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neuter Definition

neu·ter (no̵̅o̅t′ər, nyo̵̅o̅t′-)

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

to castrate or spay (an animal)

neuter Synonyms

neuter

modif.

barren, infertile, sexless, asexual, unfertile, impotent, frigid, fallow; see also sterile 1.

neuter Usage Examples

Object

  • cat: Hector is a neutered, ginger tom cat, who was in a road traffic accident.
  • rabbit: Females The most obvious reason for having a female rabbit neutered is to prevent her from producing baby rabbits.
  • male: Mister Mister is a 6 month old neutered male, who is waiting for a special neutered female friend to come into his life.
  • kitten: Oldham Cats has all cats and kittens neutered before rehoming and our adoption fee is just £ 30.
  • vaccination: She is neutered, vaccinations up to date ( June 07 ) and is generally healthy.
  • voucher: We offer a neutering service and accept all neutering vouchers from places such as the RSPCA and CPL.

Preposition: around

cat: The charity also neuters around 100,000 cats every year.

Modifies a noun

  • noun: Simply because the Greek language uses a neuter noun for a word does not mean the word should translate into English using neuter pronouns.
  • pronoun: Simply because the Greek language uses a neuter noun for a word does not mean the word should translate into English using neuter pronouns.
  • gender: In greek a mans hand has female gender, an old woman has neuter gender.
  • form: Note that both the masculine and neuter forms are identical when the noun is the subject of the sentence.

Modifying Another Word

  • soon: He has been to the vets for his VHD and will be going back for his myxi and neutering soon.
  • now: Our two other queen's now neutered are mother and daughter.
  • also: Also neutering reduces the risk of a cat being involved in a road traffic accident.
  • not: Some cats who are not neutered may choose to roam far away from your house.
  • prior: Neutering Only 16 % of rabbits were neutered prior to their arrival at rescue centers.

Adjective complement

male: He is a large white tabby, long haired, neutered male, 20 months old, Norwegian Forest cat.

Used with why or when

when: Toilet training Rabbits are usually easy to litter train, although they must be neutered when they reach puberty.

Infinitive complement

prevent: Shame you didn't have them neutered to prevent them having a litter in the first place.

Preposition: of

cat: At Cats Protection we firmly believe in the neutering of all cats not required for specific breeding.