neuter

  • 21neuter — adjective 1》 of or denoting a gender of nouns typically contrasting with masculine and feminine or common. 2》 (of an animal) lacking developed sexual organs; castrated or spayed.     ↘(of a plant or flower) having neither functional pistils nor… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 22neuter — 1 adjective 1 plants or animals that are neuter have undeveloped sex organs or no sex organs 2 technical a neuter noun, pronoun etc belongs to a class of words that have different inflections (inflection (1)) from masculine (4) or feminine (2)… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23neuter — [ˈnjuːtə] verb [T] I to perform an operation on an animal s sexual organs so that it cannot have babies II adj linguistics neuter [ˈnjuːtə] a neuter word has a different form and behaviour from MASCULINE or FEMININE words in some languages …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 24neuter — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 Gram. (of a noun etc.) neither masculine nor feminine. 2 (of a plant) having neither pistils nor stamen. 3 (of an insect) sexually undeveloped. n. 1 Gram. a neuter word. 2 a a non fertile insect, esp. a worker bee or ant. b… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 25neuter — neu·ter n(y)üt ər n a spayed or castrated animal (as a cat) neuter vt CASTRATE (1), ALTER <a neutered cat> * * * neu·ter (nooґtər) to castrate an animal; see spay and …

    Medical dictionary

  • 26neuter — neu·ter || nuːtÉ™(r) / njuː n. neutral gender, state of being neither masculine nor feminine (Grammar); castrated or spayed animals; sexually undeveloped insect (Zoology); plant with neither stamens nor pistils (Botany); that which is neutral… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 27neuter — 1. adjective the traumatic abuses of his childhood left him feeling more neuter than masculine Syn: asexual, sexless, unsexed; androgynous, epicene 2. verb have your pets neutered Syn: sterilize, castrate, spay, geld, fix, desex, alter …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 28Neuter verb — Verb Verb, n. [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See {Word}.] 1. A word; a vocable. [Obs.] South. [1913 Webster] 2. (Gram.) A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29neuter — См. neutro 2 …

    Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов

  • 30neuter — n. [L. ne, not; uter, either] 1. Sexless. 2. A sterile organism. 3. A non fertile mature female …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology