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castrate Definition

cas·trate (kas′trāt′)

transitive verb -·trat′ed, -·trat′·ing

    1. to remove the testicles of; emasculate; geld
    2. Rare to remove the ovaries of; spay
  2. to deprive of essential virility, vigor, or significance by mutilating, expurgating, subjugating, etc.; emasculate

Etymology: < L castratus, pp. of castrare, to castrate, prune: for IE base see caste

castrate Related Forms
cas·tra′·tion noun
castrate Synonyms

castrate

v.

emasculate, sterilize, asexualize, desex, mutilate, cut, spay, geld, neuter, unman, steer, caponize, effeminize, eunuchize, deprive of virility, deprive of manhood, alter, fix*; see also maim, weaken 2.

castrate Usage Examples

Object

  • male: Being a 27 year old castrated male, there are few options open to him.
  • opposition: However, just as they did with Community Health Councils, Labor wants to castrate opposition.
  • cat: Ginger is a fifteen year old male, castrated cat.
  • man: The follicles in the castrated man lost twenty years of hair in six months!
  • lamb: One of the reasons many farmers castrate male lambs is to avoid injury through fighting.
  • pig: Episode 12 ( 17 NOV 90 ) Promises to Keep Tristan has to castrate a pig.

Preposition: before

  • puberty: Further, men castrated before puberty never get prostate cancer.

Preposition: at

  • age: A dog can be castrated at any age but it is generally thought best to wait until he is physically mature before doing so.

Infinitive complement

  • prevent: In early 1999 we had Domino castrated to prevent any more babies.

Modifying Another Word

  • now: Percival, black with white nose, now castrated Roger, brown with white nose, now castrated.
  • not: Male rabbits Male rabbits ( bucks ) make responsive pets, but have the same drawbacks as tom cats if they're not castrated.
  • yet: Trigger is 11 months old, vaccinated but not yet castrated.
  • then: Young boys were sold to the church by poor parents, and then castrated to preserve their high voices.
  • rather: There are concerns that rams of the susceptible genotype might be castrated rather than slaughtered.
castrate Quotes

Yo soy un artista. El placer de la carne le resta fuerzas a mi vocacio¤ n  picto¤  rica, prefiero sentir que los jugos de mi sexo fluyen hacia un cuadro, lo irrigan, lo fertilizan, lo realzan; ca¤  strame el goce de la carne, satisfa¤  ceme el goce del arte. Iamanartist.The pleasure ofthefleshrobsstrengthfrom myartistic vocation, I prefer to feel my sexual juices flow toward a painting, wash over it, fertilize it, realize it; the delights of the flesh castrate me, the delights of art satisfy me.

—Fuentes, Carlos