gelded

Adjective
Synonyms: cutemasculated

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. (of a male animal) having the testicles removed“a cut horse”Synonyms: cutemasculated
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Geld \Geld\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gelded or Gelt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gelding.] [Icel. gelda to castrate; akin to Dan. gilde, Sw. g[aum]lla, and cf. AS. gilte a young sow, OHG. galt dry, not giving milk, G. gelt, Goth. gilpa siclke.]

1.To castrate; to emasculate. [1913 Webster]

2.To deprive of anything essential. [1913 Webster]

Bereft and gelded of his patrimony.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

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