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CAPONISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does caponise mean?
• CAPONISE (verb)
The verb CAPONISE has 1 sense:
1. convert a cock into a capon
Familiarity information: CAPONISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they caponise ... he / she / it caponises
Past simple: caponised
Past participle: caponised
-ing form: caponising
... he / she / it caponises Past simple: caponised
Past participle: caponised
-ing form: caponising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Convert a cock into a capon
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
caponise; caponize
Hypernyms (to "caponise" 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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