leikata — meaning in English

English meaning

• butcher noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
• carve verb To cut something, especially to shape it artistically or to slice cooked meat.
• crop noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
• cut verb To divide or open something using a sharp tool such as a knife or scissors.
• dock noun A structure at a harbour where ships load, unload, or are repaired.
• eviscerate verb To disembowel; to remove the viscera.
• excise noun A tax on goods produced and sold within a country, as opposed to a tax on imports.
• fix verb To repair something that is broken or not working properly.
• incise verb To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
• intersect verb To cross or meet at a point, cutting across each other.
• knife noun A tool with a flat, usually metal blade sharpened along one edge and fixed to a handle, used for cutting.
• neuter adj Not aligned with either side; neither one thing nor the other.
• operate verb To work or run, especially a machine or system.
• overlap verb To extend over part of something else, partly covering it.
• 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.
• scissor verb To cut with, or as if with, scissors.
• section noun A distinct part of something larger, such as a document, area, or object.
• shear verb To cut the wool off a sheep or similar animal.
• snip verb To cut with a quick, small motion, as with scissors.
• trim verb To cut away excess from something to neaten it.
• whittle verb To shape a piece of wood by slicing off small slivers with a knife.

Senses

leikata is used for these senses in English:

• butcher (transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
• carve To cut meat in order to serve it.
• carve To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.
• carve To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.
• crop (transitive) To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
• crop (transitive) To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
• cut To form or shape by cutting.
• cut (transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.

butcher — full definition

1. noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
2. noun Someone who kills brutally or without mercy.
3. verb To slaughter animals and cut up the meat for sale.
4. verb To ruin or botch something badly.

carve — full definition

1. verb To cut something, especially to shape it artistically or to slice cooked meat.
2. verb To create or establish something, especially with effort, such as a reputation or path.

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