'Castrate' definitions:
Definition of 'castrate'
(from WordNet)
noun
A man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem" [syn: eunuch, castrate]
verb
Deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law" [syn: emasculate, castrate]
verb
Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten]
verb
verb
Definition of 'Castrate'
From: GCIDE
- Castrate \Cas"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Castrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Castrating.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. [,c]astra knife.]
- 1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate. [1913 Webster]
- My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the following letter, which I have castrated in some places. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'castrate'
From: GCIDE
- neuter \neu"ter\, v. t. To render incapable of sexual reproduction; to remove or alter the sexual organs so as to make infertile; to alter; to fix; to desex; -- in male animals, to castrate; in female animals, to spay. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'castrate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alter,
- beat down,
- bleed,
- break,
- browbeat,
- bulldoze,
- bully,
- change,
- clamp down on,
- coerce,
- compel,
- cow,
- cripple,
- daunt,
- demasculinize,
- desex,
- desexualize,
- despotize,
- devitalize,
- disable,
- domineer,
- domineer over,
- drain,
- effeminate,
- effeminatize,
- effeminize,
- emasculate,
- empty,
- enervate,
- enslave,
- etiolate,
- eunuchize,
- exhaust,
- fix,
- geld,
- grind,
- grind down,
- hamstring,
- henpeck,
- hobble,
- incapacitate,
- intimidate,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- lame,
- lord it over,
- maim,
- mutilate,
- neuter,
- oppress,
- overawe,
- overbear,
- overmaster,
- override,
- press heavy on,
- repress,
- ride over,
- ride roughshod over,
- sissify,
- soften,
- spay,
- sterilize,
- subjugate,
- suppress,
- terrorize,
- trample down,
- trample upon,
- tread down,
- tread upon,
- tyrannize,
- tyrannize over,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- unsex,
- unstring,
- walk all over,
- walk over,
- weigh heavy on,
- wing,
- womanize