mean. /mi:n/ [u T] if someone means what they say, they are being serious when they say it, and they are not pretending or lying Qmean it especially spoken I mean it - I'll scream if you don't let me go. I She told me she loved me, but I wasn't sure if she meant it.
mean what you say I meant what I said - I never want to see you again.
meaning - meant - have meant
mean business /.miin'bizn^s/ informal if
someone means business, it is very clear that they will definitely do what they say or what they are threatening to do: The man had a gun. It was obvious he meant business.
someone who does not tell jokes or laugh
serious /'swrias/ someone who is serious is quiet and sensible, and does not seem to enjoy laughing and joking: Friends described him as a serious and thought- fu! man.
+ about Laura was a/ways very serious about her work.
SEX
love
\ /
see
BABY
also
MARRY
GIRLFRIEND/BOYFRIEND
mate or female
seks [/7 C/U] someone's sex is
whether they are male or female: Put your name, age, and sex on the form. I Teachers of both sexes are employed by the school.
the opposite sex (=the sex which is not your own) He has never shown much interest in members of the opposite sex.
plural sexes
sexual activities
sex /seks; [n UI the activity of having sex with someone; She had no interest in sex after the baby was born. have sex Many people first have sex when they get married. I The average couple have sex three times a week, safe sex (=methods of protecting yourself against sexual diseases while you are having sex)
sexual sekjjsl [adj] sexual activity/ behaviour/relationship/problems/ feelings etc activity, behaviour etc involving sex: Dr Ruth offers advice on sexual problems.
sexual intercourse formal (=sex) It is
illegal to have sexual intercourse with a girl under 16 years of age. sexual abuse (=when someone forces а child to have sex or touches them in a sexual way) Sexua/ abuse and violence against children are increasing every
year.
RELATIONSHIP
sexual harassment (=when someone at work, at college etc talks to you or touches you in a sexual way when you do not want them to) Victims of sexual harassment at
SEX
work are often afraid of losing their jobs if they complain about it.
sleep with sb/sleep together sir.p wid (sb). 'slirp ta.geOaV [phrasal verb] to have sex with someone thai you are not married to, especially regularly and over a period of time: She's been sleeping with this guv Mark since the summer. I When did you first find out that Betty and your husband were sleeping together?
make love ;(meik 1лv' if two people make love, they have sex because they like or love each other: All dcy they made love on the unmade bed. + with When I first made love with him. we were both a little shy and nervous.
Make love is used especially in stories or descriptions of past events.
rape /reip/ [u Tj to force someone to have sex when they do not want to: The woman was raped and then murdered by her kidnapper. I He was accused of raping his ex-girlfriend, rape [n C/Uj the crime of raping someone: Rape victims receive special counselling and are treated very sensitively.
seduce /srdju:s||-'du:s/ [и T] to persuade someone to have sex with you, especially someone who is younger than you or has less sexual experience than you: He knew that Antonia was engaged but decided, quite shamelessly, to seduce her.
/ancy /'faensi/ \v t] British informal to be sexually attracted to someone, especially
someone that you do not know very welclass="underline"
All the girls fancied Bob. I My friend really fancies you.
fancying - fancied - have fancied
mate /meit/ [u Ij if birds and animals mate, they have sex in order to produce babies: The birds mate in April and the eggs are hatched by June.
H sexually attractive
attractive p'traektiv/' [adj] someone who is attractive has a personality or appearance that makes other people sexually attracted to them
+ to / don't know what makes Jamie so attractive to women.
find sb attractive (=think they are attractive) She's very nice but I don't really find her attractive.
sexually attractive Young, rich, intelligent. and sexually attractive - she had it all'
sexy seksi/ sexy people or clothes make you feel sexually excited: sexy lace underwear I He's the sexiest man I've ever met.
sexy - sexier * sexiest
ш books/movies/jokes/ conversations etc about sex
pornography /p^nDgrafil-'na:-/ In U]
films, magazines, or pictures that show sexual acts and are intended to make people feel sexually excited: Is there a link between pornography and sex crimes? hard-core pornography (=very pornographic materials, which may be illegal) Two trucks full of illegal hard-core pornography were seized by customs о/ficials today.
porn /ро:гп/ [n U] informal films, magazines, or pictures that show sexual acts in order to make people feel sexually excited. Teachers and parents are worried about porn on the Internet, hard porn (=very pornographic material) a back-street movie theater showing hard-porn movies
soft porn (=not very pornographic) 81 per cent of our readers said they regularly watched soft-porn movies.
pornographic /,po:rn3'graefik*/ [adj] а pornographic film, magazine, or picture shows or describes sexual acts in order to make people sexually excited: He admitted possessing nude photographs, but denied they were pornographic. I She was offered $50,000 to pose for a pornographic magazine.
erotic /rmtik||i'ra:-/ [adj\ an erotic book, film, painting etc shows or describes sexual acts in a way that is deliberately sexually exciting but is also artistic: He writes both poetry and erotic literature. 1 A number of scenes in the film were very erotic.