castrate
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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.
cas′trat·er, cas′tra·tor n.
cas·tra′tion n.
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
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.
castrate
Past participle: castrated
Gerund: castrating
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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" weaken - lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body" |
2. | castrate - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" 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 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. | ![]() 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" |
castrate
verb neuter, unman, emasculate, geld She threatened to castrate her husband with a carving knife.
castrate
verbTranslations
يَخْصي
kastrovat
kastrere
kastroidakuohia
kiherél
vana, gelda
kastravimaskastruoti
kastrēt
kastrovaťvykastrovať
burmakhadım etmekiğdiş etmek
castrate
vt → kastrieren; (fig) text → verstümmeln
castrate
(kӕˈstreit) , ((American) ˈkӕstreit) verb to remove the sexual organs of (a male animal). The bull has been castrated.
caˈstration nouncas·trate
vt. castrar, extirpar por los testículos, emascular.