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spay

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verbnoun
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As a verb, spay means remove or destroy the ovaries and/or uterus (of a female animal) so that she cannot become pregnant. As a noun, it means the act of spaying an animal.

Meanings of spay

3 meanings

verb

  1. To remove or destroy the ovaries and/or uterus (of a female animal) so that she cannot become pregnant.

    “We're having our cat spayed as we don't want her having kittens.”

Alternative form of spae (to foretell or divine)

noun

  1. The act of spaying an animal.

  2. Rare spelling of spayard.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

verb: remove the ovaries of
alterneutercastrate

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