castrate

Noun

A castrated man; a eunuch.

Verb

1. (transitive) To remove the testicles of a person or animal.
2. (transitive, uncommon) To remove the ovaries and/or uterus of an animal.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To take something from; to render imperfect or ineffectual.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kæs.ˈtɹeɪt/

Etymology

Likely from an unattested sense of Middle English castrat (“(adjective) castrated; (noun) a castrated animal”), substantivized borrowing of Latin castrātus, perfect passive participle of castrō (“to prune, amputate, castrate”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix)).

Synonyms

emasculate

geld

eunuch

neuter

sterilize

spay

cut

unsex

shorten

expurgate

unman

demasculinize

desex

alter

capon

bowdlerize

bowdlerise

caponize

castration

demasculinise

evirate

caponise

desexualise

asexualize

castrated man

hysterectomize

deeble

demasculinize

abbreviate

demasculinise

abridge

amortise

amortize

animal

🐾

bird

🐦

bugger

cut out

cut short

deprive

excise

fix

foreshorten

last name

layer

mortify

person

🧑‍🦱

reef

slice

truncate

asexualization

Translations

castrer

châtrer

castrare

castrar

kastrieren

capar

castreren

evirare

eunuque

castrare

ontmannen

castrar

hadım etmek

émasculer

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