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# spayed

«spayed» in Mova's school dictionary: **Of a female animal: had an operation by a vet to remove…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (past tense and past participle of spay: spay, spays, spayed, spaying); adjective (spayed)

### meaning for a pupil

Of a female animal: had an operation by a vet to remove the parts that make babies, so she cannot have young. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spayed/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and pet care, female cats and dogs are spayed so they do not have unwanted kittens or puppies; male animals are neutered (or castrated). Animal shelters often spay pets before rehoming. Phrases: spayed and vaccinated, get your cat spayed.

### examples

- Our cat was spayed when she was six months old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spayed/#x1)
- The shelter's dogs are all spayed or neutered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spayed/#x2)
- Getting a pet spayed stops unwanted litters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spayed/#x3)
- The vet spayed the rabbit this morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spayed/#x4)
- She needs rest after being spayed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spayed/#x5)
- The advert said: «Female, spayed, very friendly.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spayed/#x6)

### note

Spay is for females; neuter can be used for both, and castrate is for males. Do not confuse with sprayed.

### 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/)
- ["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/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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