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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Male \Male\, n. 1. An animal of the male sex. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mal- \Mal-\ (m[a^]l-). A prefix in composition denoting ill, or evil, F. male, adv., fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form {male-}, as in malediction, malevolent. See {Malice}. [1913 Webster] Note: The form male- is chiefly used in cases where the e, either alone or with other letters, is pronounced as a separate syllable, as in malediction, malefactor, maleficent, etc. Where this is not the case, as in malfeasance or male-feasance, malformation or male-formation, etc., as also where the word to which it is prefixed commences with a vowel, as in maladministration, etc., the form mal is to be preferred, and is the one commonly employed. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Male- \Male-\ (m[a^]l- or m[a^]l[-e]-). See {Mal-}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Male \Male\ (m[=a]l), a. [L. malus. See {Malice}.] Evil; wicked; bad. [Obs.] --Marston. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Male \Male\, n. Same as {Mail}, a bag. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Male \Male\, a. [F. m[^a]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man. Cf. {Masculine}, {Marry}, v. t.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them. [1913 Webster] 3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage. [1913 Webster] 4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir. [1913 Webster] 5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc. [1913 Webster] {Male fern} (Bot.), a fern of the genus {Aspidium} ({Aspidium Filixmas}), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp. against the tapeworm. {Aspidium marginale} in America, and {Aspidium athamanticum} in South Africa, are used as good substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See {Female fern}, under {Female}. {Male rhyme}, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree, as laid, afraid, dismayed. See {Female rhyme}, under {Female}. {Male screw} (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a corresponding nut or female screw. {Male thread}, the thread of a male screw. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: male adj 1: being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation; "a male infant"; "a male holly tree" [ant: {androgynous}, {female}] 2: characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports" [syn: {male}, {manful}, {manlike}, {manly}, {virile}] 3: for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys; "the male lead"; "the male population" n 1: an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) [ant: {female}] 2: a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies [syn: {male}, {male person}] [ant: {female}, {female person}] 3: the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands From Latin-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-lat-eng]: male badly From Italian-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-ita-eng]: male badly From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Male /maːlə/ marks From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]: male 1. grind; pulverize 2. paint