Definition of "neuter"
- adjective
Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral.
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.
Intransitive.
Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless.
- noun
The neuter gender.
A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
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; especially, 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.
A person who takes no part in a contest; someone remaining neutral.
An intransitive verb or state-of-being verb.
- verb
To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.
To rid of sexuality.
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