Sekirov Dictionary

castrate

/ˈkæs.tɹeɪt/

verb 3
noun 1
forms 3

verb3

•
To remove the testicles of a person or animal.
- If the priests of Diana of Ephesus castrated themselves and offered their genitals on the altar, it was because the phallus was the symbol of the dying body. — 1981
To remove the ovaries and/or uterus of an animal.
•
(figurative) To take something from; to render imperfect or ineffectual.
- behold the Eunuch of castrated thought — 2002

noun1

•
A castrated man; a eunuch.
- The castrate voice had a strange power not duplicated by soprano or countertenor. — 1990

forms

castrated · castrating · castrates

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