spay
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 4
Definition of spay
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To destroy or remove the ovaries or uterus (of a female animal) to prevent pregnancy.
“We’re having our cat spayed as we don’t want her having kittens.”
“With their eye on non-island countries, namely America, the authors of Cat Wars argue for a combination of spay/neuter programs, enclosed sanctuaries, and euthanasia.”
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verb
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(transitive)To destroy or remove the ovaries or uterus (of a female animal) to prevent pregnancy.
“We’re having our cat spayed as we don’t want her having kittens.”
“With their eye on non-island countries, namely America, the authors of Cat Wars argue for a combination of spay/neuter programs, enclosed sanctuaries, and euthanasia.”
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of spae (to foretell or divine)
noun
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The act of spaying an animal.
“I was queasy about my first spay of a far-gone feral and left it up to my vet.”
- (form-of, rare)Rare form of spayard.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English spayen, spaien, from the Anglo-Norman espeier, equivalent to the Old French espeer (“to cut with a sword”), from espee (“sword”), whence the Modern French épée.
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