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spay

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4 lettersPronunciation /speɪ/Part of speech verbSorted apsyStarts with SEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. remove the ovaries of

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • I was queasy about my first spay of a far-gone feral and left it up to my vet.

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