nnoun.persona man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproductionSynset:eunuch
Examples:- eunuchs guarded the harem
Derivationally Related Form:castrate
Hypernyms:adult male man
Inherited Hypernyms:eunuchmanadultpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:eunuchmanadultpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:eunuchmanmalepersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:eunuchmanmalepersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.changedeprive of strength or vigorSynset:emasculate
Examples:- The Senate emasculated the law
Derivationally Related Form:emasculation
Hypernyms:weaken
Inherited Hypernyms:emasculateweakenchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changeedit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicateSynset:bowdlerise bowdlerize expurgate shorten
Derivationally Related Form:bowdlerizationexpurgatorcastrationexpurgationBowdlerbowdlerizerbowdlerisationbowdleriser
Hypernyms:abbreviate abridge contract cut foreshorten reduce shorten
Inherited Hypernyms:bowdlerizeabridgedecreasechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They won't --- the story (apply to: expurgate, shorten, bowdlerise, bowdlerize)
vverb.bodyremove the testicles of a male animalSynset:demasculinise demasculinize emasculate
Derivationally Related Form:castratecastrationemasculation
Hypernyms:desex desexualise desexualize fix sterilise sterilize unsex
Inherited Hypernyms:emasculatesterilizeoperate ontreat
Direct Hyponyms:caponisecaponizecutgeld
Full Troponyms:caponizegeld
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.bodyremove the ovaries ofSynset:alter neuter spay
Derivationally Related Form:castrationneuteringneuterspaying
Hypernyms:desex desexualise desexualize fix sterilise sterilize unsex
Inherited Hypernyms:altersterilizeoperate ontreat
Direct Hyponyms:defeminisedefeminize
Full Troponyms:defeminize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody