spay

/speɪ/
/speɪ/
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Other forms: spayed; spaying

Definitions of spay
  1. verb
    remove the ovaries of
    “Is your cat spayed?”
    synonyms: alter, castrate, neuter
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    types:
    defeminise, defeminize
    remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats)
    type of:
    desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex
    make infertile
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