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English noun: castrate | |||
| 1. | castrate (person) a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction | ||
| Samples | Eunuchs guarded the harem. | ||
| Synonyms | eunuch | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adult male, man | ||
English verb: castrate | |||
| 1. | castrate (change) deprive of strength or vigor | ||
| Samples | The Senate emasculated the law. | ||
| Synonyms | emasculate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | weaken | ||
| 2. | castrate (change) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | ||
| Samples | Bowdlerize a novel. | ||
| Synonyms | bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten | ||
| 3. | castrate (body) remove the testicles of a male animal | ||
| Synonyms | demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | caponise, caponize, cut, geld | ||
| 4. | castrate (body) remove the ovaries of | ||
| Samples | Is your cat spayed?. | ||
| Synonyms | alter, neuter, spay | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | defeminise, defeminize | ||
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