male

«male» in Mova's school dictionary: Belonging to the sex that cannot give birth or lay eggs… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (male); noun (a male, males)

meaning for a pupil

1) Belonging to the sex that cannot give birth or lay eggs; in animals, the one that makes sperm: «a male lion». tree →

2) (noun) A male person, animal or plant. tree →

3) (of a plug or part) Having a part that fits into a hole. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science: in many animals males and females look different — a male lion has a mane, a male peacock has a colourful tail; in plants, male parts (stamens) make pollen. In forms and science tables: «male / female». Phrases: «a male and a female», «male animals», «male part».

examples

• The male lion has a big mane. tree →
• A male seahorse carries the babies. tree →
• The male peacock has a beautiful tail. tree →
• Most of the birds we saw were males. tree →
• Fill in the form: male or female. tree →
• The stamen is the male part of a flower. tree →
• As a male divinity he is more particularly the god of shepherds and flocks. tree →

note

Opposite: female. Homophone: «mail» (letters and post) sounds the same — don't mix them. «Male» is used for animals and science; for people we usually say man, boy, men.

In the corpora

• Ballet has many famous male dancers, such as Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov, and it needs huge strength and athletic skill.
• Reindeer are the only deer in which both males and females usually grow antlers.
• All clownfish hatch as males, and the biggest one in a group can turn into the female.
• Young males leave the family at around 10 to 15 years old and live alone or in loose groups of males.
• The temperature of the nest decides whether the babies will be male or female.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «male» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.