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ABSCISE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove or separate by abscission

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "abscise" is one way to...):

chop off; cut off; lop off (remove by or as if by cutting)

Verb group:

abscise (shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

abscission (the act of cutting something off)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "abscise" is one way to...):

cast; cast off; drop; shake off; shed; throw; throw away; throw off (get rid of)

Verb group:

abscise (remove or separate by abscission)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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