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Meaning of sex

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sex
      n 1: activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had
           sex in the back seat" [syn: {sexual activity}, {sexual
           practice}, {sex}, {sex activity}]
      2: either of the two categories (male or female) into which most
         organisms are divided; "the war between the sexes"
      3: 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" [syn: {sex}, {sexual urge}]
      4: the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of
         their reproductive roles; "she didn't want to know the sex of
         the foetus" [syn: {sex}, {gender}, {sexuality}]
      v 1: stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male
           audience" [syn: {arouse}, {sex}, {excite}, {turn on}, {wind
           up}]
      2: tell the sex (of young chickens)

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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