female
♦♦ fe|male /f'iːmeɪl/ (females)
1 [ADJ]
Someone who is female is a woman or a girl.
...a sixteen-piece dance band with a female singer...
Only 13 per cent of consultants are female.
≠ male
2 [N-COUNT]
Women and girls are sometimes referred to as females when they are being considered as a type.
Hay fever affects males more than females.
≠ male
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
Female matters and things relate to, belong to, or affect women rather than men.
...female infertility.
...a purveyor of female undergarments...
≠ male
4 [N-COUNT]
You can refer to any creature that can lay eggs or produce babies from its body as a female.
Each female will lay just one egg in April or May.
≠ male
[ADJ]
Female is also an adjective.
...the scent given off by the female aphid to attract the male.
≠ male
5 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
A female flower or plant contains the part that will become the fruit when it is fertilized.
Figs have male and female flowers.
≠ male
1 [ADJ]
Someone who is female is a woman or a girl.
...a sixteen-piece dance band with a female singer...
Only 13 per cent of consultants are female.
≠ male
2 [N-COUNT]
Women and girls are sometimes referred to as females when they are being considered as a type.
Hay fever affects males more than females.
≠ male
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
Female matters and things relate to, belong to, or affect women rather than men.
...female infertility.
...a purveyor of female undergarments...
≠ male
4 [N-COUNT]
You can refer to any creature that can lay eggs or produce babies from its body as a female.
Each female will lay just one egg in April or May.
≠ male
[ADJ]
Female is also an adjective.
...the scent given off by the female aphid to attract the male.
≠ male
5 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
A female flower or plant contains the part that will become the fruit when it is fertilized.
Figs have male and female flowers.
≠ male