castrate

cas·trate

 (kăs′trāt′)

tr.v. cas·trat·ed, cas·trat·ing, cas·trates

1. To remove the testicles of (a male); geld or emasculate.

2. To remove the ovaries of (a female); spay.

3. To deprive of virility or spirit; emasculate.

n.

An individual who is incapable of reproduction as a result of removal, destruction, or inactivation of the gonads.

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[Latin castrāre, castrāt-; see kes- in Indo-European roots.]

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cas′trat·er, cas′tra·tor n.

cas·tra′tion n.

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castrate

(kæˈstreɪt)

vb (tr)

1. to remove the testicles of; emasculate; geld

2. to deprive of vigour, masculinity, etc

3. to remove the ovaries of; spay

4. to expurgate or censor (a book, play, etc)

[C17: from Latin castrāre to emasculate, geld]

casˈtration n

casˈtrator, casˈtrater n

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cas•trate

(ˈkæs treɪt)

v. -trat•ed, -trat•ing,
n. v.t.

1. to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.

2. to remove the ovaries of.

3. to render impotent by psychological means, as disparagement.

4. to deprive of strength.

n.

5. a castrated person or animal.

[1605–15; < Latin castrātus, past participle of castrāre to geld]

cas•tra′tion, n.

cas′tra•tor, n.

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castrate

Past participle: castrated
Gerund: castrating

Imperative

castrate

castrate

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	castrate - a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem" eunuch adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
Verb	1.	castrate - deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law" emasculate weaken - lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"
	2.	castrate - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
	3.	castrate - remove the testicles of a male animal demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate caponise, caponize - convert a cock into a capon geld, cut - cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse" desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex, fix - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
	4.	castrate - remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" neuter, spay, alter defeminise, defeminize - remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex, fix - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"

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castrate

verb neuter, unman, emasculate, geld She threatened to castrate her husband with a carving knife.

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castrate

verb

To render incapable of reproducing sexually:

alter, fix, geld, neuter, spay, sterilize, unsex.

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Translations

يَخْصي

kastrovat

kastrere

kastrieren

ευνουχίζω

kastroidakuohia

castrerchâtreranglaiser

kiherél

vana, gelda

castrarecastrazioneeviraremutilare

kastravimaskastruoti

kastrēt

castreren

kastrere

евнух

kastrovaťvykastrovať

burmakhadım etmekiğdiş etmek

阉割

castrate

[kæsˈtreɪt] VT → castrar

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castrate

[kæˈstreɪt] vt [+ man, animal] → châtrer, castrer

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castrate

vt → kastrieren; (fig) text → verstümmeln

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castrate

[kæsˈtreɪt] vt → castrare

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castrate

(kӕˈstreit) , ((American) ˈkӕstreit) verb

to remove the sexual organs of (a male animal). The bull has been castrated. kastreer, regmaak يَخْصي кастрирам castrar (vy)kastrovat kastrieren kastrere ευνουχίζωcastrar kohitsema اخته کردن kastroida castrer לְסַרֵס नपुंसक बनाना uškopiti kiherél mengebiri vana, gelda castrare 去勢する 거세하다 kastruoti kastrēt mengembiri castrerenkastrere kastrować خصى كول، ټكول castrar a castra кастрировать (vy)kastrovať skopiti kastrirati kastrera ทำหมัน hadım etmek, iğdiş etmek, burmak 閹割 кастрат خصی کرنا thiến 阉割

caˈstration noun

kastrasie, ontmanning خَصْي кастрация castração kastrace die Kastrierung kastration ευνουχισμόςcastración kohitsus اخته سازی kastrointi castration סרוס, סירוס बंध्यकरण škopljenje kiherélés pengebirian vönun, gelding castrazione 去勢 거세 kastravimas kastrēšana pengembirian castratiekastrering kastracja خصی کول castração castrare кастрация kastrácia skopitev kastracija kastrering การทำหมัน hadım, iğdiş etme, burma 閹割 кастрація خصی کرنے کا عمل sự thiến 阉割

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cas·trate

vt. castrar, extirpar por los testículos, emascular.

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castrate

vt castrar

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