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gelding n. 太監;去勢的馬 太監;去勢的馬 gelding n 1: castrated male horseGelding \ Geld" ing\, n. [ Icel. gelding a gelding, akin to geldingr wether, eunuch, Sw. g[ aum] lling gelding, Dan. gilding eunuch. See { Geld}, v. t.] A castrated animal; -- usually applied to a horse, but formerly used also of the human male. [ 1913 Webster] They went down both into the water, Philip and the gelding, and Philip baptized him. -- Wyclif ( Acts viii. 38). [ 1913 Webster]
Gelding \ Geld" ing\, p. pr., a., & vb. n. from { Geld}, v. t. [ 1913 Webster]
Geld \ Geld\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Gelded} or Gelt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. { Gelding}.] [ Icel. gelda to castrate; akin to Dan. gilde, Sw. g[ aum] lla, and cf. AS. gilte a young sow, OHG. galt dry, not giving milk, G. gelt, Goth. gilpa siclke.] 1. To castrate; to emasculate. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To deprive of anything essential. [ 1913 Webster] Bereft and gelded of his patrimony. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [ Obs.] -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 38 Moby Thesaurus words for " gelding": Houyhnhnm, altering, blank cartridge, brood mare, castration, castrato, charger, colt, courser, critter, dobbin, dud, emasculation, entire, entire horse, equine, eunuch, filly, fixing, foal, horse, impotent, incompetent, invalid, mare, mount, nag, prancer, spaying, stallion, steed, stud, studhorse, tarpan, top horse, war- horse, weakling, wild horse
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