viiltää — meaning in English

English meaning

• shear verb To cut the wool off a sheep or similar animal.
• slash noun A quick, forceful cutting stroke, or the cut it leaves.
• slit noun A long, narrow cut or opening.

Senses

viiltää is used for these senses in English:

• slash To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
• slit To cut a narrow opening.

shear — full definition

1. verb To cut the wool off a sheep or similar animal.
2. verb To cut through something cleanly, or to break suddenly under sideways force.
3. noun A force that pushes two parts of an object in opposite, parallel directions.

slash — full definition

1. noun A quick, forceful cutting stroke, or the cut it leaves.
2. noun The punctuation mark "/".
3. noun A sharp reduction, especially in cost or resources.
4. verb To cut with a swift, sweeping stroke.
5. verb To reduce sharply.

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