neuter

IPA: nˈutɝ

(biology) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.
A person who takes no part in a contest; someone remaining neutral.
(grammar) The neuter gender.
(grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
(grammar) An intransitive verb or state-of-being verb.

To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.
To rid of sexuality.
To drastically reduce the effectiveness of something.

(now uncommon) Neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.
(grammar) Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.
(grammar) Intransitive.
(biology) Sexless: having no or imperfectly developed sex organs.
(literary) Sexless, nonsexual.

Examples of "neuter" in Sentences

A quick aside: my Fr/Eng dictionary gives these words for "neuter" - chatrer and couper ouch!
A quick aside: my Fr/Eng dictionary gives these words for "neuter" - chatrer and couper (ouch!)
The use of the feminine for the neuter is a pure Hebraism, which occurs principally in the Psalms.
The most important reason to neuter is to control the pet population and prevent unwanted pregnancies.
In N.T. also and in the Apostolic Fathers the neuter is the prevailing form, e.g. 2 Tim 1: 16, 18; Tit.
If I remain neuter, and give no answer should the subject of the notes be broachd by Mr Hood; that silence will give consent.
From the word neuter, which means neither, hence the term may be defined as one which is not a part of either, or does not take up with either side.
Verbs called neuter are used in the imperative mood; and, as this mood commands some one to _do_ something, any verb which adopts it, must be active.
When the perfect participle of an _intransitive_ verb is joined to the neuter verb _to be_, the combination is not a passive verb, but a _neuter_ verb in a _passive form_; as, "He _is gone_;
Regarding the use of “millenniums,” it’s also a feature of language that irregularities regularize, and since we have almost no one left anymore who knows Latin, it’s to be expected that we will not retain Latin neuter plural endings in lieu of the predominate English “s” plural pattern.