1. A man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
   - eunuch

1. Deprive of strength or vigour
   - emasculate 
2. Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
   - bowdlerize, bowdlerise [Brit], expurgate, shorten 
3. Remove the testicles of a male animal
   - emasculate, demasculinize, demasculinise [Brit] 
4. Remove the ovaries of
   - alter, neuter, spay

Derived forms: castrating, castrates, castrated

See also: castration, neuter, neutering

Type of: abbreviate, abridge, adult male, contract, cut, desex, desexualise [Brit], desexualize, fix, foreshorten, man, reduce, shorten, sterilise [Brit], sterilize, unsex, weaken

Encyclopedia: Castrate

• family Araucariaceae
• family Arcellidae
• family Arcidae
• family Arctiidae
• family Ardeidae
• family Arecaceae
• family Argasidae
• family Argentinidae
• family Argiopidae
• family Argonautidae
• family Ariidae
• family Aristolochiaceae
• family Armadillidiidae
• family Artamidae
• family Ascaphidae
• family Ascaridae
• family Asclepiadaceae
• family Asilidae
• family Asparagaceae
• family Aspergillaceae
• family Asphodelaceae
• family Aspleniaceae
• family Astacidae
• family Asteraceae
• family Atherinidae