κουρεύω — meaning in English

English meaning

• barber noun A person whose job is cutting hair and trimming beards, usually for male customers.
• shear verb To cut the wool off a sheep or similar animal.

Senses

κουρεύω is used for these senses in English:

• barber (transitive) To cut the hair or beard of (a person).

barber — full definition

1. noun A person whose job is cutting hair and trimming beards, usually for male customers.
2. verb To cut someone's hair or beard.

shear — full definition

1. verb To cut the wool off a sheep or similar animal.
2. verb To cut through something cleanly, or to break suddenly under sideways force.
3. noun A force that pushes two parts of an object in opposite, parallel directions.

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