sex

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their…

   A category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species; the system of such categories, which can differ by organism or by taxonomic branch.

   • The effect of the medication is dependent upon age, sex, and other factors.
   • The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
   • I would never have guessed […] that slime molds can have thirteen sexes.
2. 2

   Another category, especially of humans and especially based on sexuality or gender roles.

   • "But now another sex, in arms, is brought, / And, realms to guard, are eunuchs able thought!"
   • A black old neutral personage / Of the third sex stept up.
3. 3

   The members of such a category, taken collectively.

   • It was a weakness / In me, but incident to all our sex.
   • The sensibility of the female sex appears […] to be greater than that of the male.
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   1. 4

      The distinction and relation between these categories, especially in humans

      The distinction and relation between these categories, especially in humans; gender.

      • A lot of women now like men to pay for them on dates... We've dealt with the outdated view of sex underpinning this.
   2. 5

      Women

      Women; the human female gender and those who belong to it.

      • The sex of Venice are undoubtedly of a distinguished beauty.
      • I was not, however, better than my neighbors; the Sex had its charms for me as it had for others; But there always remained a sting, that time only wore away.
      • Even the reptile temperament of Noel Vanstone warmed under the influence of the sex: he had an undeniably appreciative eye for a handsome woman, and Magdalen's grace and beauty were not thrown away on him.
   3. 6

      Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier.

      • We marry in fear and trembling, sex for a home is the woman's traffic, and the man comes to his heart's desire when his heart's desire is dead.
      • If you want to have sex, you've got to trust / At the core of your heart, the other creature.
      • 1934, translation of the Qur'an (23:5) by Abdullah Yusuf Ali (The believers ... those ... ) who abstain from sex
   4. 7

      Genitalia

      Genitalia: a penis or vagina/vulva.

      • Another ha's gon through with the bargain... One that will find the way to her Sex, before you'le come to kissing her hand.
      • And the black cypresses strained upwards like the sex of a hanged man.
      • She touched his sex with her hand.
   5. 8

      To determine the sex of (an animal).

      • If we sex the cattle, which is the only way to get at their value, we shall have... 400 cows, 200 yearling heifers.
      • The ability to sex birds invasively through laparoscopy initially solved that problem, but now it is even easier and less stressful on the birds through testing the DNA of their feathers or blood.
   6. 9

      To have sex with.

      • As good as Muddah had handled me in bed, sexing her hadn't done a damn thing to take my mind off my cousin Smoove.
      • He shows some glimpses, but most of the released singles are about flossing, partying, and sexing women.
      • Sex with Ivory had gotten better than sexing his wife. Herschel laughed with Ivory, cried with Ivory. They dreamt aloud together. Unlike Nikki, Ivory believed in him. Every man needed a woman who believed in him.
   7. 10

      To have sex.

      • Our baby is eighteen months old now, and cries when we sex
   8. 11

      Alternative form of sect.

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• synonymcopulate
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