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cas·trate
(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.
cas′trat·er, cas′tra·tor n.
cas·tra′tion n.
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castrate
(kæˈstreɪt)vb (tr)
1. to remove the testicles of; emasculate; geld
2. to deprive of vigour, masculinity, etc
3. to remove the ovaries of; spay
4. to expurgate or censor (a book, play, etc)
[C17: from Latin castrāre to emasculate, geld]
casˈtration n
casˈtrator, casˈtrater n
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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.
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castrate
Past participle: castrated
Gerund: castrating
| Imperative |
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| castrate |
| castrate |
| Present |
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| I castrate |
| you castrate |
| he/she/it castrates |
| we castrate |
| you castrate |
| they castrate |
| Preterite |
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| I castrated |
| you castrated |
| he/she/it castrated |
| we castrated |
| you castrated |
| they castrated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am castrating |
| you are castrating |
| he/she/it is castrating |
| we are castrating |
| you are castrating |
| they are castrating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have castrated |
| you have castrated |
| he/she/it has castrated |
| we have castrated |
| you have castrated |
| they have castrated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was castrating |
| you were castrating |
| he/she/it was castrating |
| we were castrating |
| you were castrating |
| they were castrating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had castrated |
| you had castrated |
| he/she/it had castrated |
| we had castrated |
| you had castrated |
| they had castrated |
| Future |
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| I will castrate |
| you will castrate |
| he/she/it will castrate |
| we will castrate |
| you will castrate |
| they will castrate |
| Future Perfect |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| I would castrate |
| you would castrate |
| he/she/it would castrate |
| we would castrate |
| you would castrate |
| they would castrate |
| Past Conditional |
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| 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 |
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Noun 1. [画像:castrate - a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction]castrate - a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem"
adult 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"
weaken - lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"
2. castrate - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
abbreviate, 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 animal
geld, 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. [画像:castrate - remove the ovaries of]castrate - remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
defeminise, 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"
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castrate
verb neuter, unman, emasculate, geld She threatened to castrate her husband with a carving knife.
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castrate
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
يَخْصي
kastrovat
kastrere
kastroidakuohia
kiherél
vana, gelda
kastravimaskastruoti
kastrēt
kastrovaťvykastrovať
burmak hadım etmekiğdiş etmek
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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castrate
vt → kastrieren ; (fig) text → verstümmeln
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castrate
(kӕˈstreit) , ((American) ˈkӕstreit) verb to remove the sexual organs of (a male animal). The bull has been castrated. kastreer, regmaak يَخْصي кастрирам castrar (vy)kastrovat kastrieren kastrere ευνουχίζω castrar kohitsema اخته کردن kastroida castrer לְסַרֵס नपुंसक बनाना uškopiti kiherél mengebiri vana, gelda castrare 去勢する 거세하다 kastruoti kastrēt mengembiri castreren kastrere kastrować خصى كول، ټكول castrar a castra кастрировать (vy)kastrovať skopiti kastrirati kastrera ทําหมัน hadım etmek, iğdiş etmek, burmak 閹割 кастрат خصی کرنا thiến 阉割
caˈstration noun kastrasie, ontmanning خَصْي кастрация castração kastrace die Kastrierung kastration ευνουχισμός castración kohitsus اخته سازی kastrointi castration סרוס, סירוס बंध्यकरण škopljenje kiherélés pengebirian vönun, gelding castrazione 去勢 거세 kastravimas kastrēšana pengembirian castratie kastrering kastracja خصی کول castração castrare кастрация kastrácia skopitev kastracija kastrering การทําหมัน hadım, iğdiş etme, burma 閹割 кастрація خصی کرنے کا عمل sự thiến 阉割
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cas·trate
vt. castrar, extirpar por los testículos, emascular.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
castrate
vt castrarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.