Definition of "spaying" [spaying]

• Present participle of spay. (verb)
• The act or operation of spaying an animal. (noun)

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• "Just so Marianne doesn't think I'm one of those people who don't like the idea of spaying and neutering pets, both our Golden male and male tom that's redundant were neutered."
• "Some people don't like the idea of spaying and neutering pets."
• "-- An analogous operation, termed spaying, is performed upon females, consisting in the removal of the ovaries; effects similar to those in the male, sterility without entire immediate loss of sexual sense, being the usual result."