neuter

neu·ter

N0073400 (no͞o′tər, nyo͞o′-)adj.1. Grammar a. Neither masculine nor feminine in gender.b. Neither active nor passive; intransitive. Used of verbs.2. Biology a. Having undeveloped or nonfunctional sexual organs: the neuter caste in social insects.b. Having pistils and stamens that are nonfunctional or absent.3. Castrated or spayed. Used of animals.4. Androgynous or asexual.5. Archaic Taking no side in a dispute; neutral.n.1. Grammar a. The neuter gender.b. A neuter word.c. A neuter noun.2. An androgynous or asexual person.3. A castrated animal.4. An insect that has undeveloped or nonfunctional sexual organs, such as a worker bee.5. Archaic One that is neutral in a dispute.tr.v. neu·tered, neu·ter·ing, neu·ters 1. To castrate or spay.2. To render ineffective or powerless: a scandal that neutered the politician.

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[Middle English neutre, from Old French, from Latin neuter, neither, neuter : ne-, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + uter, either; see k^wo- in Indo-European roots.]

neuter

(ˈnjuːtə) adj1. (Grammar) grammar a. denoting or belonging to a gender of nouns which for the most part have inanimate referents or do not specify the sex of their referentsb. (as noun): German "Mädchen" (meaning "girl'") is a neuter. 2. (Biology) (of animals and plants) having nonfunctional, underdeveloped, or absent reproductive organs3. sexless or giving no indication of sex: a neuter sort of name. n4. (Zoology) a sexually underdeveloped female insect, such as a worker bee5. (Zoology) a castrated animal, esp a domestic animal6. (Botany) a flower in which the stamens and pistil are absent or nonfunctionalvb (Veterinary Science) (tr) to castrate or spay (an animal)[C14: from Latin, from ne not + uter either (of two)]

neu•ter

(ˈnu tər, ˈnyu-)
adj. 1. a. of, pertaining to, or being a grammatical gender that refers to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine. b. (of a verb) intransitive. 2. Biol. having no organs of reproduction; without sex; asexual. 3. Zool. having imperfectly developed sexual organs, as worker bees. 4. Bot. having neither stamens nor pistils; asexual. 5. neutral; siding with no one. n. 6. a. the neuter gender. b. a word or other linguistic form in or marking the neuter gender. 7. an animal made sterile by castration or spaying. 8. a neuter insect. 9. an asexual plant. 10. a person or thing that is neutral. v.t. 11. to spay or castrate (a dog, cat, etc.). [1350–1400; Middle English neutre < Middle French < Latin neuter neither (of two)]

neuter

Past participle: neutered
Gerund: neutering

Imperative
neuter
neuter

Present
I neuter
you neuter
he/she/it neuters
we neuter
you neuter
they neuter

Preterite
I neutered
you neutered
he/she/it neutered
we neutered
you neutered
they neutered

Present Continuous
I am neutering
you are neutering
he/she/it is neutering
we are neutering
you are neutering
they are neutering

Present Perfect
I have neutered
you have neutered
he/she/it has neutered
we have neutered
you have neutered
they have neutered

Past Continuous
I was neutering
you were neutering
he/she/it was neutering
we were neutering
you were neutering
they were neutering

Past Perfect
I had neutered
you had neutered
he/she/it had neutered
we had neutered
you had neutered
they had neutered

Future
I will neuter
you will neuter
he/she/it will neuter
we will neuter
you will neuter
they will neuter

Future Perfect
I will have neutered
you will have neutered
he/she/it will have neutered
we will have neutered
you will have neutered
they will have neutered

Future Continuous
I will be neutering
you will be neutering
he/she/it will be neutering
we will be neutering
you will be neutering
they will be neutering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been neutering
you have been neutering
he/she/it has been neutering
we have been neutering
you have been neutering
they have been neutering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been neutering
you will have been neutering
he/she/it will have been neutering
we will have been neutering
you will have been neutering
they will have been neutering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been neutering
you had been neutering
he/she/it had been neutering
we had been neutering
you had been neutering
they had been neutering

Conditional
I would neuter
you would neuter
he/she/it would neuter
we would neuter
you would neuter
they would neuter

Past Conditional
I would have neutered
you would have neutered
he/she/it would have neutered
we would have neutered
you would have neutered
they would have neutered

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	neuter - a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)gender, grammatical gender - a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
Verb	1.	neuter - remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"spay, castrate, alterdefeminise, defeminize - remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats)desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex, fix - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
Adj.	1.	neuter - of grammatical gender; "`it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun"feminine - of grammatical gendermasculine - of grammatical gender
	2.	neuter - having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organssexlessasexual, nonsexual - not having or involving sex; "an asexual spore"; "asexual reproduction"

neuter

verb1. castrate, doctor (informal), emasculate, spay, dress, fix (informal), geld Responsible cat owners should have their pets neutered.adjective1. sexless, androgynous, asexual, hermaphrodite, nonsexual, epicene I am really neuter, neither male nor female.

neuter

adjectiveNot inclining toward or actively taking either side in a matter under dispute:impartial, neutral, nonaligned, nonpartisan, unbiased, uncommitted, uninvolved, unprejudiced.Idiom: on the fence.verbTo render incapable of reproducing sexually:alter, castrate, fix, geld, spay, sterilize, unsex.

Translations

中性的无性的

neuter

(ˈnjuːtə) adjective1. in certain languages, of the gender which is neither masculine nor feminine. a neuter noun. 中性的(名詞的性) 中性的（名詞） 2. without sex. Worker bees are neuter, being neither male nor female. 無性的 无性的