Meaning of SPAY
| Pronunciation: | | spey
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| | Definition: | | [v] remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" |
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| | Synonyms: | | alter, castrate, neuter |
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| | See Also: | | defeminise, defeminize, desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex | |
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\Spay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Spaying}.] [Cf. Armor. spac'hein, spaza to geld, W. dyspaddu
to geld, L. spado a eunuch, Gr. ?.]
To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch;
to castrate (a female animal).
\Spay\, n. [Cf. {Spade} a spay, {Spay}, v. t.] (Zo["o]l.)
The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.
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