geld

\ ˈgeld

gelded; gelding; gelds

Definition of geld

(Entry 1 of 2)

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

geld

noun

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 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 Three weeks later, in the Belmont Stakes, the gelding sustained multiple fractures in his left leg and was put down. — Joe Drape, New York Times, "At 52, Mike Smith Has the Ride of His Life," 9 June 2018 To avoid getting into a dangerous donkey situation in the first place, geld your donkey. — Wes Siler, Outside Online, "How to Survive Encounters with Dangerous Animals," 7 May 2018 The horse that did it way back then was the chestnut gelding Apollo, named after the Greek god of many things, including the paradoxical powers to both heal and plague. — Melissa Hoppert, New York Times, "Justify Wins Kentucky Derby, Conquering Rain, Mud and a 136-Year Curse," 6 May 2018 He has been gelded since that start and posted a solid work here on Tuesday. — Mike Battaglia, The Courier-Journal, "Oddsmaker Mike Battaglia's free expert picks for Saturday's races at Keeneland," 20 Apr. 2018

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