D defs.my
Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Gender

/(jĕn"dẽr)/ · Gen·der · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɛndɚ/
01 n. Kind; sort.
  1. 1.
    Kind; sort.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    Sex, male or female.
  3. 3.
    A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex.(Gram.)
    Gender is a grammatical distinction and applies to words only. Sex is natural distinction and applies to living objects.” — R. Morris.
02 v. t. To beget; to engender.
imp. & p. p. Gendered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gendering
  1. 1.
    To beget; to engender.
03 v. i. To copulate; to breed.
  1. 1.
    To copulate; to breed.[R.]