sexnoun詞源 1/ˈsɛks/

• 1

  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.
• 2

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

  • Still there are some loop-holes out of which a man may creep, and dare to think and act for himself; but for a woman it is an herculean task, because she has difficulties peculiar to her sex to overcome, which require almost super-human powers.
  • "But now another sex, in arms, is brought, / And, realms to guard, are eunuchs able thought!"
• 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.
• 4

  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 We've dealt with the outdated view of sex underpinning this.
• 5

  obsoleteliteraryWomen; 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.
• 6

  Sexual activity, may be understood to be 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.
• 7

  slangGenitalia: 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.
• 8

  obsoleteAny kind of category, class, or community of people who possess shared characteristics, such as religion or race.

sexverb詞源 1/ˈsɛks/

• 1

  biologynatural-scienceszoologyTo 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.
  • If, in fact, in L. funebris there is no sex marker on the song elements themselves, then a young bird must be able to sex its tutor. The same is true if the individuals were predisposed to produce the total vocabulary of any population, or of both sexes in their own population, and then under experience had to suppress a sex-specific subset of that repertoire [7]. It seems unrealistic to assume the reverse, that a parent bird can sex by some hidden cues newly hatched sexually monomorphic offspring and direct its own vocabulary to consexual young only.
• 2

  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.
• 3

  To have sex.

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

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