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
- verb To cut something, especially to shape it artistically or to slice cooked meat.
- verb To create or establish something, especially with effort, such as a reputation or path.
chop — full definition
- noun A cut of meat, often including part of a rib bone.
- noun A short, sharp strike, especially with the side of the hand or with a blade.
- noun Rough, choppy waves on the water, usually caused by wind.
- verb To cut something into pieces with quick, forceful strokes.
- noun Informal: dismissal from a job ("the chop").