Spas vs Spays - What's the difference?
spas | spays |
(spay)
To remove or destroy the ovaries (of an animal) so that it cannot become pregnant.
As verbs the difference between spas and spays
is that spas is while spays is (spay).spays
English
Verb
(head)spay
English
Etymology 1
From the (etyl) espeier, equivalent to the (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l) * (l)Verb
Synonyms
* castrate, emasculate (for a male) * geld * neuter * sterilize (used for all species and for both genders)References
* “spay, v.'']” listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989
Etymology 2
See spayard.References
* “spay]” listed as a variant spelling of “[http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50232517 spaya(r)d, spayd]”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989