What does CASTRATE mean?
Definitions for CASTRATE
ˈkæs treɪtcas·trate
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Princeton's WordNet
eunuch, castrateverb
a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
"eunuchs guarded the harem"
emasculate, castrateverb
deprive of strength or vigor
"The Senate emasculated the law"
bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shortenverb
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
"bowdlerize a novel"
emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculiniseverb
remove the testicles of a male animal
alter, neuter, spay, castrateverb
remove the ovaries of
"Is your cat spayed?"
Wiktionary
castrateverb
To remove the testicles of.
castrateverb
To remove the ovaries of.
Etymology: From castratus, past participle of castro.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To CASTRATEverb
Etymology: castro, Lat.
ChatGPT
castrate
To castrate is to remove the testicles or otherwise render the reproductive organs of a male animal or person nonfunctional, often to control breeding or reduce aggressive behavior. This procedure may also be performed on a male organism to prevent or treat certain diseases. This term can also be used metaphorically to refer to depriving someone or something of strength, power, or vitality.
Webster Dictionary
Castrateverb
to deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter
Castrateverb
to cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate
Etymology: [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. astra knife.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Castrate
kas′trāt, v.t. to deprive of the power of generation, to remove the testicles, geld, emasculate: to take from or render imperfect.—adj. Cas′trated, expurgated.—ns. Castrā′tion, gelding, expurgation; Castrato (kas-trä′tō), a male singer castrated in boyhood so as to preserve a soprano or alto voice:—pl. Castra′ti. [L. castrāre, -ātum.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of CASTRATE in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of CASTRATE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of CASTRATE in a Sentence
They don’t tell you what that is ... They are actually giving very young girls double mastectomies, they want to castrate these young boys, both from the health and children wellbeing perspective, you don’t disfigure 10, 12, 13-year-old kids based on gender dysphoria, 80% of it resolves anyways by the time they get older... So why would you be doing this?
Take egotism out and you would castrate the benefactors.
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- خصىArabic
- скопявам, кастрирамBulgarian
- castrarCatalan, Valencian
- kastrovatCzech
- kastrierenGerman
- taEwe
- ευνουχίζωGreek
- castrar, caparSpanish
- salvaa, kuohia, kastroida, kuohitaFinnish
- castrer, châtrerFrench
- lobjeWestern Frisian
- spothScottish Gaelic
- סירסHebrew
- kiherél, kasztrálHungarian
- castrareItalian
- 去勢Japanese
- 去勢, 거세, 하다Korean
- poka, unaka, poka rahoMāori
- kembiri, kasiMalay
- castrerenDutch
- gjelleNorwegian
- kastrowaćPolish
- capar, castrarPortuguese
- castraRomanian
- кастрироватьRussian
- snöpa, gälla, kastreraSwedish
- hadım etmek, kısırlaştırmakTurkish
- thiếnVietnamese
- negenükönVolapük
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