spay

spay

S0610700 (spā)tr.v. spayed, spay·ing, spays To remove surgically the ovaries of (an animal).

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[Middle English spaien, from Anglo-Norman espeier, to cut with a sword, from espee, sword, from Latin spatha; see spathe.]

spay

(speɪ) vb (Veterinary Science) (tr) to remove the ovaries, and usually the uterus, from (a female animal)[C15: from Old French espeer to cut with the sword, from espee sword, from Latin spatha]

spay

(speɪ)

v.t. to remove the ovaries of (an animal). [1375–1425; late Middle English < Anglo-French espeïer to cut with a sword (Old French espeer), derivative of espee sword; see épée]

spay

- A shortening of a French word espeer, meaning "cut with a sword."See also related terms for sword.

spay

Past participle: spayed
Gerund: spaying

Imperative
spay
spay

Present
I spay
you spay
he/she/it spays
we spay
you spay
they spay

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

spay - remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"neuter, 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"

spay

verbTo render incapable of reproducing sexually:alter, castrate, fix, geld, neuter, sterilize, unsex.

Translations

castraresteriliseren