Definition of female Female
/fiˈmejˌl/ - [feemeyl] - fe•male
We found 22 definitions of female from 7 different sources.
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What does female mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: females |
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| female - a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies | ||
| female person | ||
| male person, male an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) | ||
| mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism | ||
| female body the body of a female human being | ||
| female offspring a child who is female | ||
| female child, little girl, girl a youthful female person; "the baby was a girl"; "the girls were just learning to ride a tricycle" | ||
| foster-sister, foster sister your foster sister is a female who is not a daughter of your parents but who is raised by your parents | ||
| girl wonder an extremely talented young female person | ||
| adult female, woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted" | ||
| female - an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) | ||
| male an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) | ||
| animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna, creature a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | ||
| hen female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster | ||
| dam female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock | ||
| female mammal animals that nourish their young with milk | ||
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| female - being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop; "a female heir"; "female holly trees bear the berries" | ||
| androgynous having both male and female characteristics | ||
| male 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" | ||
| feminine associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition" | ||
| sexuality, gender, sex a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness | ||
| biological science, biology the science that studies living organisms | ||
| female being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop; "a female heir"; "female holly trees bear the berries" | ||
| egg-producing, young-bearing capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring | ||
| female - characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage" | ||
| distaff | ||
| feminine associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition" | ||
| female - for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls; "the female lead in the play"; "a female chorus" | ||
| female being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop; "a female heir"; "female holly trees bear the berries" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- female (Noun)
Someone or something of feminine sex or gender. - female (Adjective)
Belonging or referring to the sex which is generally characterized as the one associated with the larger gametes for species which have two sexes and for which this distinction can be made, which in humans and many other species is the sex which produces eggs and which has XX chromosomes. - female (Adjective)
Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- female (n.)
An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova. - female (n.)
A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant. - female (a.)
Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova; not male. - female (a.)
Belonging to an individual of the female sex; characteristic of woman; feminine; as, female tenderness. - female (a.)
Having pistils and no stamens; pistillate; or, in cryptogamous plants, capable of receiving fertilization.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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female
An adult human member of the sex that produces ova and bears young. -
female
A member of the sex which is generally characterized as the one associated with the larger gametes (for species which have two sexes and for which this distinction can be made). -
female
Of, relating to, or denoting the sex which is generally characterized as the one associated with the larger gametes (for species which have two sexes and for which this distinction can be made). -
female
The sex which is generally characterized as the one associated with the larger gametes (for species which have two sexes and for which this distinction can be made). -
female
Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting. -
female
The female grammatical gender of words.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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female
fē′māl, adj. of the sex that produces young: pertaining to females: (bot.) having a pistil or fruit-bearing organ.—n. one of the female sex, a woman.—ns. Femal′ity, Feminal′ity, the female nature.—adj. Fem′inal.—n. Feminē′ity, the quality of being female.—adj. Fem′inine, pertaining to women: tender: womanly: (gram.) the gender denoting females.—adv. Fem′ininely.—ns. Fem′inineness; Feminin′ity, the nature of the female sex.—Female screw, a screw cut upon the inward surface of a cylindrical hole in wood or metal; Feminine rhyme, a rhyme between words that terminate each in an unaccented syllable. [Fr. femelle—L. femella, dim. of femina, a woman.]
Wikipedia 
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A Female is an organism that belongs to the sex that produces ova ("egg" cells) for sexual reproduction. Females of some species also bear offspring.
Organisms can either be grouped as male or female. Female humans are called women and their bodies are different from male humans (who are called men). A woman has a vagina between her legs (a male has a penis) which is the main sexual organ. They also have breasts with milk glands, which allow them to nurse (feed) infants. A woman's shoulders are usually not as wide as a man's, but women usually have wider hips than men, because they need wide hips to be able to give birth.
Women who become pregnant are encouraged by the medical community to seek professional care from an obstetrician or a gynecologist in order to prevent complications. Likewise, women should see a gynecologist regularly for routine screening exams for cancer.
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🔤- female, noun, singular of females.
- female, adjective, not comparable.
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