alter (v)
neuter (v)
spay (v)
castrate#2 (v)

v00060477

type v
lex_filenum 29
def remove the ovaries of
examples Is your cat spayed?
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Outgoing links
Hypernym sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
Derivationally related form castrate → castration; castrate → neutering; castrate → neuter
Derivationally related form spay → spaying
Hyponym defeminize, defeminise
Incoming links
Derivationally related form castration → castrate
Derivationally related form neutering → neuter; neuter → neuter
Derivationally related form spaying → spay
Hypernym defeminize, defeminise
Hyponym sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix

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