sex
verb/seks/
/seks/
(specialist)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they sex | /seks/ /seks/ |
| he / she / it sexes | /ˈseksɪz/ /ˈseksɪz/ |
| past simple sexed | /sekst/ /sekst/ |
| past participle sexed | /sekst/ /sekst/ |
| -ing form sexing | /ˈseksɪŋ/ /ˈseksɪŋ/ |
- sex something to examine an animal in order to find out whether it is male or femaleWord Originlate Middle English (denoting the two categories, male and female): from Old French sexe or Latin sexus.
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