verb

dissected

verb

Past tense of "dissect" — cut something apart to examine its structure.

"The students dissected a frog in biology class."

"Analysts dissected the speech line by line."

adj

Cut into many separate parts or segments, especially describing a leaf shape in botany.

"The plant has finely dissected leaves."

How to Use Dissected

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishCut apart to study closely, whether literally (an animal) or figuratively (an argument or event).

Common pairings

dissected frog dissected the plan finely dissected

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The students _____ a frog in biology class.

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