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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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["a]lla, and cf AS gilte a young sow, OHG. galt dry, not giving milk, G. gelt, Goth. gilpa siclke.] 1. To castrate; to emasculate. 2. To deprive of anything essential. Bereft and gelded of his patrimony. --Shak. 3. To deprive of anything exceptionable; as to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.] --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gelded adj : (of a male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut horse" [syn: {cut}, {emasculated}]
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