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sex
noun
1 sex
Activities associated with sexual intercourse:
— They had sex in the back seat.
synonyms: sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice.
Roget 43:
junction;
joining
etc.
v.;
joinder [Law],
union connection,
conjunction,
conjugation;
annexion†,
annexation,
annexment†;
astriction†,
attachment,
compagination†,
vincture†,
ligation,
alligation†;
accouplement†;
marriage
etc.
(wedlock,)
903;
infibulation†,
inosculation†,
symphysis [Anat.],
anastomosis,
confluence,
communication,
concatenation;
meeting,
reunion;
assemblage
etc.
72.
coition,
copulation;
sex,
sexual congress,
sexual conjunction,
sexual intercourse,
love-making.
joint,
joining,
juncture,
pivot,
hinge,
articulation,
commissure†,
seam,
gore,
gusset,
suture,
stitch;
link
etc.
45;
miter mortise.
closeness,
tightness,
etc.
adj.;
coherence
etc.
46;
combination
etc.
48.
annexationist.
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Dutch: sex, bijslaap, cohabitatie, copulatie, coïtus, gemeenschap, geslachtsdaad, geslachtsgemeenschap, geslachtsverkeer, liefdesdaad, lijfsgemeenschap, minnespel, neukpartij, nummertje, seks, wip, wippertje ... show more
Polish: te sprawy, te rzeczy, to
2 sex
Either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided.
Dutch: seks, geslachtsgemeenschap, geslacht, sexe
3 sex
All of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses:
— He wanted a better sex life.
— The film contained no sex or violence.
synonym: sexual urge.
4 sex
The properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles:
— She didn't want to know the sex of the foetus.
synonyms: gender, sexuality.
Roget 75:
class,
division,
category,
categorema†,
head,
order,
section;
department,
subdepartment,
province,
domain.
kind,
sort,
genus,
species,
variety,
family,
order,
kingdom,
race,
tribe,
caste,
sept,
clan,
breed,
type,
subtype,
kit,
sect,
set,
subset;
assortment;
feather,
kidney;
suit;
range;
gender,
sex,
kin.
manner,
description,
denomination,
designation,
rubric,
character,
stamp predicament;
indication,
particularization,
selection,
specification.
similarity
etc.
17.
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Roget 374a:
sex,
sexuality,
gender;
male,
masculinity,
maleness
etc.
373;
female,
femininity
etc.
374.
sexual intercourse,
copulation,
mating,
coitus,
sex;
lovemaking,
marital relations,
sexual union;
sleeping together,
carnal knowledge.
sex instinct,
sex drive,
libido,
lust,
concupiscence;
hots,
horns [Coll.];
arousal,
heat,
rut,
estrus,
oestrus;
tumescence;
erection,
hard-on,
boner.
masturbation,
self-gratification,
autoeroticism,
onanism,
self-abuse.
orgasm,
climax,
ejaculation.
sexiness,
attractiveness;
sensuality,
voluptuousness.
[sexual intercourse outside of marriage]
fornication,
adultery.
[person who is sexy]
sex symbol,
sex goddess;
stud,
hunk.
one-night stand.
pornography,
porn,
porno;
hardcore pornography,
softcore pornography;
pin-up,
cheesecake;
beefcake;
[magazines with sexual photos],
Playboy,
Esquire,
Hustler.
[unorthodox sexual activity]
perversion,
deviation,
sexual abnormality;
fetish,
fetishism;
homosexuality,
lesbianism,
bisexuality;
sodomy,
buggery;
pederasty;
sadism.
masochism,
sado-masochism;
incest.
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Dutch: sexualiteit, geslacht, geslachtsleven, kunne, seks, sekse, seksualiteit
Polish: płciowość
verb
1 sex
2 sex
Tell the sex (of young chickens).
Moby thesaurus: Amor, Christian love, Eros, Platonic love, act of love, admiration, adoration, adultery, affection, agape, amorous, aphrodisia, ardency, ardor, ass, attachment, balling, bodily love, brotherly love, caritas, carnal, carnal knowledge, charity, climax, cohabitation, coition, coitus, coitus interruptus, commerce, congress, conjugal love, connection, copula, copulation, coupling, desire, devotion, diddling, erogenic, erogenous, erotic, erotogenic, faithful love, fancy, fervor, flame, fleshly, fondness, fornication, free love, free-lovism, gamic, heart, hero worship, heterosexual, idolatry, idolism, idolization, intercourse, intimacy, lasciviousness, libidinal, libido, like, liking, love, lovemaking, making it with, marital relations, marriage act, married love, mating, meat, nuptial, onanism, orgasm, oversexed, ovum, pareunia, passion, physical love, popular regard, popularity, potent, procreation, procreative, regard, relations, screwing, sensual, sentiment, sex act, sexed, sexlike, sexual, sexual climax, sexual commerce, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual love, sexual relations, sexual union, sexualize, sexy, shine, sleeping with, sperm, spiritual love, straight, tender feeling, tender passion, truelove, undersexed, uxoriousness, venereal, venery, voluptuous, weakness, worship, yearning ... show more.
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