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- DictionarySpay/spā/
verb
- 1. sterilize (a female animal) by removing the ovaries: "the animals must be spayed or neutered before they are given up for adoption"
The meaning of SPAY is to remove the ovaries and uterus of (a female animal). How to use spay in a sentence.
Spay definition: to remove the ovaries of (an animal).. See examples of SPAY used in a sentence.
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. cowpox. emasculate. lame. mange. mangy. monkeypox. mpox. myxomatosis. neutered. nosema.
to remove the organs that produce eggs from an animal. (Definition of spay from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
spay. 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 verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To remove the ovaries, and usually the uterus, from (a female animal).... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
