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female adj 1 belonging or relating to the sex that gives birth to young, produces eggs, etc. 2 denoting the reproductive structure of a plant that contains an egg cell, such as the pistil of flowering plants. 3 belonging or relating to, or characteristic of, a woman. 4 engineering said of a piece of machinery, etc: having a hole or holes into which another part (the male adj 5) fits. noun 1 sometimes derog a woman or girl. 2 a female animal or plant. femaleness noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin femella young woman, with spelling influenced by association with male.
female, feminine There is often confusion between female and feminine: female classifies living things, and (for people) refers to the fact of being a woman • Nearly everyone, female as well as male, can shed surplus fat. Feminine describes and refers to characteristics that are typical of women • We took it for granted that washing regularly was an exclusively feminine pursuit. |
female adj 1 belonging or relating to the sex that gives birth to young, produces eggs, etc. 2 denoting the reproductive structure of a plant that contains an egg cell, such as the pistil of flowering plants. 3 belonging or relating to, or characteristic of, a woman. 4 engineering said of a piece of machinery, etc: having a hole or holes into which another part (the male adj 5) fits. noun 1 sometimes derog a woman or girl. 2 a female animal or plant. femaleness noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin femella young woman, with spelling influenced by association with male.
female, feminine There is often confusion between female and feminine: female classifies living things, and (for people) refers to the fact of being a woman • Nearly everyone, female as well as male, can shed surplus fat. Feminine describes and refers to characteristics that are typical of women • We took it for granted that washing regularly was an exclusively feminine pursuit. |
female adj 1 belonging or relating to the sex that gives birth to young, produces eggs, etc. 2 denoting the reproductive structure of a plant that contains an egg cell, such as the pistil of flowering plants. 3 belonging or relating to, or characteristic of, a woman. 4 engineering said of a piece of machinery, etc: having a hole or holes into which another part (the male adj 5) fits. noun 1 sometimes derog a woman or girl. 2 a female animal or plant. femaleness noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin femella young woman, with spelling influenced by association with male.
female, feminine There is often confusion between female and feminine: female classifies living things, and (for people) refers to the fact of being a woman • Nearly everyone, female as well as male, can shed surplus fat. Feminine describes and refers to characteristics that are typical of women • We took it for granted that washing regularly was an exclusively feminine pursuit. |
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