emasculate
verb
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 verb
deprive of strength or vigor
The Senate emasculated the law
Types & categories
- weaken hypernym
Related & opposite
- emasculation derivation
Sense 2 adjective
having unsuitable feminine qualities
Related & opposite
- effeminacy derivation
- unmanly similar to
Sense 3 verb
remove the testicles of a male animal
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- castration derivation
- eunuch derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | emasculation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | weaken |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | effeminacy |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unmanly |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | castration |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | eunuch |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | desex |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | caponize |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | geld |