castrate
English Thesaurus
1. a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | adult male, man, |
| definition | : | an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) (noun.person) |
2. remove the ovaries of (verb.body)
| hyponym | : | defeminise, defeminize, |
| definition | : | remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) (verb.body) |
3. remove the testicles of a male animal (verb.body)
| hyponym | : | cut, geld, |
| definition | : | cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses) (verb.body) |
4. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate (verb.change)
5. deprive of strength or vigor (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | weaken, |
| definition | : | lessen the strength of (verb.change) |
6. a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction (noun.person)
7. remove the ovaries of (verb.body)
| derivation | : | castration, |
| definition | : | surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | spaying, |
| definition | : | neutering a female by removing the ovaries (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | neuter, |
| definition | : | a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) (noun.communication) |
8. remove the testicles of a male animal (verb.body)
| derivation | : | castrate, eunuch, |
| definition | : | a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction (noun.person) |
9. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate (verb.change)
| derivation | : | castration, expurgation, |
| definition | : | the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | bowdler, thomas bowdler, |
| definition | : | English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825) (noun.person) |
10. deprive of strength or vigor (verb.change)
| derivation | : | emasculation, |
| definition | : | loss of power and masculinity (noun.attribute) |
11. a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction (noun.person)
12. remove the ovaries of (verb.body)
| derivation | : | castration, |
| definition | : | surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | spaying, |
| definition | : | neutering a female by removing the ovaries (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | neuter, |
| definition | : | a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) (noun.communication) |
13. remove the testicles of a male animal (verb.body)
| derivation | : | castrate, eunuch, |
| definition | : | a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction (noun.person) |
14. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate (verb.change)
| derivation | : | castration, expurgation, |
| definition | : | the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | bowdler, thomas bowdler, |
| definition | : | English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825) (noun.person) |
15. deprive of strength or vigor (verb.change)
| derivation | : | emasculation, |
| definition | : | loss of power and masculinity (noun.attribute) |
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