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sex

(s/E/ks )

activities associated with sexual intercourse(noun.act)

Example:
They had sex in the back seat.

Synonym:
sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice

source: wordnet30
either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided(noun.group)

Example:
The war between the sexes.

source: wordnet30
all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses(noun.feeling)

Example:
He wanted a better sex life.
The film contained no sex or violence.

Synonym:
sexual urge

source: wordnet30
the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles(noun.attribute)

Example:
She didn't want to know the sex of the foetus.

Synonym:
gender, sexuality

source: wordnet30
The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of properties or qualities by which male is distinguished from female.(noun)

source: webster1913

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