Masculine
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: pertaining to male humans, men: # manly; having the qualities associated with men; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; not feminine or effeminate; virile (only in this sense, does the adjective compare) #* Henry Hallam — That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy. #* Thomas Fuller — A masculine church. # male; having male biology, not female; of the male sex (rare) #* Geoffrey Chaucer — Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons. # belonging to men; appropriated to, or used by, men #: “John”, “Paul”, and “Harry” are masculine names. in many inflected languages: # being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner #: The noun Student is masculine in German. # being inflected in agreement with the masculine #: German uses the masculine of the definite article, der, with Student.
Example sentence: There's nothing masculine about being competitive. There's nothing masculine about trying to be the best at everything you do, nor is there anything wrong with it. I don't know why a female athlete has to defend her femininity just because she chooses to play sports.
Stressed
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: suffering stress (either physical or mental)having a stress or accent
Example sentence: Exercise is really important to me - it's therapeutic. So if I'm ever feeling tense or stressed or like I'm about to have a meltdown, I'll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the girls.