neuter Definition
neu·ter (no̵̅o̅t′ər, nyo̵̅o̅t′-)
adjective
- Archaic taking neither side; neutral
- Biol.
- having no sexual organ; asexual
- having undeveloped or imperfect sexual organs in the adult, as the worker bee
- Gram.
- 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
- 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
- a castrated or spayed animal
- Archaic a neutral person or group
- Biol. a plant or animal lacking, or having undeveloped, sexual organs
- Gram.
- the neuter gender
- a word or form in this gender
- an intransitive verb
transitive verb
to castrate or spay (an animal)
neuter Synonyms
neuter
modif.
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.
Browse dictionary entries near neuter
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