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Neuter

noun
/ˈnjuːtə/
Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.nounAn organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.
2.nounA person who takes no part in a contest; someone remaining neutral.
3.noun(grammar) The neuter gender.
4.noun(grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
5.noun(grammar) An intransitive verb or state-of-being verb.
6.verbTo remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.
7.verbTo rid of sexuality.
8.verbTo drastically reduce the effectiveness of something.
9.adjectiveNeutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.
10.adjective(grammar) Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.
"a neuter noun"
11.adjective(grammar) Intransitive.
"a neuter verb"
12.adjectiveSexless: having no or imperfectly developed sex organs.
13.adjectiveSexless, nonsexual.

Synonyms

castratedesexdoctorfixspaygenderlesssexlessimpartialneutralintransitiveasexualnonsexual

Rhymes With

pewtersuitorsharpshootershootertootercootercomputerlooter
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