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подрязвам — meaning in English

podryazvam

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English meaning

  • clip noun A device used to fasten or hold things together.
  • curtail verb To cut something short or reduce it, especially something that would otherwise have continued at its full extent.
  • dock noun A structure at a harbour where ships load, unload, or are repaired.
  • lop verb To cut off a part of something, especially a branch or limb.
  • pare verb To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
  • pinch verb To squeeze a bit of skin or an object tightly between the thumb and finger.
  • pinion noun The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.
  • prune noun A dried plum.
  • trim verb To cut away excess from something to neaten it.
  • undercut verb To sell at a lower price, or offer to work for less, than a competitor.

Senses

подрязвам is used for these senses in English:

  • clip To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
  • curtail (transitive, obsolete) To cut short the tail of (an animal).
  • dock (transitive) To clip or cut off a section of an animal's tail; to practise a caudectomy.
  • lop (transitive, usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
  • pare (transitive, often, with down or back) To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.
  • pinch (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
  • pinion To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.
  • prune (transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.

clip — full definition

  1. noun A device used to fasten or hold things together.
  2. verb To fasten something with a clip.
  3. verb To cut something short, especially with scissors or shears.
  4. noun A short extract taken from a longer video, film, or broadcast.
  5. verb To hit or strike something briefly in passing.

curtail — full definition

  1. verb To cut something short or reduce it, especially something that would otherwise have continued at its full extent.
  2. verb To restrict a freedom, right or activity, limiting what someone is allowed to do.

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