CASTRATE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
   Synonym(s)
   • eunuch (what does eunuch mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • eunuchs guarded the harem
   Hypernyms(s) castrate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • man (what does man mean?)
   • adult male (what does adult male mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • emasculate (what does emasculate mean?)
   • castrate (what does castrate mean?)
   • demasculinize (what does demasculinize mean?)
   • demasculinise (what does demasculinise mean?)

CASTRATE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • remove the ovaries of
   Synonym(s)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • neuter (what does neuter mean?)
   • spay (what does spay mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Is your cat spayed?
   Hypernyms(s) castrate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sterilize (what does sterilize mean?)
   • sterilise (what does sterilise mean?)
   • desex (what does desex mean?)
   • unsex (what does unsex mean?)
   • desexualize (what does desexualize mean?)
   • desexualise (what does desexualise mean?)
   • fix (what does fix mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • defeminize (what does defeminize mean?)
   • defeminise (what does defeminise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • castration (what does castration mean?)
   • neutering (what does neutering mean?)
   • fixing (what does fixing mean?)
   • altering (what does altering mean?)
   • neuter (what does neuter mean?)
   • spaying (what does spaying mean?)
2. Meaning
   • remove the testicles of a male animal
   Synonym(s)
   • demasculinise (what does demasculinise mean?)
   • demasculinize (what does demasculinize mean?)
   • emasculate (what does emasculate mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) castrate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sterilize (what does sterilize mean?)
   • sterilise (what does sterilise mean?)
   • desex (what does desex mean?)
   • unsex (what does unsex mean?)
   • desexualize (what does desexualize mean?)
   • desexualise (what does desexualise mean?)
   • fix (what does fix mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • caponize (what does caponize mean?)
   • caponise (what does caponise mean?)
   • geld (what does geld mean?)
   • cut (what does cut mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • castration (what does castration mean?)
   • emasculation (what does emasculation mean?)
   • eunuch (what does eunuch mean?)
   • castrate (what does castrate mean?)
   • castration (what does castration mean?)
   • emasculation (what does emasculation mean?)
3. Meaning
   • edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
   Synonym(s)
   • bowdlerise (what does bowdlerise mean?)
   • bowdlerize (what does bowdlerize mean?)
   • expurgate (what does expurgate mean?)
   • shorten (what does shorten mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • bowdlerize a novel
   Hypernyms(s) castrate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • abridge (what does abridge mean?)
   • foreshorten (what does foreshorten mean?)
   • abbreviate (what does abbreviate mean?)
   • shorten (what does shorten mean?)
   • cut (what does cut mean?)
   • contract (what does contract mean?)
   • reduce (what does reduce mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • expurgation (what does expurgation mean?)
   • castration (what does castration mean?)
   • expurgation (what does expurgation mean?)
   • castration (what does castration mean?)
   • bowdlerization (what does bowdlerization mean?)
   • bowdlerisation (what does bowdlerisation mean?)
   • bowdlerization (what does bowdlerization mean?)
   • bowdlerisation (what does bowdlerisation mean?)
   • Bowdler (what does Bowdler mean?)
   • Thomas Bowdler (what does Thomas Bowdler mean?)
   • bowdlerization (what does bowdlerization mean?)
   • bowdlerisation (what does bowdlerisation mean?)
   • bowdlerization (what does bowdlerization mean?)
   • bowdlerisation (what does bowdlerisation mean?)
4. Meaning
   • deprive of strength or vigor
   Synonym(s)
   • emasculate (what does emasculate mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The Senate emasculated the law
   Hypernyms(s) castrate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • weaken (what does weaken mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • emasculation (what does emasculation mean?)