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tagliare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • carve verb To cut something, especially to shape it artistically or to slice cooked meat.
  • chop noun A cut of meat, often including part of a rib bone.
  • cleave verb To split something apart, typically with a sharp tool or a forceful blow.
  • crop noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
  • cut verb To divide or open something using a sharp tool such as a knife or scissors.
  • interrupt verb To break in on someone who is speaking or on an ongoing action.
  • poll noun A survey that asks people questions to gauge public opinion.
  • sever verb To cut off or separate something completely, often abruptly.
  • shear verb To cut the wool off a sheep or similar animal.
  • slash noun A quick, forceful cutting stroke, or the cut it leaves.
  • spike noun A large, pointed piece of metal, or anything shaped like one.
  • trim verb To cut away excess from something to neaten it.

Senses

tagliare is used for these senses in English:

  • carve To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.
  • chop (transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
  • cleave (intransitive, mineralogy) Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
  • crop (transitive) To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
  • crop (transitive) To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
  • cut To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
  • cut out (transitive) To remove; to omit.
  • interrupt (ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.

carve — full definition

  1. verb To cut something, especially to shape it artistically or to slice cooked meat.
  2. verb To create or establish something, especially with effort, such as a reputation or path.

chop — full definition

  1. noun A cut of meat, often including part of a rib bone.
  2. noun A short, sharp strike, especially with the side of the hand or with a blade.
  3. noun Rough, choppy waves on the water, usually caused by wind.
  4. verb To cut something into pieces with quick, forceful strokes.
  5. noun Informal: dismissal from a job ("the chop").

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