castrate

cas·trate

C0150000 (kăs′trāt′)tr.v. cas·trat·ed, cas·trat·ing, cas·trates 1. To remove the testicles of (a male); geld or emasculate.2. To remove the ovaries of (a female); spay.3. To deprive of virility or spirit; emasculate.n. An individual who is incapable of reproduction as a result of removal, destruction, or inactivation of the gonads.

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[Latin castrāre, castrāt-; see kes- in Indo-European roots.]

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cas′trat·er, cas′tra·tor n.cas·tra′tion n.

castrate

(kæˈstreɪt) vb (tr) 1. to remove the testicles of; emasculate; geld2. to deprive of vigour, masculinity, etc3. to remove the ovaries of; spay4. to expurgate or censor (a book, play, etc)[C17: from Latin castrāre to emasculate, geld] casˈtration n casˈtrator, casˈtrater n

cas•trate

(ˈkæs treɪt)

v. -trat•ed, -trat•ing,
n. v.t. 1. to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld. 2. to remove the ovaries of. 3. to render impotent by psychological means, as disparagement. 4. to deprive of strength. n. 5. a castrated person or animal. [1605–15; < Latin castrātus, past participle of castrāre to geld] cas•tra′tion, n. cas′tra•tor, n.

castrate

Past participle: castrated
Gerund: castrating

Imperative
castrate
castrate

Present
I castrate
you castrate
he/she/it castrates
we castrate
you castrate
they castrate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	castrate - a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem"eunuchadult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
Verb	1.	castrate - deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law"emasculateweaken - lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"
	2.	castrate - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, shortenabbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
	3.	castrate - remove the testicles of a male animaldemasculinise, demasculinize, emasculatecaponise, caponize - convert a cock into a capongeld, cut - cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse"desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex, fix - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
	4.	castrate - remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"neuter, spay, 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"

castrate

verb neuter, unman, emasculate, geld She threatened to castrate her husband with a carving knife.

castrate

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

Translations

阉割

castrate

(kӕˈstreit) , ((American) ˈkӕstreit) verb to remove the sexual organs of (a male animal). The bull has been castrated. 閹割 阉割caˈstration noun 閹割 阉割