sever - What does it mean?
'sever' hits on the web
You may have been searching for a specific social media @sever profile or the tag #sever
Definition of 'sever'English
Verb
( en-verb)
To cut free.
- After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.
- to sever the head from the body
* Bible, Matthew xiii. 49
- The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.
To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
- (Shakespeare)
To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
- The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt. — Ex. ix. 4.
- They claimed the right of severing in their challenge. — Macaulay.
(legal) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate.
- to sever an estate in joint tenancy
- (Blackstone)
Synonyms
* becut
* cut off
Derived terms
* severable
* severally
Related terms
* separate
External links
*
*
*
Anagrams
*
*
*
----
Similar to 'sever'saber, spear, super, supper, spur, sapper, sofar, spar, shaver, sober, shiver, suffer, spoor, soever, savour, savor, shaper, savior, sabir, shofar, sapor, safer, souper, skiver, sopor, saver, spewer, sipper, subpar, suaver, sofer, swiper, sobber, suber, shover, speer, scoper, sphear, siver, sopper, sappar, soaper, siever
|
