Neuters - English meaning

verb

Change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way.

Usage examples:

Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage

verb

To change a characteristic, often slightly, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ t ] the coat was too long, so i took it back to the store to have it altered., some things in lif…

verb

To change the appearance, character, or structure of something, or to be changed in this way

Usage examples:

Just last week, the company agreed to alter some of its business practices., if they want to contin…

verb

Remove the testicles of (a male animal or man).

Usage examples:

Male calves were castrated either at birth, at time of initial vaccination, or at weaning.

noun

A man or male animal whose testicles have been removed.

Usage examples:

Young human castrates, or eunuchs

verb

To remove the testicles (= organs that produce sperm) of a male animal

verb

Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

Usage examples:

He cut his toe on a sharp stone

noun

A stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane.

Usage examples:

He could skin an animal with a single cut of the knife

verb

Separate with or as if with an instrument

noun

A person who is qualified to treat people who are ill.

Usage examples:

Doctor thornhill

verb

Change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify.

Usage examples:

The reports could have been doctored

noun

A person with a medical degree whose job is to treat people who are ill or injured

Usage examples:

This health plan lets you choose your own doctor., he claimed the photo had been doctored.

verb

Deprive (a man) of his male role or identity.

Usage examples:

In his mind, her success emasculated him

verb

To reduce the effectiveness of something

Usage examples:

They were accused of trying to emasculate the report's recommendations., but another man in his for…

verb

To make a man feel less male by taking away his power and confidence

Usage examples:

But another man in his forties, whose in-laws are rich, finds it hard to accept gifts from them: "i…

verb

Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

They had candles fixed to their helmets

noun

A difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament.

Usage examples:

How on earth did you get into such a fix?

verb

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

verb

Castrate (a male animal).

Usage examples:

Mules and hinnies are virtually always sterile, but male mules should be gelded to keep them tracta…

verb

To remove the testicles of a male horse or similar animal

verb

To perform oophorectomy on.

verb

Perform surgical removal of one or both ovaries on (a woman or female animal).

Usage examples:

We did not ovariectomize the test animals

verb

Sterilize (a female animal) by removing the ovaries.

Usage examples:

The animals must be spayed or neutered before they are given up for adoption

verb

To remove the organs that produce eggs from an animal

verb

Make (something) free from bacteria or other living microorganisms.

Usage examples:

Babies' feeding equipment can be cleaned and sterilized