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 Definitions of geld  [ɛld]  

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Definition of 'geld' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) geld
to castrate:
to geld a stallion.

2.  geld
to deprive of something essential:
to be gelded of one's pride.

3. (n.) geld
a tax paid to the crown by landholders under the Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings.

Etymology:  (1600–10; < ML geldum payment, tribute < Gmc; cf. OE geld, G Geld)

Definition of 'geld' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) geld, cut
cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
"the vet gelded the young horse"


Definition of 'geld' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) geld
money; tribute; compensation; ransom

2. (verb) geld
to castrate; to emasculate

3. (verb) geld
to deprive of anything essential

4. (verb) geld
to deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate



'geld' - Nearby Entries  

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