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masculine | muscularize |

As an adjective masculine

is of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.

As a noun masculine

is (grammar) the masculine gender.

As a verb muscularize is

to increase the size of the muscles.

masculine

English

(wikipedia masculine)

Alternative forms

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Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
  • Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
  • * :
    • Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.
  • Belonging to males; typically used by males.
    • “John”, “Paul” and “Jake” are masculine names.
  • Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.
  • * :
    • That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.
  • * :
    • a masculine church.
  • (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
  • # (of a noun) Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
  • The noun ''Student'' is masculine in German.
  • # (of some other parts of speech) Being inflected in agreement with the masculine noun.
  • German uses the masculine of the definite article, ''der'', with ''Student''.

    • Synonyms

    * (of the male sex) male * (having qualities stereotypical of the male gender) manly, virile

    Antonyms

    * (of the male sex) female, womanly * (having qualities stereotypical of the male gender) emasculated, unmanly, epicene and effeminate * (grammar) feminine, neuter

    Derived terms

    * masculinely * masculineness * masculinity * masculinization * demasculinization * emasculate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) The masculine gender.
  • *
  • (grammar) A word of the masculine gender.
  • *
  • That which is masculine.
  • *
  • A man.
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    • Anagrams

    * * ----

    muscularize

    English

    Alternative forms

    *muscularise

    Verb

    (musculariz)
  • To increase the size of the muscles.
  • * 1993 , Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder?, page 159
    • Advanced freehand exercises shape and muscularize the body in a unique way; all the world's best-built men include them in their workouts.
  • To make (something) more masculine, virile, or militaristic.
  • * 2002 , L. Dean Allen, Rise Up, O Men of God: the Men and Religion Forward Movement and Promise Keepers? , page 73
    • Perhaps the most famous example of this impulse to muscularize Christianity in the early twentieth century was evangelist Billy Sunday.