scheiden — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abrupt adj Happening suddenly and without warning.
- cut verb To divide or open something using a sharp tool such as a knife or scissors.
- dissociate verb In psychology, to become mentally detached from your thoughts, feelings, body or surroundings, so that experience feels unreal or distant. It often happens under stress or trauma.
- divorce noun The legal ending of a marriage.
- separate verb To divide something into parts, or to keep things or people apart from each other.
- sever verb To cut off or separate something completely, often abruptly.
- strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.
- sunder verb To split something apart, especially violently or completely.
Senses
scheiden is used for these senses in English:
- abrupt (transitive, archaic) To tear off or asunder. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
- cut To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
- cut (transitive, slang) To make, negotiate; to finalise, conclude; to issue.
- dissociate (transitive) To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.
- dissociate (intransitive) To part; to stop associating.
- dissociate (chemistry, transitive) To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.
- dissociate (chemistry, intransitive) To undergo dissociation.
- divorce (transitive) To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.
abrupt — full definition
- adj Happening suddenly and without warning.
- adj Blunt or curt in manner, verging on rude.
- adj Very steep, as if broken off sharply.
cut — full definition
- verb To divide or open something using a sharp tool such as a knife or scissors.
- verb To reduce or remove part of something.
- noun A wound or opening made by something sharp.
- noun A reduction, especially in pay, budget, or size.
- noun A particular piece of meat, or a specific edit/version of a film or recording.