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DEMASCULINISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does demasculinise mean? 

DEMASCULINISE (verb)
  The verb DEMASCULINISE has 1 sense:

1. remove the testicles of a male animalplay

  Familiarity information: DEMASCULINISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEMASCULINISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they demasculinise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it demasculinises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: demasculinised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: demasculinised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: demasculinising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the testicles of a male animal

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

castrate; demasculinise; demasculinize; emasculate

Hypernyms (to "demasculinise" is one way to...):

desex; desexualise; desexualize; fix; sterilise; sterilize; unsex (make infertile)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "demasculinise"):

caponise; caponize (convert a cock into a capon)

cut; geld (cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody


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