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Definition of castrate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

castrate

verb
 
/kæˈstreɪt/
 
/ˈkæstreɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they castrate
 
/kæˈstreɪt/
 
/ˈkæstreɪt/
he / she / it castrates
 
/kæˈstreɪts/
 
/ˈkæstreɪts/
past simple castrated
 
/kæˈstreɪtɪd/
 
/ˈkæstreɪtɪd/
past participle castrated
 
/kæˈstreɪtɪd/
 
/ˈkæstreɪtɪd/
-ing form castrating
 
/kæˈstreɪtɪŋ/
 
/ˈkæstreɪtɪŋ/
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  1. castrate something/somebody to remove the testicles of a male animal or personTopics Farmingc2
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (earlier (Middle English) as castration): from Latin castrare.
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