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- Dictionaryspay/speɪ/
verb
- 1. sterilize (a female animal) by removing the ovaries: "the animals must be spayed or neutered before they are given up for adoption"
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: to remove the ovaries and uterus of (a female animal) Examples of spay in a Sentence. Our cat has been spayed. Recent Examples on the Web The title and setup promise something truly feral, but the movie essentially gets spayed.
of a female animal, having had its ovaries (= the parts that produce eggs) removed so that it cannot produce young animals: There are probably thousands of dangerous dogs out there that don't have permits and aren't spayed or neutered. He reported that the donor eggs would come largely from the ovaries of spayed dogs and cats. Compare. altered US.
Spayed means having the ovaries removed of a female animal, such as a dog or a cat. The Free Dictionary provides the origin, pronunciation, and translation of the word spayed, as well as related terms and links.
to remove the ovaries of a female animal: We're having the cat spayed. Compare. castrate. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Zoology: veterinary medicine. acaricide. altered. animal doctor. anti-rabies. bovine spongiform encephalopathy. BSE. castrate. cowpox. emasculate. lame. mange. mangy. monkeypox. mpox. neutered. nosema.
spay. (spā) tr.v. spayed, spay·ing, spays. To remove surgically the ovaries of (an animal). [Middle English spaien, from Anglo-Norman espeier, to cut with a sword, from espee, sword, from Latin spatha; see spathe.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definition of 'spay' spay. (speɪ ) Word forms: spays , spaying , spayed. verb [usually passive] When a female animal is spayed, it has its ovaries removed so that it cannot become pregnant. All bitches should be spayed unless being used for breeding. [be VERB -ed] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
noun. a three-year-old male red deer. spay. / speɪ / verb. tr to remove the ovaries, and usually the uterus, from (a female animal) “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012. Discover More.
