male

adjective6

1. •
   of the sex that can become a father, like men and boys

   • in bee colonies, all drones are male
2. •
   Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)

   • stereotypically male interests
3. •
   (figurative) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.

   • Male adapter connects female pipe threads to polyethylene cold-water pipe; [...] female flare coupling connects male pipe threads to flared copper or plastic — 1982
4. •
   Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.

   • like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones
5. •
   Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.

   • If you are describing a female noun, you must make the adjective feminine by adding an 'e'. If you describe a male noun, you add an 'er'. For neutral nouns you add an 'es'. — 2012
6. •
   Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).

noun6

1. •
   One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
2. •
   A human member of the masculine sex or gender.
3. •
   An animal of the sex that has testes.
4. •
   A plant of the masculine sex.
5. •
   A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.

   • Work another rubber washer over the threads of the male adapter that is now sticking out of the bucket. […] cut out with an X-acto knife, then thread the female fittings to the males. — 1981
6. •
   A bacterium which has the F factor.

adjective1

1. •
   Acronym of medium-altitude long-endurance

noun1

1. •
   The capital city of the Maldives.