Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To remove surgically the ovaries of (an animal).
from The Century Dictionary.
- To castrate (a female) by extirpating the ovaries.
- noun The male red-deer or hart in his third year.
- See
spae .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.
- transitive verb To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).
from , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Rare spelling of
spayard . - verb transitive To remove or destroy the
ovaries (of an animal) in order that it cannot becomepregnant .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb remove the ovaries of
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Because a spay is an intra-abdominal proce♈d📖ure (we have to go inside the delicate abdomen), it's more complicated.
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Some shelters are opting for late-term spay -- to abort the entire litter -- so they don't have to euthanize t🎃hem.
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Since we also have a third, female cat, I looked up "spay," and it 🌄said "enlever les ovaires de," which seems a bit long.
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Since we also have a third, female cat, I looked up "spay," and it said "enlever les ovaires ✱de," which seems a bit l🎃ong.
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She and I had a really good conversation about the pros and cons of the various options (doing nothing, going back on the pill, removing various individual bits of plumbing, or the full "spay").
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When celebrities lend their name and likeness to a worthy cause such as spay and neuter campaignsꦉ or animal welfare legislation, they bring awareness to the general public and hopefully, 🏅inspire people to get involved and volunteer at their local shelter.
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Enforced spay/neuter laws reduced unwanted litters …
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… People in the New England states say stricter leash laws, harsher winters and spay/neuter laws make it difficult to f𒅌ind an average ﷽mutt to make a good pet.
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The ASPCA is in all five boroughs every single day with our mobile clinics, trying to save animals by providing free and low-cost spay/neuter su꧙rgeries to ♛more than 30,000 cats and dogs every year.
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Its cat facilities still get overwhelmed by local cats and kittens, though (no leash laws and enforced spay/neuter laws for cats in Massachusetts).
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