leikkaaminen — meaning in English

English meaning

• clipping noun A small piece cut from something larger, especially an article cut from a newspaper.
• crop noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
• cutting noun A piece cut from a plant — a stem, leaf, or root — used to grow a new plant.
• snip verb To cut with a quick, small motion, as with scissors.

Senses

leikkaaminen is used for these senses in English:

• clipping (uncountable, computer graphics) The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.
• crop The act of cropping.
• cutting (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
• snip The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.

clipping — full definition

1. noun A small piece cut from something larger, especially an article cut from a newspaper.
2. noun A method of forming new words by shortening a longer word.
3. noun In audio or video, the distortion caused when a signal exceeds a device's maximum level.

crop — full definition

1. noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
2. noun A short whip used in horse riding.
3. verb To trim or cut something short, or to remove the outer edges of a photograph.

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