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neu·ter 
[noo-ter, nyoo-] Pronunciation Key
[noo-ter, nyoo-] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | Grammar.
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| 2. | Biology. having no organs of reproduction; without sex; asexual. |
| 3. | Zoology. having imperfectly developed sexual organs, as the worker bees and ants. |
| 4. | Botany. having neither stamens nor pistils; asexual. |
| 5. | neutral; siding with no one. |
| 6. | Grammar.
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| 7. | an animal made sterile by castration or spaying. |
| 8. | Zoology. a neuter insect. |
| 9. | a person or thing that is neutral. |
| 10. | Veterinary Science. to spay or castrate (a dog, cat, etc.). |
[Origin: 1350–1400; < L neuter neither (of two), equiv. to ne not + uter either (of two); r. ME neutre < MF < L, as above]
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| neu·ter
(nōō'tər, nyōō'-) Pronunciation Key
adj.
n.
tr.v. neu·tered, neu·ter·ing, neu·ters To castrate or spay. [Middle English neutre, from Old French, from Latin neuter, neither, neuter : ne-, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + uter, either; see kwo- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
neuter (adj.)
neuter (adj.)
1398, of grammatical gender, "neither masculine nor feminine," from L. neuter, lit. "neither one nor the other," from ne- "not, no" (see un-) + uter "either (of two);" probably a loan-translation of Gk. oudeteros "neither, neuter." In 16c., it had the sense of "taking neither side, neutral." The verb is 1903, from the adj., originally in ref. to pet cats.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| neuter | |
adjective | |
| 1. | of grammatical gender; "'it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun" [ant: masculine, feminine] |
| 2. | having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs |
noun | |
| 1. | a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) |
verb | |
| 1. | remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: alter] |
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A castrated animal. v. neu·tered, neu·ter·ing, neu·ters
To castrate or spay.
neuter neu·ter (n&oomacr;'tər, ny&oomacr;'-)
adj.
- Having undeveloped or imperfectly developed sexual organs.
- Sexually undeveloped.
A castrated animal. v. neu·tered, neu·ter·ing, neu·ters
To castrate or spay.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Neuter
Neu"ter\, a. [L., fr. ne not + uter whether; akin to E. whether. See No, and Whether, and cf. Neither.]1. Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral. [Archaic] In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter. --South. 2. (Gram.) (a) Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender. (b) Intransitive; as, a neuter verb. 3. (Biol.) Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See Neuter, n., 3.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Neuter
Neu"ter\, n. 1. A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral. The world's no neuter; it will wound or save. --Young. 2. (Gram.) (a) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words. (b) An intransitive verb. 3. (Biol.) An 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; esp., 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.
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