castrate
castrate Lexical Profile
castrate Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To remove the testicles of a male animal or person, or to render them nonfunctional.
"Farmers often castrate young male livestock to make them more docile and easier to manage."
To deprive someone or something of power, vitality, or effectiveness.
"Critics argued that the heavy-handed amendments would castrate the consumer protection bill."
To remove the anthers from a flower before pollen is shed in order to prevent self-pollination during controlled plant breeding.
"Plant breeders carefully castrate the blossoms by hand before introducing pollen from another cultivar."
• noun
A male person or animal whose testicles have been surgically removed or rendered nonfunctional.
"The veterinary study compared the hormone levels of intact bulls with those of adult castrates."
• Rhymes for castrate
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 17th century from Latin castratus, the past participle of castrare ('to geld, prune, or deprive of generative power'), ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'to cut'.