female

[ˈfiːmeɪl]

Definition:
1. Being a woman or a girl.
2. A person who belongs to the sex that can have babies.
3. Of the sex that can lay eggs or give birth to babies.

Use 'female' in a sentence:

1. The jail's female and minority populations have both ballooned in recent years.
2. During the time she is paired to a male, the female allows no other males to copulate with her.
3. A high percentage of the female staff are part-time workers.
4. The audience was almost entirely female.
5. A mule is a hybrid of a male donkey and a female horse.
6. His house is tempested by female eloquence.
7. She doffs her garb worn under fire and wears again female attire.
8. I realize there's no consensus on what are male or female values.
9. Janis Joplin was the personification of the '60s female rock singer.
10. The course syllabus consisted mainly of novels by African-American authors, male and female.
11. Many companies deal with their female employees in a way that undervalues them.
12. The show included a female impersonator.
13. Two of the candidates must be female.
14. Kelly couldn't focus his eyes well enough to tell if the figure was male or female.
15. Valentino was virtually deified by legions of female fans.
16. He was scornful of such ‘ female ’ activities as cooking.
17. It is easy to tell when a female is ready to mate.
18. The male sperm fertilizes the female egg.
19. For about six or seven weeks after conception, there is no differentiation between male and female.
20. The female must find a warm place to hatch her eggs.
21. Oestrogen is a female sex hormone.
22. The female sat on the eggs, fluffing out her feathers.
23. Figs have male and female flowers.
24. Married male supervisors were carrying on affairs with female subordinates in the office.
25. He was scornful of such 'female' activities as cooking.
26. Their aim is equal numbers of male and female MPs by the year 2000.
27. The male bird is distinguished from the female by its red beak.
28. Female fans fought their way past bodyguards and tore at his clothes.
29. Female socialization emphasizes getting along with others.
30. More females than males are employed in the factory.
31. He had been used to female adoration all his life.
32. Norwegian whalers said yesterday they had harpooned a female minke whale.
33. Large numbers of female workers are employed at the lowest rates of pay.
34. She is a slatternly female.
35. We only employ female workers.
36. But the average young female in this country now is stylish and remarkably confident.
37. Hay fever affects males more than females.
38. In human reproduction, one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.
39. Older veterans have been sent into a tizzy by the idea of female fighter pilots.
40. Marianne had not known until Arnold primed her for her duties that she was to be the sole female.
41. Each female will lay just one egg in April or May.
42. He was brought up by pious female relatives.
43. Like most female athletes, she was lean and muscular.
44. The female changes colour during the breeding season.
45. The male and female birds take turns in sitting on the eggs.
46. Her text is believed to be the oldest surviving manuscript by a female physician.
47. Marty of New York describes herself as a straight female.
48. Only 13 per cent of consultants are female.
49. The male bird is easily distinguishable from the female.
50. The male birds are more colourful than the females.
51. Female circumcision is practised on 2 million girls a year.
52. The male's yellow beak differentiates it from the female.
53. The bird swelled out its chest to attract the attention of the female.
54. He thought I was being a hysterical female.
55. Female workers constitute the majority of the labour force.
56. She has strong feelings about the alleged growth in violence against female officers.
57. The male of the species is almost indistinguishable from the female.
58. He was accused of sexually molesting a female colleague.