Spay

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spay \Spay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Spaying}.] [Cf. Armor. spac'hein, spaza to geld, W. dyspaddu
     to geld, L. spado a eunuch, Gr. ?.]
     To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch;
     to castrate (a female animal).
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spay \Spay\, n. [Cf. {Spade} a spay, {Spay}, v. t.] (Zool.)
     The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.
     [1913 Webster] Spayad

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spay
       v : remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: {alter},
           {neuter}, {castrate}]