|  neuter 
 
 a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) (Freq. 1)
 • Hypernyms:
 gender, grammatical gender
 
 remove the ovaries of
 - Is your cat spayed?
 • Syn:
 alter, spay, castrate
 • Derivationally related forms:
 castration (for: castrate), neutering (for: castrate), neuter (for: castrate), spaying (for: spay)
 • Hypernyms:
 sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize,
 desexualise, fix
 • Hyponyms:
 defeminize, defeminise
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s somebody
 
 1. of grammatical gender
 - 'it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun
 • Ant:
 masculine, feminine
 2. having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs
 • Syn:
 sexless
 • Similar to:
 asexual, nonsexual
 • Derivationally related forms:
 sexlessness (for: sexless)
 
 
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