castrate

cas·trate  (kstrt)

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 castrre, castrt-; see kes- in Indo-European roots.]

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castrat·er, castra·tor n.

cas·tration 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.)

[from Latin castrāre to emasculate, geld]

castration  n

castrator  n

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.

Translations

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 [kæsˈtreɪt] vt → castrare

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castrate

v castrate [kӕˈstreit, (American ) ˈkӕstreit]

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

n caˈstration

kastrasie, ontmanning خَصْي кастрация kastrace kastration die Kastrierung ευνουχισμός castración kohitsus اخته سازی kuohinta castration סֵרוּס @@@סֵירוּס$$$ बंध्यकरण škopljenje kiherélés pengebirian vönun, gelding castrazione 去勢 거세 kastravimas kastrēšana pengembirian castratie kastrering kastracja castração castrare кастрация kastrácia skopitev kastracija kastrering การทำหมัน hadım (etme), iğdiş etme, burma 閹割 кастрація خصی کرنے کا عمل sự thiến 阉割