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spey

/speɪ/

spey is the alternative 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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Proper noun capitalized: Spey

Spey

  1. A major river in Highland council area and Moray council area, Scotland, that flows to the Moray Firth.

Forms of spey

third-person singular presentspeys
present participlespeying
past participlespeyed
pastspeyed

Words formed from spey

Words that rhyme with spey

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Questions about spey

What does spey mean?
Spey means a major river in Highland council area and Moray council area, Scotland, that flows to the Moray Firth.
What is spey the alternative form of?
Spey is the alternative form of spay.
What part of speech is spey?
Spey is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce spey?
Spey is pronounced /speɪ/ (UK).

Words near spey in the dictionary

  1. spews
  2. spews up
  3. spewsome
  4. spewy
  5. spex
  6. spey
  7. Speyer
  8. Speyer line
  9. Speyers
  10. speyk
  11. Speyside

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spey (page history and authors); Spey (page history and authors); spay (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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