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neu·ter N0073400 (no͞o′tər, nyo͞o′-)adj.1. Grammar a. Neither masculine nor feminine in gender.b. Neither active nor passive; intransitive. Used of verbs.2. Biology a. Having undeveloped or nonfunctional sexual organs: the neuter caste in social insects.b. Having pistils and stamens that are nonfunctional or absent.3. Castrated or spayed. Used of animals.4. Androgynous or asexual.5. Archaic Taking no side in a dispute; neutral.n.1. Grammar a. The neuter gender.b. A neuter word.c. A neuter noun.2. An androgynous or asexual person.3. A castrated animal.4. An insect that has undeveloped or nonfunctional sexual organs, such as a worker bee.5. Archaic One that is neutral in a dispute.tr.v. neu·tered, neu·ter·ing, neu·ters 1. To castrate or spay.2. To render ineffective or powerless: a scandal that neutered the politician. [Middle English neutre, from Old French, from Latin neuter, neither, neuter : ne-, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + uter, either; see kwo- in Indo-European roots.]neuter (ˈnjuːtə) adj1. (Grammar) grammar a. denoting or belonging to a gender of nouns which for the most part have inanimate referents or do not specify the sex of their referentsb. (as noun): German "Mädchen" (meaning "girl'") is a neuter. 2. (Biology) (of animals and plants) having nonfunctional, underdeveloped, or absent reproductive organs3. sexless or giving no indication of sex: a neuter sort of name. n4. (Zoology) a sexually underdeveloped female insect, such as a worker bee5. (Zoology) a castrated animal, esp a domestic animal6. (Botany) a flower in which the stamens and pistil are absent or nonfunctionalvb (Veterinary Science) (tr) to castrate or spay (an animal)[C14: from Latin, from ne not + uter either (of two)]neu•ter (ˈnu tər, ˈnyu-) adj. 1. a. of, pertaining to, or being a grammatical gender that refers to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine. b. (of a verb) intransitive. 2. Biol. having no organs of reproduction; without sex; asexual. 3. Zool. having imperfectly developed sexual organs, as worker bees. 4. Bot. having neither stamens nor pistils; asexual. 5. neutral; siding with no one. n. 6. a. the neuter gender. b. a word or other linguistic form in or marking the neuter gender. 7. an animal made sterile by castration or spaying. 8. a neuter insect. 9. an asexual plant. 10. a person or thing that is neutral. v.t. 11. to spay or castrate (a dog, cat, etc.). [1350–1400; Middle English neutre < Middle French < Latin neuter neither (of two)] neuter Past participle: neutered Gerund: neutering
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I neuter | you neuter | he/she/it neuters | we neuter | you neuter | they neuter |
Preterite |
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I neutered | you neutered | he/she/it neutered | we neutered | you neutered | they neutered |
Present Continuous |
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I am neutering | you are neutering | he/she/it is neutering | we are neutering | you are neutering | they are neutering |
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I have neutered | you have neutered | he/she/it has neutered | we have neutered | you have neutered | they have neutered |
Past Continuous |
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I was neutering | you were neutering | he/she/it was neutering | we were neutering | you were neutering | they were neutering |
Past Perfect |
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I had neutered | you had neutered | he/she/it had neutered | we had neutered | you had neutered | they had neutered |
Future |
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I will neuter | you will neuter | he/she/it will neuter | we will neuter | you will neuter | they will neuter |
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I will have neutered | you will have neutered | he/she/it will have neutered | we will have neutered | you will have neutered | they will have neutered |
Future Continuous |
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I will be neutering | you will be neutering | he/she/it will be neutering | we will be neutering | you will be neutering | they will be neutering |
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I have been neutering | you have been neutering | he/she/it has been neutering | we have been neutering | you have been neutering | they have been neutering |
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I will have been neutering | you will have been neutering | he/she/it will have been neutering | we will have been neutering | you will have been neutering | they will have been neutering |
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I had been neutering | you had been neutering | he/she/it had been neutering | we had been neutering | you had been neutering | they had been neutering |
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I would neuter | you would neuter | he/she/it would neuter | we would neuter | you would neuter | they would neuter |
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I would have neutered | you would have neutered | he/she/it would have neutered | we would have neutered | you would have neutered | they would have neutered | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | neuter - a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)gender, grammatical gender - a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness | Verb | 1. | neuter - remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"spay, castrate, alterdefeminise, defeminize - remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats)desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex, fix - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized" | Adj. | 1. | neuter - of grammatical gender; "`it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun"feminine - of grammatical gendermasculine - of grammatical gender | | 2. | neuter - having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organssexlessasexual, nonsexual - not having or involving sex; "an asexual spore"; "asexual reproduction" |
neuterverb1. castrate, doctor (informal), emasculate, spay, dress, fix (informal), geld Responsible cat owners should have their pets neutered.adjective1. sexless, androgynous, asexual, hermaphrodite, nonsexual, epicene I am really neuter, neither male nor female.neuteradjectiveNot inclining toward or actively taking either side in a matter under dispute:impartial, neutral, nonaligned, nonpartisan, unbiased, uncommitted, uninvolved, unprejudiced.Idiom: on the fence.verbTo render incapable of reproducing sexually:alter, castrate, fix, geld, spay, sterilize, unsex.Translationsneuter (ˈnjuːtə) adjective1. in certain languages, of the gender which is neither masculine nor feminine. a neuter noun. 中性的(名詞的性) 中性的(名詞) 2. without sex. Worker bees are neuter, being neither male nor female. 無性的 无性的neuter
neuter1. (of animals and plants) having nonfunctional, underdeveloped, or absent reproductive organs 2. a sexually underdeveloped female insect, such as a worker bee 3. a castrated animal, esp a domestic animal 4. a flower in which the stamens and pistil are absent or nonfunctional neuter
neuter (no͞o′tər, nyo͞o′-)adj.1. Grammar a. Neither masculine nor feminine in gender.b. Neither active nor passive; intransitive. Used of verbs.2. Biology a. Having undeveloped or nonfunctional sexual organs: the neuter caste in social insects.b. Having pistils and stamens that are nonfunctional or absent.3. Castrated or spayed. Used of animals.4. Androgynous or asexual.n.1. An androgynous or asexual person.2. A castrated animal.3. An insect that has undeveloped or nonfunctional sexual organs, such as a worker bee.tr.v. neu·tered, neu·tering, neu·ters To castrate or spay.neu·ter (nū'tĕr) To sterilize a male or female animal surgically. [L. neither, i.e. neither male nor female]neuter an organism having nonfunctional or absent sexual parts. In plants, a neuter is one without male and female flower parts (e.g. ray florets of sunflower). A neuter in animals is one that is sexually undeveloped or sterile, for example the female worker in a bee colony, or a castrated or spayed animal.neuter Related to neuter: Neuter genderSynonyms for neuterverb castrateSynonyms- castrate
- doctor
- emasculate
- spay
- dress
- fix
- geld
adj sexlessSynonyms- sexless
- androgynous
- asexual
- hermaphrodite
- nonsexual
- epicene
Synonyms for neuteradj not inclining toward or actively taking either side in a matter under disputeSynonyms- impartial
- neutral
- nonaligned
- nonpartisan
- unbiased
- uncommitted
- uninvolved
- unprejudiced
verb to render incapable of reproducing sexuallySynonyms- alter
- castrate
- fix
- geld
- spay
- sterilize
- unsex
Synonyms for neuternoun a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)Related Wordsverb remove the ovaries ofSynonymsRelated Words- defeminise
- defeminize
- desex
- desexualise
- desexualize
- sterilise
- sterilize
- unsex
- fix
adj of grammatical genderAntonymsadj having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organsSynonymsRelated Words |