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CAPONIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does caponize mean?
• CAPONIZE (verb)
The verb CAPONIZE has 1 sense:
1. convert a cock into a capon
Familiarity information: CAPONIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they caponize ... he / she / it caponizes
Past simple: caponized
Past participle: caponized
-ing form: caponizing
... he / she / it caponizes Past simple: caponized
Past participle: caponized
-ing form: caponizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Convert a cock into a capon
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
caponise; caponize
Hypernyms (to "caponize" is one way to...):
castrate; demasculinise; demasculinize; emasculate (remove the testicles of a male animal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
capon (castrated male chicken)
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