Sex

  • 51sex — [[t]se̱ks[/t]] ♦♦ sexes, sexing, sexed 1) N COUNT: usu with supp The two sexes are the two groups, male and female, into which people and animals are divided according to the function they have in producing young. → See also , opposite sex, ,… …

    English dictionary

  • 52SEX — Neither biblical nor talmudic Hebrew possesses a specific term for sex. While classical Jewish literature is replete with references to it, the subject is never treated separately and systematically. The most intimate and frank discussions on sex …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 53sex — sex1 [ seks ] noun *** 1. ) uncount the activity in which people kiss and touch each other s sexual organs, which may also include SEXUAL INTERCOURSE: Please don t talk about sex in front of the children. the impact of sex and violence in TV… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 54sex — {{11}}sex (n.) late 14c., males or females collectively, from L. sexus state of being either male or female, gender. Commonly taken with seco as division or half of the race [Tucker], which would connect it to secare to divide or cut (see SECTION …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 55sex — 1 /seks/ noun 1 the activity in which a male and female join their sexual organs in order to create babies, or for pleasure: All you see on TV is sex and violence these days. 2 have sex when two people have sex they take part in an activity that… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 56Sex Up — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Sex Up – Ich könnt schon wieder Produktionsland Deutschland …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 57sex — n. sexual relations 1) to have sex with smb. 2) explicit; illicit; kinky (slang), perverse; premarital sex division of organisms into male and female 3) the fair; female; male sex 4) a member of the opposite sex * * * [seks] female illicit male… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 58sex — /sɛks / (say seks) noun 1. the character of being either male or female: persons of different sexes. 2. the sum of the anatomical and physiological differences with reference to which the male and the female are distinguished, or the phenomena… …

  • 59sex — Gender Gen der (j[e^]n d[ e]r), n. [OF. genre, gendre (with excrescent d.), F.genre, fr. L. genus, generis, birth, descent, race, kind, gender, fr. the root of genere, gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born, akin to E. kin. See {Kin}, and cf.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 60sex —    1. copulation    Literally, the classifications male and female, although the euphemistic use has long been standard English. Heterosexually or homosexually:     I could have asked to wash after sex. (S. Green, 1979)    Sex love is obsolete:… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms