neuter
verb/ˈnjuːtə(r)/
/ˈnuːtər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they neuter | /ˈnjuːtə(r)/ /ˈnuːtər/ |
| he / she / it neuters | /ˈnjuːtəz/ /ˈnuːtərz/ |
| past simple neutered | /ˈnjuːtəd/ /ˈnuːtərd/ |
| past participle neutered | /ˈnjuːtəd/ /ˈnuːtərd/ |
| -ing form neutering | /ˈnjuːtərɪŋ/ /ˈnuːtərɪŋ/ |
- neuter something to remove part of the sex organs of an animal so that it cannot produce young
- Has your cat been neutered?
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- neuter something (disapproving) to prevent something from having the effect that it ought to have
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin neuter ‘neither’, from ne- ‘not’ + uter ‘either’.
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