neuter
11neuter — I UK [ˈnjuːtə(r)] / US [ˈnutər] verb [transitive] Word forms neuter : present tense I/you/we/they neuter he/she/it neuters present participle neutering past tense neutered past participle neutered 1) to perform an operation on an animal s sexual… …
12neuter — neu•ter [[t]ˈnu tər, ˈnyu [/t]] adj. 1) gram. a) of, pertaining to, or being a grammatical gender that refers to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine b) gram. (of a verb) intransitive 2) dvl Biol. having no organs of reproduction;… …
13neuter — /nooh teuhr, nyooh /, adj. 1. Gram. a. noting or pertaining to a gender that refers to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine. b. (of a verb) intransitive. 2. Biol. having no organs of reproduction; without sex; asexual. 3. Zool. having …
14neuter — neu|ter1 [ˈnju:tə US ˈnu:tər] adj technical [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: neither , from ne not + uter which of two ] a neuter noun, ↑pronoun etc belongs to a class of words that have different ↑inflections from ↑masculine or ↑feminine words …
15neuter — neu|ter1 [ nutər ] verb transitive 1. ) to perform an operation on an animal s sexual organs so that it cannot have babies. You can also say that you spay a female animal or castrate a male animal. 2. ) MAINLY JOURNALISM to make someone or… …
16neuter — [14] From a formal point of view, Latin neuter is virtually identical to English neither. Both originated as compounds formed from a negative particle and an element meaning ‘which of two’. In the case of neuter these were ne and uter, which in… …
17neuter — [[t]nju͟ːtə(r), AM nu͟ːt [/t]] neuters, neutering, neutered 1) VERB: usu passive When an animal is neutered, its reproductive organs are removed so that it cannot create babies. [have n V ed] We ask the public to have their dogs neutered and keep …
18neuter — /ˈnjutə / (say nyoohtuh) adjective 1. Grammar a. denoting or relating to one of the three genders of Latin, German, Greek, etc., or one of the two of Dutch, Swedish, etc., so termed because few if any nouns denoting males or females belong to it …
19neuter — [14] From a formal point of view, Latin neuter is virtually identical to English neither. Both originated as compounds formed from a negative particle and an element meaning ‘which of two’. In the case of neuter these were ne and uter, which in… …
20neuter — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb Neuter is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cat, ↑dog {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. Neuter is used with these nouns: ↑noun …
