alter, neuter, spay, castrate
(verb) remove the ovaries of; “Is your cat spayed?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
spay (third-person singular simple present spays, present participle spaying, simple past spayed, past participle (obsolete) spade or spayed)
(transitive) To remove or destroy the ovaries (of an animal) so that it cannot become pregnant.
• castrate, emasculate (for a male)
• geld (used almost always of animals, especially male horses)
• neuter (used only of animals, especially pets)
• sterilize (used for all species and for both genders)
spay (plural spays)
Rare spelling of spayard.
spay (third-person singular simple present spays, present participle spaying, simple past and past participle spayed)
Alternative form of spae (to foretell or divine)
• APYs, AsPy, Pays, aspy, pays, pyas, yaps
Source: Wiktionary
Spay, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Spaying.] Etym: [Cf. Armor. spac'hein, spaza to geld, W. dyspaddu to geld, L. spado a eunuch, Gr.
Definition: To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).
Spay, n. Etym: [Cf. Spade a spay, Spay, v. t.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
