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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cutting instrument |
| Synonyms: | clippers, shears, trimmer |
| Notes: | scissors comes from cisorium 'cutting instrument'; shears describes a large implement (over 6 inches of blade) and scissors describes a smaller one |
| Main Entry: | shears |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cutters |
| Synonyms: | clippers, hedge clippers, nippers, scissors, snippers, snips |
| Notes: | scissors comes from cisorium 'cutting instrument'; shears describes a large implement (over 6 inches of blade) and scissors describes a smaller one |
| Main Entry: | bear hug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embracement |
| Synonyms: | embrace, enfoldment, hug, scissors, squeeze, tight embrace |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise |
| Synonyms: | amputate, behead, bisect, bite, carve, chine, chip, chisel, cleave, clip, crop, curtail, decussate, dice, dispatch, dissect, dissever, divide, facet, fell, flitch, gash, guillotine, hack, hash, hew, intersect, lacerate, lay open, level, lop, massacre, mince, mow, mow down, nick, notch, part, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prune, puncture, quarter, rabbet, raze, reap, rend, rip, rive, saber, saw, scarify, scissor, score, scythe, separate, shave, shear, sickle, skive, slash, slaughter, slay, slice, slit, sliver, snip |
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