NEUTER
\njˈuːtə], \njˈuːtə], \n_j_ˈuː_t_ə]\
Definitions of NEUTER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
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having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs
By Princeton University
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remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
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having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral.
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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; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender.
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Intransitive; as, a neuter verb.
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Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See Neuter, n., 3.
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A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral.
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A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
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An intransitive verb.
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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; esp., 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.
By Oddity Software
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Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral.
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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; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender.
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Intransitive; as, a neuter verb.
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Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See Neuter, n., 3.
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A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral.
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A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
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An intransitive verb.
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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; esp., 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.
By Noah Webster.
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An intransitive verb.
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Of neither gender nor party; sexless; intransitive; neutral.
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An animal of no apparent sex.
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A neuter noun.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Neither: taking no part with either side: (gram.) neither masculine nor feminine: (bot.) without stamens or pistils: (zool.) without sex.
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One taking no part in a contest: (bot.) a plant having neither stamens nor pistils: (zool.) a sexless animal, esp. the working bee.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Not adhering to, or taking part with, either side; neither male for female; neither masculine nor feminine; neither activenor passive.
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One who takes no part in a contest; an animal of neither sex: a plant with neither stamens nor pistils Neuter verb, a verb which expresses an action limited to the subject.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Taking no part with either side; indifferent; of neither sex; neither active nor passive-applied to verbs.
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An animal fully developed which has no organs of generation, as the working-bee; a plant having neither stamens nor pistils; one who takes no side in a contest or controversy.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
