noun🔗ShareOne of the female (feminine) sex or gender."My sister is a female student in her senior year of high school. "sexbiologyhumanpersonbodyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareBelonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it."female authors, the leading male and female artists, a female bird cooing at a male, intersex female patients, a trans female vlogger"sexbiologyhumanorganismbodyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCharacteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine, womanly.)"stereotypically female pastimes, an insect with typically female coloration"sexbodybiologyhumanessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareTending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex."the female chromosome; estrogen, the primary female sex hormone, is produced by both females and males"sexbiologyanatomyphysiologymedicinehumanessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(grammar, less common than 'feminine') Feminine; of the feminine grammatical gender."The French word for "table" is a female noun. "grammarlinguisticsessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareHaving an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting."The female connector on the electrical cord fits perfectly into the corresponding male connector. "technicalmachinetechnologypartessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
