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talhar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • butcher noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
  • carve verb To cut something, especially to shape it artistically or to slice cooked meat.
  • cleave verb To split something apart, typically with a sharp tool or a forceful blow.
  • cut verb To divide or open something using a sharp tool such as a knife or scissors.
  • tool noun A physical device used to carry out a task, especially one held in the hand.

Senses

talhar is used for these senses in English:

  • butcher (transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
  • carve To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.
  • carve To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.
  • chop off (transitive, literally) To sever by chopping or as if by chopping.
  • cleave (transitive) To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
  • cut To form or shape by cutting.
  • scrimshaw (intransitive) To make a handicraft of scrimshaw. [from early 19th c.]
  • tool (transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.

butcher — full definition

  1. noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
  2. noun Someone who kills brutally or without mercy.
  3. verb To slaughter animals and cut up the meat for sale.
  4. verb To ruin or botch something badly.

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.

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