Spay

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To remove surgically the ovaries of (an animal).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To remove or destroy the ovaries (of an animal) in order that it cannot become pregnant.
  • n. Rare spelling of spayard.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).
  • n. The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To castrate (a female) by extirpating the ovaries.
  • n. The male red-deer or hart in his third year.
  • See spae.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. remove the ovaries of
  • Verb Form
    spayed    spaying    spays   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    unsex    fix    sterilise    desexualize    desexualise    desex    sterilize   
    Hyponym
    Form
    spayed    spaying   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spade   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts