Definition of spays Spays

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What does spays mean?

Part of speech

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  • spays, verb, present, 3rd person singular of spay (infinitive).

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Verb

spay - remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
  alter, neuter, castrate
  desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex, fix direct one's libidinous urges into another direction
  defeminise, defeminize remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats)
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • spay (Verb)
    To remove or destroy the ovaries of an animal in order that it cannot become pregnant.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • spay (v. t.)
    To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).
  • spay (v. t.)
    The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • spay
    spā, v.t. to make an animal barren by destroying its ovaries.—Also Spāve. [L. spado—Gr. spadōn, a eunuch—Gr. spaein, draw out.]

Part of speech

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  • spay, verb, present, 1st person singular of spay (infinitive).
  • spay, verb (infinitive).

Pronunciation

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