female

  • 21female — fe|male1 [ fi,meıl ] adjective *** a female person or animal belongs to the sex that can produce babies or eggs a. a female plant is one that produces fruit b. a female part of a machine has a hole in it into which a male part fits female fe|male …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 22female — 1 / fi:meIl/ adjective 1 belonging to the sex that can have babies or produce eggs: a female spider 2 a female plant or flower produces fruit 3 technical a female part of a piece of equipment has a hole into which another part fits: a female plug …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23female*/*/*/ — [ˈfiːmeɪl] adj I 1) a female person or animal belongs to the sex that can produce babies or eggs Ant: male 2) a female plant is one that produces fruit II noun [C] female [ˈfiːmeɪl] a female person or animal Ant: male …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 24female — adj. & n. adj. 1 of the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs. 2 (of plants or their parts) fruit bearing; having a pistil and no stamens. 3 of or consisting of women or female animals or female plants. 4 (of a screw, socket, etc.)… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 25female — Current usage restricts female to designations of sex in scientific contexts. If female is considered objectionable in other contexts, and it is, we lack a word to express female human being of whatever age …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 26female — [14] The symmetry between female and male is a comparatively recent development. Female started as Latin fēmella, a diminutive form of fēmina ‘woman’ (whence English feminine [14]). This in turn was a derivative of Latin fēlāre ‘suck’, and so… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 27female — fe·male || fɪːmeɪl n. one of the female sex, girl, woman adj. of or pertaining to the female sex; characteristic of the female sex; designed with a hollow or groove into which another part fits (Machinery, Electronics) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 28female — /ˈfimeɪl / (say feemayl) adjective 1. belonging to the sex which brings forth young, or any division or group corresponding to it. 2. of or relating to the types of humans or animals which, in the normal case, produce ova which can be fertilised… …

  • 29female — One of the sex that bears offspring. State v Hemm, 82 Iowa 609, 48 NW 971. See chaste female; fee tail female; virtuous female …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 30female — [14] The symmetry between female and male is a comparatively recent development. Female started as Latin fēmella, a diminutive form of fēmina ‘woman’ (whence English feminine [14]). This in turn was a derivative of Latin fēlāre ‘suck’, and so… …

    Word origins