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- Dictionarycastrate/kaˈstreɪt/
verb
- 1. remove the testicles of (a male animal or man).
noun
- 1. a man or male animal whose testicles have been removed: "young human castrates, or eunuchs"
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The meaning of CASTRATE is to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes; also, chiefly in technical contexts : to deprive (a female animal or person) of the ovaries. How to use castrate in a sentence.
to remove the testicles of a male animal or human. Compare. spay. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Zoology: veterinary medicine. acaricide. altered. animal doctor. anti-rabies. bovine spongiform encephalopathy. BSE. cowpox. emasculate. lame. mange. mangy. monkeypox. mpox. myxomatosis. neutered. nosema.
verb. to remove the testicles of; emasculate; geld. to deprive of vigour, masculinity, etc. to remove the ovaries of; spay. to expurgate or censor (a book, play, etc)
To castrate a male animal or a man means to remove his testicles. In the ancient world, it was probably rare to castrate a dog or cat. [VERB noun] ...a castrated male horse. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: neuter, emasculate, geld More Synonyms of castrate.
An individual who is incapable of reproduction as a result of removal, destruction, or inactivation of the gonads. [Latin castrāre, castrāt-; see kes- in Indo-European roots.] cas′trat·er, cas′tra·tor n. cas·tra′tion n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
CASTRATE definition: to remove a man's or male animal's testicles (= organs that produce sperm). Learn more.
3 days ago · To castrate a male animal is to surgically remove its testicles. A veterinarian castrates a male dog to ensure that it can't mate with a female and produce unwanted puppies. People often choose to castrate pets or farm animals to keep them from reproducing.
Definition of castrate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To remove the ovaries of; spay. To deprive of essential virility, vigor, or significance by mutilating, expurgating, subjugating, etc.; emasculate. An individual who is incapable of reproduction as a result of removal, destruction, or inactivation of the gonads.
The Castration of Uranus: fresco by Vasari and Cristofano Gherardi (c. 1560, Sala di Cosimo I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence) Castration may have arisen in the Neolithic period in response to animal husbandry, rising populations and population specialisation.
