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/ˈfiː.meɪl/ · adjective
Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it..
female authors, the leading male and female artists, a female bird cooing at a male
Twice in her thirty-year career she held office in the blacksmiths' guild. Ms. [Fya] upper Bach was no fluke, either: legal and guild records from medieval Germany list other female blacksmiths, coppersmiths, tinsmiths, and pewterers. Some of these redoubtable women gained entry into the guild through "widow's rights"; others, however, made it on sheer mettle and muscle.
I turned to [gender-fluid] Alex. "Hey, are you female today? [...] The Skofnung Sword [...] can't be drawn in the presence of women."
Some mentioned factional tensions and bullying within the party involving other female MSPs.
stereotypically female pastimes, an insect with typically female coloration
A travelling shot of a harbour view near Sydney's White Bay moves into a domestic interior as a female voice says, 'There was nowhere else to live except alone.'
More than that, we cannot find the same dynamics within female career trajectories as in the other two country groups, because the time-structure of female and male careers already shows great similarity within the older generation of elites. In addition, the pattern of the relation between female and male careers remains the same over time.
the female chromosome
Use female when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Female means Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it..
Common synonyms include womanly, feminine, socket, female.
Possible antonyms include male, androgynous, male person.
female authors, the leading male and female artists, a female bird cooing at a male
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