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# neutered

«neutered» in Mova's school dictionary: **A neutered animal, like a cat or dog, has had a small…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (neutered); verb, past form of "neuter" (neuter, neuters, neutered, neutering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A neutered animal, like a cat or dog, has had a small operation by a vet so that it cannot have babies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neutered/#m1)

2) (formal) Neutered can mean made weaker or less effective: a neutered law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neutered/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and pet care: owners get pets neutered to stop unwanted kittens and puppies. In science, vets and animal care. Related polite words: spayed (for females), "fixed" or "done" (informal, US/Canada/Australia). Phrases: get a pet neutered, neutered male.

### examples

- Our cat has been neutered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neutered/#x1)
- The vet neutered the puppy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neutered/#x2)
- Neutered pets cannot have babies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neutered/#x3)
- The rescue centre only rehomes neutered dogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neutered/#x4)
- "Is your rabbit neutered?" asked the vet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neutered/#x5)
- Having pets neutered stops there being too many strays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neutered/#x6)
- The new rule was neutered by changes and did very little. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neutered/#x7)
- Our tom cat is neutered, so he won't father kittens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neutered/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: neuter, neutered. "Spayed" is often used for females, "neutered" for males or both. Euphemism: "fixed". Pronounced NYOO-terd (US: NOO-terd).

### In the corpora

- ["Fixed" (US) means neutered or spayed, an operation so the pet cannot have babies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/17-school-and-pets/22/)
- ["Done" (UK) means a pet has been neutered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/17-school-and-pets/23/)
- ["Seen to" (UK) means a pet has been neutered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/17-school-and-pets/24/)
- ["Altered" (US) means a pet has been neutered or spayed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/5/)
- ["Doctored" (old-fashioned US) means a pet has been neutered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «neutered» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neutered/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.