geld

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gelded; gelding; gelds

Definition of geld

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transitive verb

1 : to castrate (an animal) Some old-timers will tell you that the horse will grow better if you wait until he's older to geld him, but I've found this isn't the case … — Practical Horseman

2 : to deprive of a natural or essential part the legislation was pretty much gelded by the time it was passed

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Definition of geld (Entry 2 of 2)

: the crown tax paid under Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings

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Verb by the time of the fourth rewrite, the screenplay had pretty much been gelded of all originality

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Yet on May 8, 1920 — 100 years ago Friday — Man o’ War was conspicuously absent from Churchill Downs, neither entered nor even nominated for the 46th Derby won by the gelding Paul Jones. — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, "Potentially the greatest horse to ever race missed the Kentucky Derby 100 years ago," 7 May 2020 Following the bad start, the gelding angled in for clearance and finished fairly well far back while guzzled nearing the wire. — Los Angeles Times, "Horse racing newsletter: Santa Anita to Los Alamitos deal appears dead," 10 Apr. 2020 No knocks, so expect this gelding to fire a big shot in his return. Saturday’s result: Equal Measure proved much the best with an easy win to pay $10.20 to win. — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, "Racing! McKinzie seems ready for more," 4 Aug. 2019 Fuchs, riding the experienced gelding Clooney 51, and Maher with Explosion W, produced four flawless rounds over two days to win the final event of the regular season. — Danielle Rossingh, CNN, "Ben Maher living New York dream with second overall LGCT title," 29 Sep. 2019 To Mischief picked up his first winner as a stallion at Golden Gate Fields on Friday afternoon when 2-year-old gelding Monstrodomous won the second race, a maiden $12,500 claimer on the Tapeta. — Los Angeles Times, "Racing! Remembering Arrogate’s stellar Travers," 22 Aug. 2019 Tua took the 5-gaited, 3-year old stallion/gelding division in Freedom Hall at the Kentucky State Fair. — Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al, "Horse named Tua wins world championship," 22 Aug. 2019 Hagel named his 9-year-old buckskin gelding Shamrock, after his high school mascot, and Rumsfeld named his Montana, because the arid, mountainous landscape around the Mongolian capital reminded him of that state. — Washington Post, "Pentagon chief visits Mongolia to strengthen military bonds," 9 Aug. 2019 One of her riders was Kailyn Rodriguez who competed with her 13-year-old warmblood gelding horse Filiberke in a couple of divisions. — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, "To avoid summer heat, equestrians and their horses compete in Jump the Moon," 1 Aug. 2019

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“Geld.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/geld. Accessed 24 Jan. 2021.

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