geld

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verb

ˈgeld

gelded; gelding; gelds

Synonyms of geld next

transitive verb

: 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

: to deprive of a natural or essential part

the legislation was pretty much gelded by the time it was passed

geld

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noun

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

Examples of geld in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

While Anarchist is the morning-line, 7-2 favorite in the 11-horse field, the sentimental favorite will be 9-year-old gelding C Z Rocket. —

Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2023 An Oldenburg gelding in the horse barn, which is paved with rubber tiles; another stall contains a 1900s French armchair, a 19th-century table, and bird prints. —

Anita Sarsidi, ELLE Decor, 1 June 2023 Because Moscow retains a close partner in this effort to geld Ukraine—a vassal state that presents the model for what Putin would like to accomplish in Ukraine: Belarus. —

Casey Michel, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2022 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 22 Aug. 2019 See More

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