Usually means: Biological classification of male, female.
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We found 59 dictionaries that define the word sex:

General (32 matching dictionaries)
  1. sex: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sex: Merriam-Webster
  3. sex, sex-: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sex, sex-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sex, sex-: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sex: Vocabulary.com
  7. sex: Wordnik
  8. sex, sex-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. sex, sex-: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. sex: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. SEX, The sex, sex-: Dictionary.com
  12. sex (n.), sex (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. sex: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. S.E.X, S.E.X. (Lyfe Jennings song), S.E.X. (Madonna song), SEX (boutique), SEX (computing), SEX, Sex-, Sex (I'm A...), Sex (Madonna), Sex (TV series), Sex (Telex album), Sex (The Necks album), Sex (Tila Tequila EP), Sex (activity), Sex (book), Sex (boutique), Sex (disambiguation), Sex (feat. New Boyz), Sex (film), Sex (play), Sex, .sex: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Sex-, Sex: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. sex, sex-: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. sex: Rhymezone
  18. Sex-, Sex (m), sex: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. sex: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Sex ('getting laid'): American-Britih Dictionary
  21. sex, sex-: MyWord.info
  22. SEX, Sex, Sex: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. Sex: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  24. sex, sex-, the sex: FreeDictionary.org
  25. sex: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. The sex, sex, sex-: TheFreeDictionary.com
  27. sex: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  28. sex, sex-: Wiktionary
  29. sex-, the sex: Wordnik
  30. sex: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. sex: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Encyclopedia of Television (No longer online)
  3. sex-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  2. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  4. Sex (biological division), Sex: Legal dictionary
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. SEX: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. SEX: Netlingo
  3. Sex (activity), Sex (biological division), sex, sex-: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. sex: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology (No longer online)
  6. Sex (activity), Sex (biological division), sex, sex-: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sociology (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. SEX: Acronym Finder
  4. SEX: Three Letter Words with definitions
  5. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  6. sex: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sex: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
  2. SEX: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sex, sex: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. S.E.X, sex, sex, sex, the 'sex: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See sexed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (countable) A category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species; the system of such categories, which can differ by organism or by taxonomic branch.
noun:  (countable) Another category, especially of humans and especially based on sexuality or gender roles.
noun:  (countable) The members of such a category, taken collectively.
noun:  (uncountable) The distinction and relation between these categories, especially in humans; gender.
noun:  (obsolete or literary, uncountable, with "the") Women; the human female gender and those who belong to it.
noun:  (uncountable) Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier.
noun:  (countable, euphemistic or slang) Genitalia: a penis or vagina/vulva.
verb:  (zoology, transitive) To determine the sex of (an animal).
verb:  (chiefly US, colloquial, transitive) To have sex with.
verb:  (chiefly US, colloquial, intransitive) To have sex.
noun:  (obsolete) Alternative form of sect. [An offshoot of a larger religion or denomination.]

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