gelded : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gelded	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for gelded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gelded adj (of a male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut horse" Synonym(s): cut, emasculated, gelded
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[84]lla, and cf. AS. gilte a young sow, OHG. galt dry, not giving milk, G. gelt, Goth. gilpa siclke.] 1. To castrate; to emasculate. 2. To deprive of anything essential. Bereft and gelded of his patrimony. --Shak. 3. To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.] --Dryden.