abschneiden — meaning in English
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English meaning
- make out verb To kiss and embrace someone for a sustained period, in a romantic or passionate way.
- pare verb To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
- 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.
- truncate verb To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
Senses
abschneiden is used for these senses in English:
- make out (now, chiefly, US, regional, intransitive) To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.). [from 17th c.]
- pare (transitive) To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
- section To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
- shear To cut the hair of (a person).
- shear (figurative) To deprive of property; to fleece.
- subtend (transitive, also mathematics) To extend or stretch opposite something; to be part of a straight or curved line that is opposite to and delimits an angle.
- truncate (transitive) To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
make out — full definition
- verb To kiss and embrace someone for a sustained period, in a romantic or passionate way.
- verb To manage to see, hear or read something that is faint or unclear.
- verb To claim or suggest that something is the case, usually unfairly or falsely.
- verb To write out a cheque, form or document, especially by filling in a name.
pare — full definition
- verb To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
- verb To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.
- verb To trim the hoof of a horse.
- verb To sharpen a pencil.