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- Dictionaryneu·ter/ˈno͞odər/
adjective
- 1. of or denoting a gender of nouns in some languages, typically contrasting with masculine and feminine or common: "it is a neuter word in Greek"
- 2. (of an animal) lacking developed sexual organs, or having had them removed.
noun
- 1. a neuter word.
- 2. a nonfertile caste of social insect, especially a worker bee or ant.
verb
- 1. castrate or spay (a domestic animal): "a neutered tomcat"
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1. a. : of, relating to, or constituting the gender that ordinarily includes most words or grammatical forms referring to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine. b. : neither active nor passive : intransitive. 2. : taking no side : neutral. 3. : lacking or having imperfectly developed or nonfunctional generative organs. neuter. 2 of 3.
NEUTERED definition: 1. (of an animal) having had part of its sexual organs removed, so that it cannot produce young…. Learn more.
Neutering, from the Latin neuter ('of neither sex'), [1] is the removal of a non-human animal's reproductive organ, either all of it or a considerably large part. The male-specific term is castration, while spaying is usually reserved for female animals. Colloquially, both terms are often referred to as fixing. [2] .
adjective. grammar. denoting or belonging to a gender of nouns which for the most part have inanimate referents or do not specify the sex of their referents. ( as noun ) German ``Mädchen'' (meaning ``girl'') is a neuter. (of animals and plants) having nonfunctional, underdeveloped, or absent reproductive organs.
(of an animal) having had part of its sexual organs removed, so that it cannot produce young animals: Every pit bull must be registered and neutered. Most of the sheep are neutered males. Compare. altered US. spayed. castrated. Fewer examples. The dogs, both male, are neutered.
to remove part of an animal's sexual organs, so that it cannot produce young animals: Has your dog been neutered? to take the power away from something. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of neuter from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) neuter | American Dictionary.
an organism having nonfunctional or absent sexual parts. In plants, a neuter is one without male and female flower parts (e.g. ray florets of sunflower). A neuter in animals is one that is sexually undeveloped or sterile, for example the female worker in a bee colony, or a castrated or spayed animal.
