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    CAPONIZE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

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

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

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

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

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Convert a cock into a caponplay

    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)

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