woman, adult female (noun)

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

"the woman kept house while the man hunted"

woman (noun)

a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man

"he was faithful to his woman"

charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman (noun)

a human female employed to do housework

"the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"

womanhood, woman, fair sex (noun)

women as a class

"it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on the veranda"

woman (Noun)

An adult female human.

woman (Noun)

A wife (sometimes a fiance or girlfriend)

woman (Verb)

To man with female labor.

woman (Verb)

To furnish with, or unite to, a woman.

Woman

A woman, pl: women is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent. However, the term woman is also sometimes used to identify a female human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Women's rights". Women are typically capable of giving birth, though older women who have gone through menopause and some intersex women cannot.