Definitions for sexes

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sexes sex

Spelling: [seks]

IPA: /sɛks/

Sexes is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 19 anagrams from letters in sexes (eessx).

Definitions for sexes

noun

1. either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated with reference to the reproductive functions.
2. the sum of the structural and functional differences by which the male and female are distinguished, or the phenomena or behavior dependent on these differences.
3. the instinct or attraction drawing one sex toward another, or its manifestation in life and conduct.
4. coitus.
5. genitalia.

Idioms

1. to have sex, to engage in sexual intercourse.

Verb phrases

1. sex up, Informal. to arouse sexually: to increase the appeal of; to make more interesting, attractive, or exciting:

verb (used with object)

1. to ascertain the sex of, especially of newly-hatched chicks.

Origin of sexes

1350-1400; Middle English Latin sexus, perhaps akin to secāre to divide (see section)

Examples for sexes

But the battle of the sexes school has a different take on the matter.

I consulted further tables that gave births by sexes and groups.

The first bill President Obama signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which called for equal pay among the sexes.

Or are they used in an evolutionary battle of the sexes over who has the last say in fertilization?

The significant difference between the sexes raises the question: Should we trust the numbers?

In all these statue groups there is this great resemblance between the sexes.

Perhaps, says Eberhard, even in species where battles of the sexes may seem to be fought, female discretion is key.

How true here is the understanding of affection and of the sexes!

Our decision here will affect our outlook on the entire relation of the sexes.

This has forced the thought—is the difference between the sexes, after all, so complete?