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Contexts ▼▲ Noun Cutting instrument Garden tool Trans-sensing Plural for a force tending to pull or stretch something to an extreme or damaging degree Plural for an act of clipping or trimming something Plural for the force per unit area exerted by a fluid against a surface with which it is in contact Verb To cut or trim to a short length, especially hair To cut with a knife or bladed implement To make a long, deep cut in To separate or be separated into parts To knock or cut pieces off (a hard material) To bite at … more ▼ ▲ Noun ▲ Cutting instrument cutters clippers nippers pruner scissors snips hedge clippers snippers trimmer pair of scissors “Trim the shrubs with shears.” Noun ▲ Garden tool hedge trimmer garden clipper garden tool hedge clipper Noun ▲ Trans-sensing transvections Noun ▲ Plural for a force tending to pull or stretch something to an extreme or damaging degree strain tension force tautness tightness traction burdens distension tenseness tensity pressure pulls stress Noun ▲ Plural for an act of clipping or trimming something clip trims cuts crops pruning shearings shortening Noun ▲ Plural for the force per unit area exerted by a fluid against a surface with which it is in contact pressure force loads stress compressions thrust weight squeezings crushing densities gravity heaviness encumbrances squeezes strength Verb ▲ To cut or trim to a short length, especially hair shaves bobs clips crops cuts docks nips pares polls prunes snips trims fleeces cuts back grooms lops off mows shortens cuts off lops pollards truncates removes chops chops off takes off hacks off skives slashes curtails strips cuts short thins barbers detaches tops severs reduces hacks shaves off cuts down skins pares down scrapes peels decorticates shapes detruncates coppices amputates slices hews dissevers trims off clips off whittles down cuts shorter evens up slices off styles singles neatens decapitates skims lowers reams saws razors creams nips off excises scythes planes whittles thins out tidies up slivers files off scrapes off trims down sunders contracts shrinks mangles cleaves shears off sickles foreshortens flays excoriates carves slims scalps compresses constricts slims down strips off peels off condenses narrows downsizes tonsures knocks off disengages deflates pares off decreases concentrates lessens diminishes rounds down wastes away tightens makes shorter cuts into a bob more ❯ “In the Hebrides they shear their sheep later than everyone else.” Verb ▲ To cut with a knife or bladed implement cuts slashes gashes slits rips slices incises trims clips crops prunes pares docks shaves lops bobs nips polls shortens removes detaches severs nicks notches snicks separates shreds snips cuts off lops off cuts back chops off hacks off snips off takes off cuts into nips off trims off Verb ▲ To make a long, deep cut in gashes cuts slashes slits incises scratches rips lacerates nicks scores tears slices scrapes marks notches gouges snicks rends pierces grazes carves splits furrows punctures abrades cleaves lances nips cuts open tears apart hacks makes an incision in wounds knifes severs splits open slices open slots claws mutilates mangles cuts into chivs chips perforates razes scythes rives savages frays bursts frazzles injures slits open chops opens up dents engraves grooves indents scallops serrates jags mills makes an indentation in damages defaces chisels crimps crenelates holes etches penetrates scribes scotches seams scars disfigures cracks crosshatches saws lines fells sickles scarifies flitches beheads guillotines sabresUK skives amputates sabersUS slivers scissors separates makes a notches in makes a notch in marks off makes a grooves in lays open makes a groove in rasps depresses chafes scuffs pits dints skins hollows excoriates barks scoops rabbets ruts pinks breaks the skin of debosses makes nicks in makes notches in staves in hollows out caves in more ❯ Verb ▲ To separate or be separated into parts divides splits sunders cleaves parts separates bisects disjoins severs dissects halves quarters subdivides cuts partitions sections segments carves carves up chops divorces fractionates ramifies rives abscinds breaks dissevers tears chops up breaks up cuts up slices up splits up breaks down hacks rips rends slits hews snaps slashes crosscuts cuts across intercuts slices cracks busts incises lops frays intersects traverses transects splinters disunites opens splits open tears asunder segregates disconnects detaches uncouples dissociates decouples divides up unlinks unyokes disassociates cuts in two resolves disjoints cuts into undoes pierces smites cracks open lays open comes between lies between keeps apart stands between fractures cuts off fissures ruptures gives way comes undone bursts comes apart gapes breaks apart more ❯ Verb ▲ To knock or cut pieces off (a hard material) chips fragments chisels breaks cracks crumbles flakes hews splinters whittles gashes hacks slivers splits chops clips hackles incises pares snips blemishes slashes slices spalls breaks off cracks off cuts away cuts off Verb ▲ To bite at nips bites nibbles pecks snaps gnaws munches nabs at sinks your teeth into takes a chunk out of Find more words! 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