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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they transect
... he / she / it transects
Past simple: transected
-ing form: transecting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cut across or divide transversely
Example:
the trails transect the property
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "transect" is one way to...):
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something