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spaye

spaye is the obsolete form of spay.

Meaning of spay

Verb

spay (third-person singular simple present spays, present participle spaying, simple past and past participle spayed or (obsolete) spade)

  1. (transitive) To destroy or remove the ovaries or uterus (of a female animal) to prevent pregnancy.
    • We’re having our cat spayed as we don’t want her having kittens.

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Forms of spaye

third-person singular presentspayes
present participlespayeing
past participlespayed
pastspayed

Questions about spaye

What is spaye the obsolete form of?
Spaye is the obsolete form of spay.

Words near spaye in the dictionary

  1. spayarts
  2. Spayd
  3. spayde
  4. spaydes
  5. Spayds
  6. spaye
  7. spayed
  8. Spayen
  9. spayer
  10. spayers
  11. spaying

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