sex : Idioms & Phrases

• noun intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman
  sodomy; buggery; anal intercourse.
  

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• noun sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another
  free love.
  

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• noun women as a class
  womanhood; woman.
  
  • it's an insult to American womanhood
  • woman is the glory of creation
  • the fair sex gathered on the veranda

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• verb have sexual intercourse with
  love; fuck; sleep with; have it away; screw; have intercourse; get it on; lie with; hump; make love; make out; get laid; have a go at it; bonk; eff; jazz; be intimate; know; have it off; bang; bed; do it; roll in the hay; sleep together.
  
  • This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
  • Adam knew Eve
  • Were you ever intimate with this man?

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• adjective satellite having excessive sexual desire or appeal
  oversexed.
  

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• noun oral stimulation of the genitals
  head.
  
  • they say he gives good head

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• noun the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)
  primary sexual characteristic; primary sex character.
  

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• noun the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)
  primary sexual characteristic; primary sex character.
  

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• noun sexual activity (especially sexual intercourse) with the use of measures (such as latex condoms) to avoid the transmission of disease (especially AIDS)
  

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• noun two people of the same sex who live together as a family
  
  • the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated

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• noun the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)
  secondary sex character; secondary sexual characteristic.
  

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• noun the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)
  secondary sex character; secondary sexual characteristic.
  

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• noun the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
  congress; intercourse; sexual intercourse; sexual relation; carnal knowledge; sexual congress; relation; copulation; coitus; coition.
  

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• noun activities associated with sexual intercourse
  sexual activity; sex; sexual practice.
  
  • they had sex in the back seat

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• noun attractiveness to the opposite sex
  desirability; desirableness; oomph.
  

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• noun a young woman who is thought to have sex appeal
  sexpot; sex bomb.
  

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• noun a spermatozoon or an ovum; a cell responsible for transmitting DNA to the next generation
  reproductive cell; germ cell.
  

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• noun a change in a person's physical sexual characteristics (as by surgery and hormone treatments)
  

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• noun those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other
  sex character; sexual characteristic.
  

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• noun those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other
  sex character; sexual characteristic.
  

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• noun chromatin found only in female cells
  
  • the presence or absence of sex chromatin in cells obtained by amniocentesis makes it possible to determine the sex of a fetus

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• noun (genetics) a chromosome that determines the sex of an individual
  
  • mammals normally have two sex chromosomes

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• noun a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat
  sexual abuse; sex crime; sexual assault.
  
  • most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault

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• noun a physiological need for sexual activity
  
  • testosterone is responsible for the male sex drive

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• noun a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced
  gonad.
  

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• noun any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs
  steroid hormone; steroid.
  

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• noun a young woman who is thought to have sex appeal
  sexpot; sex bomb.
  

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• noun an association between genes in sex chromosomes that makes some characteristics appear more frequently in one sex than in the other
  

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• noun a manual containing instruction in sexual techniques; intended to enhance the reader's sexual life
  

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• noun any person regarded simply as an object of sexual gratification
  

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• noun someone who has been convicted of a sex crime
  

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• noun a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat
  sexual abuse; sex crime; sexual assault.
  
  • most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault

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• noun any organ involved in sexual reproduction
  reproductive organ.
  

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• noun the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded
  purdah.
  

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• noun a person (especially a celebrity) who is well-known for their sexual attractiveness
  

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• verb give erotic character to or make more interesting
  eroticize.
  
  • eroticize the ads

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Sex-

Etymology

L. sex six. See Six.

Definitions

1. A combining form meaning six; as, sexdigitism; sexennial.

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• noun surgical procedures and hormonal treatments designed to alter a person's sexual characteristics so that the resemble those of the opposite sex
  transsexual surgery.
  

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• adjective relating to characteristics that are expressed differently in the two sexes
  

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• adjective concerning characteristics that are determined by genes carried on the sex chromosomes (on the X chromosome in particular)
  

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• noun any disease or abnormality that is determined by the sex hormones
  
  • hemophilia is determined by a gene defect on an X chromosome

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• adjective satellite desiring but deprived of sexual gratification
  

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• the female sex.

Webster 1913

• the female sex; women, in general.

Webster 1913