male:
(plural: ‘males‘; the opposite word in meaning: ‘female‘)
a man or boy,
a (human) male
e.g.
In the past a physically strong male used to dominate the group he was in, but these days any male with money or political power dominates the group.
Every man wants to be a alpha male, dominating the rest of the men and picking the best females in available, but unfortunately, not all men can be alpha males.
Little Tim always wonders why males and females have separate toilets at public places!
I could be wrong but I think males lose hope sooner and get annoyed quicker than females, but in times of trouble or danger males act more coolly than females.
a male plant
For an article that draws parallels between an ‘alpha’ male animal and an ‘alpha’ male human, please click here, for a scientific article in which we this word (in the heading), and female, to represent men, and women, please click here, for a forum question and answer session in which we see this word, and female, please click here, for an informative article that explains the scientific facts of males, in which we see this word being used as an adjective and a noun in the same article, please click here and for a science article about the connection between pacifiers and males, please click here.
a male & female plug
Note: ‘Male’, as noun & adjective, is also used to refer to an animal or a plant which does not actually bear babies or flowers but participates in sexual activity to produce offspring, e.g. ‘A cock is a male bird, and a hen is a female bird.’, ‘A billy-goat is a male goat and a nanny-goat is a female goat.’ Furthermore, ‘male’ is also used to refer to things, such as a mechanical part that has projections and is joined or fitted into another part which has holes in it, e.g. ‘a male plug’.
