sever

See also Sever

English

Etymology

From Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separare (“to separate”), from se- (“apart”) + parare (“provide, arrange”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈsɛv.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛvə(r)

Verb

sever (third-person singular simple present severs, present participle severing, simple past and past participle severed)

1. (transitive) To cut free.

   After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.

2. (intransitive) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.

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3. (intransitive) 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.

Synonyms

• becut
• cut off

Derived terms

• severable
• severally

Related terms

• separate

Translations

cut free

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斷絕 (cmn), 断绝 (cmn) (duànjué)

• Dutch: lossnijden (nl)
• Dyirbal: nudin (guwal)
• Finnish: irrottaa (fi), hakata irti
• French: rompre (fr)
• German: abtrennen (de)
• Hungarian: elvág (hu)

• Japanese: 切断する (ja) (せつだんする, setsudan suru), 断つ (ja) (たつ, tatsu), 断ち切る (ja) (たちきる, tachikiru)
• Korean: 절단하다 (ko) (jeoldanhada)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: په‌ڕاندن (ckb)

• Portuguese: cortar (pt)
• Russian: отрезать (ru) (otrezátʹ) impf., отрезать (ru) (otrézatʹ) pf. (impf. and pf. differ in the word stress only), разрывать (ru) (razryvátʹ) impf., разорвать (ru) (razorvátʹ) pf. (relationship)
• Spanish: cortar (es), romper (es)
• Swedish: kapa (sv), klippa av (sv), hugga av (sv)

External links

• sever in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• sever in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• sever at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• serve
• veers
• verse

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sever m

1. north

Antonyms

• jih

Derived terms

• severní
• Severka
• severák
• seveřan
• severovýchod
• severozápad

See also

• východ
• západ

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): sjȅver
• (Ijekavian): śȅver

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sêʋer/
• Hyphenation: se‧ver

Noun

sȅver m (Cyrillic spelling се̏вер)

1. (uncountable) north

Declension

    declension of sever

	singular
nominative	sever
genitive	severa
dative	severu
accusative	sever
vocative	severe
locative	severu
instrumental	severom

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

Noun

sever m (plural severy)

1. North

   na sever

   to the north

   na severe

   in the north

   na sever od Ontária

   (moving) north of Ontario

Declension

sever stem

severu dat sg

severe loc sg

declension pattern dub

Derived terms

• severák
• Severan
• severne
• severný
• severovýchod
• severozápad

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

Noun

sever m inan.

1. north

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Turkish

Verb

sever

1. Second-person negative imperative of sevmemek.
2. Second-person imperative of sevmek.

Antonyms

• sevmez

See also

• sever sevmez