zerteilen — meaning in English

English meaning

• fritter noun A piece of food, often fruit or vegetable, coated in batter and deep-fried.
• parse verb To break a sentence down into its grammatical parts and explain how they relate to each other.
• slit noun A long, narrow cut or opening.

Senses

zerteilen is used for these senses in English:

• fritter (transitive) To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying.
• fritter (transitive) To break into small pieces or fragments.
• parse (computing, ambitransitive) To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.
• slit To split into strips by lengthwise cuts.

fritter — full definition

1. noun A piece of food, often fruit or vegetable, coated in batter and deep-fried.
2. verb To waste time, money, or effort gradually on unimportant things.

parse — full definition

1. verb To break a sentence down into its grammatical parts and explain how they relate to each other.
2. verb To look at something very carefully.
3. verb To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.
4. verb To check whether a piece of code or text follows the rules of a particular grammar by breaking it down.

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