noun Download 🔗Share One of the female (feminine) sex or gender. Examples : "My sister is a female student in her senior year of high school. " sex biology human person body essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it. Examples : "female authors, the leading male and female artists, a female bird cooing at a male, intersex female patients, a trans female vlogger" sex biology human organism body essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine, womanly.) Examples : "stereotypically female pastimes, an insect with typically female coloration" sex body biology human essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex. Examples : "the female chromosome; estrogen, the primary female sex hormone, is produced by both females and males" sex biology anatomy physiology medicine human essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (grammar, less common than 'feminine') Feminine; of the feminine grammatical gender. Examples : "The French word for "table" is a female noun. " grammar linguistics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting. Examples : "The female connector on the electrical cord fits perfectly into the corresponding male connector. " technical machine technology part essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading