Sex (Noun)
Meaning 1
Either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided; "the war between the sexes".
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The teacher explained the differences between the two sexes to the class of young students.
- In many species, the two sexes have distinct physical characteristics.
- The ratio of males to females in the population was nearly equal, with a slight bias towards the female sex.
- The biologist studied the mating habits of the two sexes in the animal kingdom.
- The war between the sexes was a common theme in many of the author's novels.
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Meaning 2
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
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Meaning 3
The properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles; "she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 4
Activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The couple had sex for the first time on their honeymoon.
- She regretted having sex with her ex-boyfriend after the breakup.
- They tried to have sex quietly so as not to wake the baby.
- The health class covered topics such as safe sex and STD prevention.
- After a few drinks, they decided to have sex in the hot tub.
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- Foreplay
- Queerness
- Sexual Intercourse
- Bisexuality
- Intercourse
- Love
- Reproduction
- Promiscuity
- Bestiality
- Facts Of Life
- Homosexualism
- Relation
- Copulation
- Coitus
- Union
- Lechery
- Sexual Relation
- Pleasure
- Coupling
- Bondage
- Safe Sex
- Autoeroticism
- Conception
- Coition
- Sexual Love
- Procreation
- Zooerastia
- Autoerotism
- Mating
- Heterosexuality
- Sexual Perversion
- Perversion
- Conjugation
- Heterosexualism
- Love Life
- Sexual Union
- Sodomy
- Outercourse
- Lovemaking
- Promiscuousness
- Carnal Abuse
- Sexual Congress
- Carnal Knowledge
- Arousal
- Homosexuality
- Gayness