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sex
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[ noun ] (biology,sexuality) activities associated with sexual intercourse
Synonyms Examples "they had sex in the back seat" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)Instead - and not just to prove my objectivity - I hasten to report that it 's a highly amusing film which probably does a fairly accurate job of reporting on the Easter vacation shenanigans of collegians down in Fort_Lauderdale , and that it seems to come_to_grips quite honestly with the moral problem that most commonly vexes youngsters in this age_group - that_is_to_say , sex . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)What does a monk know about sex '' ? (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)`` Sex is overpriced '' , he said . `` The gods seemed to think sex pretty important '' , she rebutted . (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)`` I should say it is the turning of courts of law into veritable theatres for sex dramas , involving clergymen and parishioners , psychiatrists and patients . |
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[ noun ] either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided
Examples "the war between the sexes" Used in print (S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)The Maturity Chart for each sex demonstrates clearly that Onset is a phenomenon of infancy and early_childhood whereas Completion is a phenomenon of the later portion of adolescence . Second , for both sexes , the 21 transverse lines in the Onset Profile vary more in individual spread than those in the Completion Profile . The difference between the sequence of Onset of ossification for the sexes governs the numbering sequence in Figures 3 and 4 . (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)A Tibetan swami from Palermo , Sicily , announced in Beverly_Hills a newly discovered , ancient yoga discipline for ripple breathing which increased both pranha and cosmic attraction between sexes . Related terms |
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[ verb ] tell the sex (of young chickens)
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[ noun ] (sexuality) all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses
Synonyms Examples "he wanted a better sex life" "the film contained no sex or violence" |
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[ noun ] (biology,sexuality) the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
Examples "she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus" Related terms physiological_property maleness androgyny femaleness female male sexual asexual androgynous |
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