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köpfen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • behead verb To cut off someone's head, typically as an execution.
  • crop noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
  • decapitation noun The act of cutting off a head; beheading.
  • head noun The part of the body containing the brain, eyes, and mouth.

Senses

köpfen is used for these senses in English:

  • behead (transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.
  • crop (transitive) To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
  • decapitation Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating.
  • head (transitive) To strike with the head
  • head (fishing, transitive) To remove the head from (a fish).
  • head (transitive, of hardware) To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
  • head (transitive) To cut off the top of; to lop off.

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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