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сечь — meaning in English

sech

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English meaning

  • flog verb To whip or beat someone as a punishment.
  • hack verb To cut or chop something roughly, without precision.
  • hew verb To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
  • lash noun A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
  • mow verb To cut grass or crops close to the ground.
  • whip noun A flexible rod or braided cord, often of leather, used to strike an animal or person, or to make a sharp cracking noise.

Senses

сечь is used for these senses in English:

  • flog (transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.
  • hack (transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner. [circa 12th c.]
  • hew (ambitransitive) To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
  • lash (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
  • mow (transitive) To cut down grass or crops.
  • sich (historical) An administrative and military centre for the Zaporozhian and Danube Cossacks.
  • whip (transitive) To hit with a whip.

flog — full definition

  1. verb To whip or beat someone as a punishment.
  2. verb To sell something, especially informally or cheaply.
  3. verb To use or promote something relentlessly.

hack — full definition

  1. verb To cut or chop something roughly, without precision.
  2. verb To break into a computer system or account without authorization.
  3. verb To find a clever, often improvised shortcut for solving a problem.
  4. noun A clever shortcut, trick, or workaround.
  5. noun A skilled but unglamorous or uncreative worker, especially a writer or programmer producing mediocre work for hire.

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