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    GELD

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: gelt  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they geld  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it gelds  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: gelded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: gelded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: gelding  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)play

    Example:

    the vet gelded the young horse

    Synonyms:

    cut; geld

    Classified under:

    Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

    Hypernyms (to "geld" is one way to...):

    castrate; demasculinise; demasculinize; emasculate (remove the testicles of a male animal)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody

    Derivation:

    gelding (castrated male horse)

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