1. Either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided
   "the war between the sexes"
    
2. Sexual intercourse and associated activity
   "they had sex in the back seat"; "The researchers studied the mating habits and sex activity of various animal species";
   - sexual activity, sexual practice, sex activity
    
3. The properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
   "she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus";
   - gender, sexuality
    
4. 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";
   - sexual urge

1. Determine the sex of
   "The veterinarian sexed the chicks"

1. Six
   - hexa-

Sounds like: seas, sees, seize

Derived forms: sexes, sexing, sexed

See also: androgynous, asexual, female, het [slang], heterosexual, homosexual, male, nonsexual, sexual

Type of: activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process, category, class, differentiate, distinguish, family, feeling, physiological property, secern [rare], separate, severalise [Brit, rare], severalize [rare], tell apart

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