present participle of neuter

The act by which something is neutered.

plural of neutering

(now uncommon) Neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another. / (grammar) Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.

(biology) 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.

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.

plural of neuter

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neuter

simple past tense and past participle of neuter

The quality of being neuter.