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neuter

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/ˈnjuːtə/ English

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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.

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.

adjective

  1. Neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.
  2. (grammar) Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.“a neuter noun”
  3. (grammar) Intransitive.“a neuter verb”
  4. Sexless: having no or imperfectly developed sex organs.

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