castrate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
eunuchs guarded the harem
Types & categories
- man hypernym
Related & opposite
- demasculinize derivation
Sense 2 verb
deprive of strength or vigor
The Senate emasculated the law
Types & categories
- weaken hypernym
Related & opposite
- emasculation derivation
Sense 3 verb
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
bowdlerize a novel
Types & categories
- abridge hypernym
Related & opposite
- bowdlerization derivation
- expurgation derivation
- bowdlerization derivation
- expurgator derivation
- Bowdler derivation
Sense 4 verb
remove the testicles of a male animal
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- castration derivation
- eunuch derivation
Sense 5 verb
remove the ovaries of
Is your cat spayed?
Types & categories
- desex hypernym
- defeminize hyponym
Related & opposite
- castration derivation
- neutering derivation
- spaying derivation
- neuter derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | demasculinize |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | man |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | emasculation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | weaken |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bowdlerization |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | expurgation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bowdlerization |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | expurgator |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | Bowdler |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | abridge |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | castration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | eunuch |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | desex |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | caponize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | geld |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | castration |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | neutering |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | spaying |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | neuter |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | desex |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | defeminize |