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1. (v.t.) castrate
to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
2. castrate
to remove the ovaries of.
3. castrate
to render impotent by psychological means, as disparagement.
4. castrate
to deprive of strength.
5. (n.) castrate
a castrated person or animal.
Etymology: (1605–15; < L castrātus, ptp. of castrāre to geld)
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1. (verb) eunuch, castrate
a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
"eunuchs guarded the harem"
2. (verb) emasculate, castrate
deprive of strength or vigor
"The Senate emasculated the law"
3. (verb) bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
"bowdlerize a novel"
4. (verb) emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise
remove the testicles of a male animal
5. (verb) alter, neuter, spay, castrate
remove the ovaries of
"Is your cat spayed?"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) castrate
to deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter
2. (verb) castrate
to cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate
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Sense: to remove the sexual organs of (a male animal)
The bull has been castrated.
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 Afrikaans: kastreer, regmaak |
 Arabic: يَخْصي |
 Bulgarian: кастрирам |
 Brazilian: castrar |
 Czech: (vy)kastrovat |
 German: kastrieren |
 Danish: kastrere |
 Greek: ευνουχίζω |
 Spanish: castrar |
 Estonian: kohitsema |
 Farsi: اخته کردن |
 Finnish: kastroida |
 French: castrer |
 Hebrew: לְסַרֵס |
 Hindi: नपुंसक बनाना |
 Croatian: uškopiti |
 Hungarian: kiherél |
 Indonesian: mengebiri |
 Icelandic: vana, gelda |
 Italian: castrare |
 Japanese: 去勢する |
 Korean: 거세하다 |
 Lithuanian: kastruoti |
 Latvian: kastrēt |
 Malay: mengembiri |
 Dutch: castreren |
 Norwegian: kastrere |
 Polish: kastrować |
 Persian: اخته کردن |
 Pashto: خصى كول، ټكول |
 Portuguese: castrar |
 Romanian: a castra |
 Russian: кастрировать |
 Slovak: (vy)kastrovať |
 Slovenian: skopiti |
 Serbian: kastrirati |
 Swedish: kastrera |
 Thai: ทำหมัน |
 Turkish: hadım etmek, iğdiş etmek, |
 Taiwanese: 閹割 |
 Ukrainian: кастрат |
 Urdu: خصی کرنا |
 Vietnamese: thiến |
 Chinese: 阉割 |
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