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ALL meanings of neuter

neu·ter
N n
  • adjective neuter Grammar. noting or pertaining to a gender that refers to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine. (of a verb) intransitive. 1
  • adjective neuter Biology. having no organs of reproduction; without sex; asexual. 1
  • adjective neuter Zoology. having imperfectly developed sexual organs, as the worker bees and ants. 1
  • adjective neuter Botany. having neither stamens nor pistils; asexual. 1
  • adjective neuter neutral; siding with no one. 1
  • noun neuter Grammar. the neuter gender. a noun of that gender. another element marking that gender. an intransitive verb. 1
  • noun neuter an animal made sterile by castration or spaying. 1
  • noun neuter Zoology. a neuter insect. 1
  • noun neuter a person or thing that is neutral. 1
  • verb with object neuter Veterinary Science. to spay or castrate (a dog, cat, etc.). 1
  • noun neuter Of or denoting a gender of nouns in some languages, typically contrasting with masculine and feminine or common. 1
  • transitive verb neuter remove sex organs of: an animal 1
  • adjective neuter grammar: not masculine or feminine 1
  • noun neuter infertile insect 1
  • verb neuter When an animal is neutered, its reproductive organs are removed so that it cannot create babies. 0
  • verb neuter To neuter an organization, group, or person means to make them powerless and ineffective. 0
  • adjective neuter In some languages, a neuter noun, pronoun, or adjective has a different form from a masculine or feminine one, or behaves in a different way. 0
  • adjective neuter denoting or belonging to a gender of nouns which for the most part have inanimate referents or do not specify the sex of their referents 0
  • adjective neuter (as noun) 0
  • adjective neuter (of animals and plants) having nonfunctional, underdeveloped, or absent reproductive organs 0
  • adjective neuter sexless or giving no indication of sex 0
  • noun neuter a sexually underdeveloped female insect, such as a worker bee 0
  • noun neuter a castrated animal, esp a domestic animal 0
  • noun neuter a flower in which the stamens and pistil are absent or nonfunctional 0
  • verb neuter to castrate or spay (an animal) 0
  • adjective neuter taking neither side; neutral 0
  • adjective neuter having no sexual organ; asexual 0
  • adjective neuter having undeveloped or imperfect sexual organs in the adult, as the worker bee 0
  • adjective neuter designating, of, or belonging to a third gender, existing in many highly inflected languages, consisting of words that have neither masculine nor feminine grammatical gender 0
  • adjective neuter neither active nor passive; intransitive 0
  • noun neuter a castrated or spayed animal 0
  • noun neuter a neutral person or group 0
  • noun neuter a plant or animal lacking, or having undeveloped, sexual organs 0
  • noun neuter the neuter gender 0
  • noun neuter a word or form in this gender 0
  • noun neuter an intransitive verb 0
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