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Rareneuters
The correct spelling is neuters.
How to pronounce neuters
noun
Say it like: Neu-ter-s
The correct spelling is neuters. 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…
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Meanings
noun
- 1.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.
- 2.A person who takes no part in a contest; someone remaining neutral.
- 3.(grammar) The neuter gender.
- 4.(grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
- 5.(grammar) An intransitive verb or state-of-being verb.
verb
- 1.To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.
- 2.To rid of sexuality.
- 3.To drastically reduce the effectiveness of something.
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