spay

spay  (sp)

tr.v. spayed, spay·ing, spays

To remove surgically the ovaries of (an animal).

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[Middle English spaien, from Anglo-Norman espeier, to cut with a sword, from espee, sword, from Latin spatha; see spathe.]

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spay [speɪ]

vb

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) (tr) to remove the ovaries, and usually the uterus, from (a female animal)

[from Old French espeer to cut with the sword, from espee sword, from Latin spatha]

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spay - A shortening of a French word espeer, meaning "cut with a sword."

See also related terms for sword.

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

spay - remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" neuter, castrate, 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"

Translations

spay [speɪ] VT [+ animal] → sacar los ovarios a

spay [ˈspeɪ] vt → stériliser

spay

vt cat, dog → sterilisieren

spay [speɪ] vt → sterilizzare