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обре́зать — meaning in English

obrezat

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English meaning

  • circumcise verb To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis of.
  • crop noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
  • curtail verb To cut something short or reduce it, especially something that would otherwise have continued at its full extent.
  • trim verb To cut away excess from something to neaten it.

Senses

обре́зать is used for these senses in English:

  • circumcise (military, nautical, slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.
  • 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.
  • crop (transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.
  • curtail (transitive, obsolete) To cut short the tail of (an animal).
  • trim (transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.

circumcise — full definition

  1. verb To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis of.
  2. verb To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia.
  3. verb To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.

crop — full definition

  1. noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
  2. noun A short whip used in horse riding.
  3. verb To trim or cut something short, or to remove the outer edges of a photograph.

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