transcription, транскрипция: [ nju:tə(r), AM nu:t- ]
( neuters, neutering, neutered)
1.
When an animal is neutered , its reproductive organs are removed so that it cannot create babies.
We ask the public to have their dogs neutered and keep them under close supervision.
VERB : usu passive , have n V-ed
2.
To neuter an organization, group, or person means to make them powerless and ineffective. ( mainly BRIT JOURNALISM )
...the Government’s ‘hidden agenda’ to neuter local authorities...
Their air force had been neutered before the work began.
VERB : V n , be V-ed
3.
In some languages, a neuter noun, pronoun, or adjective has a different form from a masculine or feminine one, or behaves in a different way.
ADJ