adjective

1. Archaic taking neither side; neutral
2. Biol.
   1. having no sexual organ; asexual
   2. having undeveloped or imperfect sexual organs in the adult, as the worker bee
3. Gram.
   1. designating, of, or belonging to a third gender, existing in many highly inflected languages, consisting of words that have neither masculine nor feminine grammatical gender
   2. neither active nor passive; intransitive: said of verbs

Etymology: ME neutre < MFr or L: MFr neutre < L neuter, neither < ne-, not (see no) + uter, either

noun

1. a castrated or spayed animal
2. Archaic a neutral person or group
3. Biol. a plant or animal lacking, or having undeveloped, sexual organs
4. Gram.
   1. the neuter gender
   2. a word or form in this gender
   3. an intransitive verb

transitive verb