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[ US /ˈkæsˌtɹeɪt/ ]
[ UK /kˈɑːstɹe‍ɪt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
    eunuchs guarded the harem
VERB
  1. remove the ovaries of
    Is your cat spayed?
  2. remove the testicles of a male animal
  3. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
    bowdlerize a novel
  4. deprive of strength or vigor
    The Senate emasculated the law

How To Use castrate In A Sentence

  • Bull calves from dairy herds are usually castrated, becoming steers, and sent to feedlots, where they are fattened for slaughter, usually before the age of 2.
  • In the Mhow area of India, where it is common practice to feed goats on the leaves of trees gathered in the forest, an experiment was conducted with uncastrated male goats aged about 14 months and weighing some 25 kg. Chapter 6
  • The flock consisted of 20 rams, 44 ewes, and 43 lambs, of which 21 were female and the remaining were castrated males.
  • By day, watch your step, obey the rules or they may call you castrater, bitch, slob, pig, cow, slut whore prostitute chippy tramp. The Women’s Room
  • Bull calves were surgically castrated at birth.
  • The Emperor of China would employ eunuchs, castrated men, as guards and servants in his Palace.
  • The book was castrated by removal of the last two chapters.
  • Most adult sheep were wethers (castrated rams) raised mainly for wool.
  • For example, a delegation from Texas could go to California and show the Californians how to do some traditional Texas thing such as castrate a bull using only your teeth, and then the Californians could show the Texans how to rearrange their football stadiums in accordance with the principles of "feng shui" (for openers, both goalposts should be at the west end of the field). Dave Barry on Red and Blue States
  • The ranch castrated three - fourths of its male calves.
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