sex
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
activities associated with sexual intercourse
they had sex in the back seat
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Sense 2 verb
stimulate sexually
This movie usually arouses the male audience
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Sense 3 noun
either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided
the war between the sexes
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Sense 4 verb
tell the sex (of young chickens)
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Sense 5 noun
all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses
he wanted a better sex life
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Sense 6 noun
the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | heterosexual |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | homosexual |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sex |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sexual |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bodily process |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bondage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | outercourse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | safe sex |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conception |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sexual intercourse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pleasure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lovemaking |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | carnal abuse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pairing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | procreation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | foreplay |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sexual perversion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | autoeroticism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | promiscuity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lechery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | homosexuality |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bisexuality |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heterosexuality |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | zooerastia |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sexual activity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | turn-on |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sexual urge |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | stimulate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tempt |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sex |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | class |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sexuality |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sex |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | differentiate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sex |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sexy |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | aphrodisiac |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | feeling |
| 6 | attribute | Related & opposite | male |
| 6 | attribute | Related & opposite | female |
| 6 | attribute | Related & opposite | androgynous |
| 6 | attribute | Related & opposite | sexual |
| 6 | attribute | Related & opposite | asexual |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sex |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sexual |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | physiological property |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | masculinity |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | bisexuality |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | femaleness |