castrate
verb /kæˈstreɪt/
/ˈkæstreɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they castrate | /kæˈstreɪt/ /ˈkæstreɪt/ |
| he / she / it castrates | /kæˈstreɪts/ /ˈkæstreɪts/ |
| past simple castrated | /kæˈstreɪtɪd/ /ˈkæstreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle castrated | /kæˈstreɪtɪd/ /ˈkæstreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form castrating | /kæˈstreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkæstreɪtɪŋ/ |
- castrate something/somebody to remove the testicles of a male animal or personTopics Farmingc2Word Originmid 16th cent. (earlier (Middle English) as castration): from Latin castrare.