'Sever' definitions:
Definition of 'sever'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Sever'
From: GCIDE
- Sever \Sev"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Severed; p. pr. & vb. n. Severing.] [OF. sevrer, severer, to separate, F. sevrer to wean, fr. L. separare. See Separate, and cf. Several.]
- 1. To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as, to sever the head from the body. [1913 Webster]
- The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. --Matt. xiii. 49. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg. [1913 Webster]
- Our state can not be severed; we are one. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt. [1913 Webster]
- I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there. --Ex. viii. 22. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Law) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sever'
From: GCIDE
- Sever \Sev"er\, v. i.
- 1. To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish. [1913 Webster]
- The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt. --Ex. ix. 4. [1913 Webster]
- They claimed the right of severing in their challenge. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sever'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- amputate,
- analyze,
- anatomize,
- atomize,
- ax,
- bisect,
- bob,
- break off,
- break up,
- butcher,
- carve,
- cease,
- change,
- chop,
- chop logic,
- cleave,
- contradistinguish,
- cut,
- cut away,
- cut in two,
- cut off,
- demarcate,
- demark,
- desynonymize,
- detach,
- dichotomize,
- difference,
- differentiate,
- discern,
- disconnect,
- discontinue,
- discriminate,
- disequalize,
- disjoin,
- disjoint,
- dissect,
- dissever,
- dissolve,
- distinguish,
- disunite,
- diversify,
- divide,
- divorce,
- dock,
- draw the line,
- end,
- excise,
- extricate,
- fissure,
- gash,
- hack,
- halve,
- hew,
- incise,
- individualize,
- individuate,
- jigsaw,
- lance,
- make a distinction,
- mark,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- mark the interface,
- modify,
- pare,
- part,
- particularize,
- personalize,
- pick out,
- prune,
- refine a distinction,
- rend,
- rive,
- saw,
- scissor,
- screen,
- screen out,
- segregate,
- select,
- separate,
- set a limit,
- set apart,
- set off,
- severalize,
- sieve,
- sieve out,
- sift,
- sift out,
- slash,
- slice,
- slit,
- snip,
- sort,
- sort out,
- specialize,
- split,
- split hairs,
- stop,
- subdivide,
- subtilize,
- sunder,
- suspend,
- tear,
- terminate,
- vary,
- whittle,
- winnow
Words containing 'Sever'
- In several,
- Severable,
- Several,
- Severalities,
- Severality,
- Severalize,
- Severally,
- Severance,
- Severe,
- Severed,
- Severely,
- Severeness,
- Severer,
- Severing,
- Severities,
- Severity,
- Joint and several,
- Severance, CO,
- Severance, KS,
- severable contract,
- severance agreement,
- several-seeded,
- severe combined immunodeficiency,
- severe acute respiratory syndrome,
- severe combined immunodeficiency disease