neutering

Definition of neutering in English English dictionary: present participle of neuter; {i} making sterile by castration or spaying; making neuter; the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering"; the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering
neuter: Intransitive
a neuter verb.
neuter: An intransitive verb or state-of-being verb
In all the Apachean languages, verbs are divided into two major categories, neuters and actives, each of which may be further divided into intransitives, transitives, and passives.
neuter: A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words
neuter: A person who takes no part in a contest; someone remaining neutral
Friends, neuters, enemies, all are as one, to make a fool a madman is their sport .
neuter: An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers
neuter: The neuter gender
neuter: Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex
a neuter noun; the neuter definite article; a neuter termination; the neuter gender.
neuter: neither masculine nor feminine
neuter: {a} indifferent, being of neither party
neuter: {n} one who stands neuter
Neuter: neutral
neuter: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
neuter: Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral
neuter: Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless
neuter: A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral
neuter: one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers
neuter: of grammatical gender; "`it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun"
neuter: {f} make sterile by castration or spaying; make neuter
neuter: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) of grammatical gender; "`it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun"
neuter: {i} neutral gender, state of being neither masculine nor feminine (Grammar); castrated or spayed animals; sexually undeveloped insect (Zoology); plant with neither stamens nor pistils (Botany); that which is neutral
neuter: Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender
neuter: remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
neuter: An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp
neuter: To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals
neuter: An intransitive verb
neuter: having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs
neuter: See Neuter, n
neuter: {s} sexless; neutral; neither masculine nor feminine in gender (Grammar); castrated, spayed (about animals); (Zoology) having undeveloped sexual organs (about insects); having neither stamens nor pistils (Botany)
neuter: When an animal is neutered, its reproductive organs are removed so that it cannot create babies. We ask the public to have their dogs neutered and keep them under close supervision
neuter: Intransitive; as, a neuter verb
neuter: In some languages, a neuter noun, pronoun, or adjective has a different form from a masculine or feminine one, or behaves in a different way. a neuter noun, pronoun etc belongs to a class of words that have different inflections from masculine or feminine words gender (from ne- + uter )
neuter: To neuter an organization, group, or person means to make them powerless and ineffective. the Government's `hidden agenda' to neuter local authorities Their air force had been neutered before the work began