: to remove the ovaries and uterus of (a female animal)
Examples of spay in a Sentence
Our cat has been spayed.
Recent Examples on the WebThere’s also a long wait list for animals that need to be spayed and neutered.—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2024 Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff Peek-a-Boo sits in her carrier after she was spayed at MSPCA headquarters in Boston.—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024 Adoptable dogs are spayed or neutered, microchipped and vaccinated.—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2024 On Sunday, 24 dogs are scheduled to be neutered or spayed at Airpark Animal Hospital.—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spay
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French espeer to pierce, castrate, from espee sword, from Latin spatha sword — more at spade
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