Crossword clues for spaying
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spay \Spay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Spaying.] [Cf. Armor. spac'hein, spaza to geld, W. dyspaddu to geld, L. spado a eunuch, Gr. ?.] To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).
Wiktionary
n. The act or operation of neutering an animal; normally used in reference to performing the operation on a female. vb. (present participle of spay English)
WordNet
n. neutering a female by removing the ovaries
Usage examples of "spaying".
The only possibility is to remove the uterus, thereby spaying the animal and removing the fetuses within.
I said a prayer to Bubastis, asking her to watch for the arrival in the eternal Catnip Fields of a little black and white cat who had never scratched or bitten without just cause and who had had the misfortune to have had only one kitten - by Caesarean section and the kitten never opened its eyes - and then she had lost her kitten factory by spaying because her surgeon said that she could never have a normal litter and could not safely risk another pregnancy.
He’d worked then, full-time at a direct-marketing company, writing form letters selling copiers, long-distance companies, upholstery cleaning, and spaying or neutering your pet.