Definition of Castrate

1. Verb. Deprive of strength or vigor. "The Senate emasculated the law"

Exact synonyms: Emasculate
Generic synonyms: Weaken
Derivative terms: Emasculation

2. Noun. A man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction. "Eunuchs guarded the harem"
Exact synonyms: Eunuch
Generic synonyms: Adult Male, Man

3. Verb. Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate. "They won't castrate the story "; "Bowdlerize a novel"

4. Verb. Remove the testicles of a male animal.
Exact synonyms: Demasculinise, Demasculinize, Emasculate
Specialized synonyms: Caponise, Caponize, Cut, Geld
Generic synonyms: Desex, Desexualise, Desexualize, Fix, Sterilise, Sterilize, Unsex
Derivative terms: Castration, Emasculation

5. Verb. Remove the ovaries of. "Is your cat spayed?"
Exact synonyms: Alter, Neuter, Spay
Specialized synonyms: Defeminise, Defeminize
Generic synonyms: Desex, Desexualise, Desexualize, Fix, Sterilise, Sterilize, Unsex
Derivative terms: Castration, Neuter, Neutering, Spaying

Definition of Castrate

1. v. t. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.

Definition of Castrate

1. Verb. (transitive) To remove the testicles of. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To remove the ovaries of. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Castrate

1. to remove the testes of [v -TRATED, -TRATING, -TRATES]

Medical Definition of Castrate

1. To remove the testicles or the ovaries. Origin: L. Castro, pp. -atus, to deprive of generative power (male or female) (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Castrate

castor-oil plant
castor bean
castor bean plant
castor beans
castor oil
castor sugar
castoreums
castories
castorin
castors
castory
castral
castrametation
castrametations
castrater
castraters
castrates
castrati
castrating
castration cells
castrations
castratism
castrative

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