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Definition of spay verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

spay

verb

NAmE//speɪ//

spay something (technology)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they spay

he / she / it spays

past simple spayed

-ing form spaying

to remove the ovaries of a female animal, to prevent it from breeding Have you had your cat spayed?

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