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DEFEMINISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does defeminise mean?
• DEFEMINISE (verb)
The verb DEFEMINISE has 1 sense:
1. remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats)
Familiarity information: DEFEMINISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they defeminise ... he / she / it defeminises
Past simple: defeminised
Past participle: defeminised
-ing form: defeminising
... he / she / it defeminises Past simple: defeminised
Past participle: defeminised
-ing form: defeminising
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 "defeminise" is one way to...):
alter; castrate; neuter; spay (remove the ovaries of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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