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leikkaus — meaning in English

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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.
  • cut verb To divide or open something using a sharp tool such as a knife or scissors.
  • cutback noun A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service.
  • cutting noun A piece cut from a plant — a stem, leaf, or root — used to grow a new plant.
  • editing noun The process of reviewing and revising written or recorded material.
  • haircut noun The act of trimming or styling someone's hair, or the resulting style.
  • intersection noun A place where two or more roads or paths meet or cross.
  • job noun A paid position of regular employment.
  • operation noun The way something works, or the act of making it work.
  • prism noun A transparent solid, often triangular, that bends light and can split it into a rainbow of colours.
  • profile noun The outline or side view of something, especially a person's face.
  • retrenchment noun A curtailment or reduction.
  • 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.
  • surgery noun A medical operation that involves cutting into the body to treat an illness or injury.

Senses

leikkaus 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.
  • cut (card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
  • cut An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
  • cutback A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service.
  • cutting (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
  • cutting (countable, UK) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
  • editing An act or instance of something being edited.

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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