<b><font size="4">"sex"</font></b><br/><b>noun</b> <ol> <li>activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat" [syn: <a href="../sexualactivity.html">sexual activity</a>, <a href="../sexualpractice.html">sexual practice</a>, <a href="../sexactivity.html">sex activity</a>] </li> <li>either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided; "the war between the sexes" </li> <li>all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses; "he wanted a better sex life"; "the film contained no sex or violence" [syn: <a href="../sexualurge.html">sexual urge</a>] </li> <li>the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles; "she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus" [syn: <a href="../gender.html">gender</a>, <a href="../sexuality.html">sexuality</a>]</li> </ol> <b>verb</b> <ol> <li>stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience" [syn: <a href="../arouse.html">arouse</a>, <a href="../excite.html">excite</a>, <a href="../turnon.html">turn on</a>, <a href="../windup.html">wind up</a>] </li> <li>tell the sex (of young chickens)</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../sex.html">http://www.word.sc/sex</a>

Back to Definition