-comparable, usually)Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.

   “the male chromosome”

   “like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones”

4. (form-of, masculine, not-comparable, usually)Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.

   “The teacher's voice inflects the pulse of nêhiyawêwin as he teaches us. He says a prayer in the first class. Nouns, we learn, have a gender. In French, nouns are male or female, but in Cree, nouns are living or non-living, animate or inanimate.”

   “If you are describing a female noun, you must make the adjective feminine by adding an 'e'. If you describe a male noun, you add an 'er'. For neutral nouns you add an 'es'.”

5. (not-comparable, usually)Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).

   “Furthermore, male bacteria with fi + R factors, which inhibit the function of F (fi fertility inhibition) (Watanabe et al., 1964a), cannot form specific cell pairs at high frequencies. On the contrary, the formation of[…]”

   “Male bacteria having the sex factor, also known as the F or "fertility" factor, are termed P if the sex factor exists extrachromosomally. F+ bacteria can only conjugate with F, the female counterparts, which do not possess the F [factor].”

6. (figuratively, not-comparable, usually)Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.

   “Male adapter connects female pipe threads to polyethylene cold-water pipe; [...] female flare coupling connects male pipe threads to flared copper or plastic;”

7. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, not-comparable)Acronym of medium-altitude long-endurance

noun

1. One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

   “For quotations using this term, see Citations:male.”

2. One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
3. One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
4. A bacterium which has the F factor.

   “During mating, F+ male bacteria transfer the F factor to the recipient females, transforming them into F+ males. Males also retain a copy of their F factor for themselves (left). When Hfr (or high frequency recombination) males mate[…]”

5. A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.

   “Work another rubber washer over the threads of the male adapter that is now sticking out of the bucket. […] cut out with an X-acto knife, then thread the female fittings to the males.”

6. (alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only)Alternative form of Maale.

name

1. A surname.
2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Maale.
3. A Madang language of Papua New Guinea.