cove vs male

cove

noun
  • A friend; a mate. 

  • A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling. 

  • A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level. 

  • A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain. 

  • A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern. 

  • The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship. 

  • A strip of prairie extending into woodland. 

  • A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds. 

verb
  • To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove. 

  • To brood, cover, or sit over, as birds their eggs. 

male

noun
  • A human member of the masculine sex or gender. 

  • A plant of the masculine sex. 

  • An animal of the sex that has testes. 

  • A bacterium which has the F factor. 

  • A male connector, pipe fitting, etc. 

adj
  • Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. 

  • Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female). 

  • Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware. 

  • Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.) 

  • Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex. 

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