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DEFEMINIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does defeminize mean?
• DEFEMINIZE (verb)
The verb DEFEMINIZE has 1 sense:
1. remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats)
Familiarity information: DEFEMINIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they defeminize ... he / she / it defeminizes
Past simple: defeminized
Past participle: defeminized
-ing form: defeminizing
... he / she / it defeminizes Past simple: defeminized
Past participle: defeminized
-ing form: defeminizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats)
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
defeminise; defeminize
Hypernyms (to "defeminize" is one way to...):
alter; castrate; neuter; spay (remove the ovaries of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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