transitive. To castrate (a man or male animal); to deprive of sexual potency or virility, to emasculate. Now rare except in narrowed sense: to…

transitive. To castrate, geld, ‘cut’.

To deprive of the testicles, castrate, geld. Obsolete.

transitive. To make a capon of; to castrate.

transitive. North American and Australian. To geld or spay (an animal).

transitive. To castrate (an animal) by means of a cleft stick placed over the testicles. Cf. twitch, v.1 5c.

transitive. To remove the sexual organs of (an animal) so that it cannot reproduce; (in early use) spec. to castrate (a male animal, esp. a working…

transitive. To castrate or spay (an animal, esp. a cat). Also in extended use, of a person.

To castrate, sterilize (an animal).

transitive. To make a capon of; to castrate.