'Geld' definitions:
Definition of 'geld'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse" [syn: geld, cut]
Definition of 'Geld'
From: GCIDE
- Geld \Geld\, n. [AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, fr. gieldan to pay, render. See Yield.] Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.[Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Note: This word occurs in old law books in composition, as in danegeld, or danegelt, a tax imposed by the Danes; weregeld, compensation for the life of a man, etc. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Geld'
From: GCIDE
- Geld \Geld\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gelded or Gelt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gelding.] [Icel. gelda to castrate; akin to Dan. gilde, Sw. g[aum]lla, and cf. AS. gilte a young sow, OHG. galt dry, not giving milk, G. gelt, Goth. gilpa siclke.]
- 1. To castrate; to emasculate. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To deprive of anything essential. [1913 Webster]
- Bereft and gelded of his patrimony. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'geld'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alter,
- castrate,
- change,
- demasculinize,
- desexualize,
- effeminate,
- effeminatize,
- effeminize,
- emasculate,
- eunuchize,
- fix,
- mutilate,
- neuter,
- sissify,
- soften,
- spay,
- unsex,
- womanize