обре́зать — meaning in English

English meaning

• circumcise verb To cut off the foreskin from a penis.
• 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 cut off the foreskin from a penis.
2. verb To cut off the clitoris, its hood, or the labia.
3. verb To cut off the worn, protruding end of a large naval gun's barrel liner after repeated firing has stretched it out.

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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