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coill — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • castrate verb To surgically remove the testicles (or, in females, the ovaries) of an animal or person.
  • forest noun A large area densely covered with trees.
  • wood noun The hard fibrous material that makes up the trunk and branches of a tree, used for building, fuel, and countless other purposes.

Senses

coill is used for these senses in English:

  • castrate (transitive) To remove the testicles of a person or animal.
  • emasculate (transitive) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld. [from early 17th c.]
  • forest A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
  • wood (music) A woodwind instrument.

castrate — full definition

  1. verb To surgically remove the testicles (or, in females, the ovaries) of an animal or person.
  2. verb To weaken something drastically, stripping it of its power or effectiveness.

forest — full definition

  1. noun A large area densely covered with trees.
  2. verb To plant trees over an area.

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