'Geld' definitions:

Definition of 'geld'

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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'

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