geld
Remove male organs
To geld is to castrate a male animal, especially a horse.
The practice removes the testicles to make the animal more docile and manageable.
A gelding is a castrated horse.
Figuratively, to geld something is to weaken or emasculate it: The committee gelded the bill before passing it.
Remove male gonads surgically
- emasculateDeprive of power
- neuterRemove fertility surgically
- spaySterilize a female animal
- desexSurgically render infertile
unsex · fix · alter · caponize · eunuch · orchiectomy · sterilize · vasectomy
castrate
Remove male gonads surgically
- emasculateDeprive of power
- neuterRemove fertility surgically
- spaySterilize a female animal
desex · unsex · fix · alter · caponize · eunuch · orchiectomy · sterilize · vasectomy · stallion
money
Currency for transactions
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- tributeOffering of respect
- taxMandatory public revenue charge
compensation · coinage · medieval · Germanic · Norse · Anglo-Saxon · shilling · treasure · ransom · fine
weaken
Reduce in strength
reduce · sap · impoverish · undermine · enfeeble · debilitate · defang · gut · hollow · eviscerate
- Anglo-Saxon EnglandAnglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon, witenagemot, doom, Northumbria
- castrationcastrate, neuter, spay, emasculate, fix
- DutchDutch, Holland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Rotterdam
- horsemanshipriding lesson, riding lessons, riding school, riding schools, riding instructor
- taxationtax, income tax, sales tax, tax return, tax refund
geldbreed
Cultivated variety of animal
stud · fertilize · impregnate · intact · propagate
geldinvigorate
To fill with energy
vitalize · energize · empower · enliven · strengthen