SkyfireDict

castrate   (TTS Sound)

The noun castrate has 1 sense

• eunuch, castrate -- (a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem")

The verb castrate has 4 senses

• emasculate, castrate -- (deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law")


• bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten -- (edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel")


• emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise -- (remove the testicles of a male animal)


• alter, neuter, spay, castrate -- (remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?")