castrate | | |
n. (person) | 1. castrate, eunuch | a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction.; "eunuchs guarded the harem" |
| ~ adult male, man | an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman).; "there were two women and six men on the bus" |
v. (change) | 2. castrate, emasculate | deprive of strength or vigor.; "The Senate emasculated the law" |
| ~ weaken | lessen the strength of.; "The fever weakened his body" |
v. (change) | 3. bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten | 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" |
v. (body) | 4. castrate, demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate | remove the testicles of a male animal. |
| ~ 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" |
v. (body) | 5. alter, castrate, neuter, spay | remove the ovaries of.; "Is your cat spayed?" |
| ~ 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" |
emasculate | | |
adj. | 1. cissy, effeminate, emasculate, epicene, sissified, sissy, sissyish | having unsuitable feminine qualities. |
| ~ unmanful, unmanlike, unmanly | not possessing qualities befitting a man. |
geld | | |
v. (body) | 1. cut, geld | cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses).; "the vet gelded the young horse" |
| ~ demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate, castrate | remove the testicles of a male animal. |
spay | | |
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