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The Latin word for to cut is
secare





to cut



Translations for to cut and their definitions

interseco
     1. v. I cut apart, separate, divide
     2. v. I intersect


curto
     1. v. I shorten, cut short, abbreviate.


seco
     1. v. I cut, cut off.
     2. v. I cleave, divide.
     3. v. (medicine) I operate, amputate, perform surgery.
     4. v. I castrate.
     5. v. (by extension) I wound, injure.
     6. v. (figuratively) I hurt with my words.


inseco
     1. v. I cut up or into
     2. v. I incise
     3. v. I dissect


incido
     1. v. I fall or drop into or upon something.
     2. v. I fall upon, meet, come upon (by chance), happen on, fall in with.
     3. v. I fall upon, attack, assault.
     4. v. I fall upon, arise, occur; happen to, befall.
     5. v. I come or occur to one's mind; crop up; fall upon, light upon.
     6. v. I come or fall within, coincide.
     7. v. I cut or hew open, into, through, or up; dissect, slit, sever; clip.
     8. v. I make by cutting, cut.
     9. v. I cut into, carve, engrave, inscribe on something.
     10. v. (figuratively) I break off, interrupt, stop, put an end to.
     11. v. (figuratively) I cut off, cut short, take away, remove.


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