castrate

castrate is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.
2. transitive verb. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate.
3. noun. a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction

   "eunuchs guarded the harem"

   Synonyms: eunuch

4. verb. remove the ovaries of

   "Is your cat spayed?"

   Synonyms: alter, neuter, spay

5. verb. remove the testicles of a male animal

   Synonyms: demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate

6. verb. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

   "bowdlerize a novel"

   Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten

7. verb. deprive of strength or vigor

   "The Senate emasculated the law"

   Synonyms: emasculate

Synonyms

eunuch, alter, neuter, spay, demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate, bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in castrate:

teacarts

Common word forms

castrated, castrater, castrates, castrating

Words from these letters

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