castrate

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
- eunuchs guarded the harem
• Syn:
eunuch
• Hypernyms:
man, adult male

II - verb

1. deprive of strength or vigor
- The Senate emasculated the law
• Syn:
emasculate
• Derivationally related forms:
emasculation (for: emasculate)
• Hypernyms:
weaken
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
- bowdlerize a novel
• Syn:
bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, shorten
• Derivationally related forms:
castration, expurgation (for: expurgate), expurgator (for: expurgate), bowdlerisation (for: bowdlerise), Bowdler (for: bowdlerise), bowdleriser (for: bowdlerise), bowdlerization (for: bowdlerize), bowdlerizer (for: bowdlerize)
• Hypernyms:
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut,
contract, reduce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. remove the testicles of a male animal
• Syn:
emasculate, demasculinize, demasculinise
• Derivationally related forms:
castration, emasculation (for: emasculate)
• Hypernyms:
sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize,
desexualise, fix
• Hyponyms:
caponize, caponise, geld, cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. remove the ovaries of
- Is your cat spayed?
• Syn:
alter, neuter, spay
• Derivationally related forms:
castration, neutering, neuter, spaying (for: spay)
• Hypernyms:
sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize,
desexualise, fix
• Hyponyms:
defeminize, defeminise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  eunuch, alter, neuter, spay, emasculate, demasculinize, demasculinise, bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, shorten