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CAPONIZE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they caponize ... he / she / it caponizes
Past simple: caponized
-ing form: caponizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
caponise; caponize
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "caponize" is one way to...):
castrate; demasculinise; demasculinize; emasculate (remove the testicles of a male animal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
capon (castrated male chicken)