abschneiden — meaning in English

English meaning

• make out verb To kiss and embrace someone for a sustained period, in a romantic or passionate way.
• pare verb To cut away the outer skin or covering of something, usually with 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 make something shorter by cutting a part off the end.

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

1. verb To kiss and embrace someone for a sustained period, in a romantic or passionate way.
2. verb To manage to see, hear or read something that is faint or unclear.
3. verb To claim or suggest that something is the case, usually unfairly or falsely.
4. verb To write out a check, form or document, especially by filling in a name.

pare — full definition

1. verb To cut away the outer skin or covering of something, usually with a knife.
2. verb To gradually reduce something, as if trimming it away bit by bit.
3. verb To cut and shape a horse's hoof.
4. verb To cut away the wood at the end of a pencil to give it a point.

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