Meaning of sex | Babel Free

Definitions

1. sex (the biological category)
2. 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.
   countable
3. sex (men or women)
4. Another category, especially of humans and especially based on sexuality or gender roles.
   countable
5. sex (the act)
6. The members of such a category, taken collectively.
   countable
7. sex organ
8. The distinction and relation between these categories, especially in humans; gender.
   uncountable
9. first-person singular present indicative of sexar
10. Women; the human female gender and those who belong to it.
    literary, obsolete, uncountable, with-definite-article
11. Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier.
    uncountable
12. Genitalia: a penis or vagina/vulva.
    countable, euphemistic, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“The State Department and current Secretary of State Marco Rubio are expressly directed under the injunction to “to process and issue passports [...] consistent with the State Department’s policy as of January 19, 2025,” and to allow passport applicants to self-declare their gender even if that information is “different from the sex assigned to those individuals under the [Trump] Passport Policy.””

“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!"”

“A black old neutral personage / Of the third sex stept up.”

“I have encountered officers who believe a woman got a better assignment or somehow "got over" because of her sex.”

“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.”

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 We've dealt with the outdated view of sex underpinning this.”

“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.”

“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”

“Why wasn't Bond ‘more tender’ in his love-making? Why did he just ‘have sex’ and disappear?”

“It wouldn't work with you... Sex, I mean. You're... easy to be with. You're... you're not dangerous. You're my best friend, John. I couldn't have it on with my best friend, John. It would be embarrassing. Sorry. Honest.”

“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.”

“And he put in a fake sex (penis) because he wanted to make the scene more real, more rude.”

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