Schneiden — meaning in English

English meaning

• abridgment noun The act of making something shorter or of taking something away.
• carve verb To cut something, especially to shape it artistically or to slice cooked meat.
• cut verb To divide or open something using a sharp tool such as a knife or scissors.
• cutting noun A piece cut from a plant — a stem, leaf, or root — used to grow a new plant.
• mow verb To cut grass or crops close to the ground.
• overlap verb To extend over part of something else, partly covering it.
• prune noun A dried plum.
• reap verb To cut and gather a crop, especially grain.
• 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.
• slice noun A thin, flat piece cut off from something larger.
• tap noun A fitting on a pipe or container that controls the flow of a liquid or gas.
• trim verb To cut away excess from something to neaten it.

Senses

Schneiden is used for these senses in English:

• abridgment (dated, legal) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
• carve To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.
• cut (participial adjective) Having been cut.
• cut To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
• cut To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
• cut (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
• cut (transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
• cut (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.

abridgment — full definition

1. noun The act of making something shorter or of taking something away.
2. noun The condition of having been made shorter or reduced.
3. noun A shortened version of a book or other piece of writing.
4. noun Something that cuts time short, such as an amusement that makes the time seem to fly by.

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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