sever (verb)
1sever — ► VERB 1) divide by cutting or slicing. 2) put an end to (a connection or relationship). DERIVATIVES severable adjective. ORIGIN Old French severer, from Latin separare disjoin, divide …
2sever — sev‧er [ˈsevə ǁ ər] verb [transitive] COMMERCE to end a business relationship or connection with someone because of a disagreement: • He has severed all financial ties with his former firm. • A business dispute caused the company and its… …
3sever — sev·er / se vər/ vt sev·ered, sev·er·ing 1: to end (a joint tenancy) by ending one or all of the unities of time, title, possession, or interest (as by conveying one tenant s interest to another party) 2: to separate (as a contract) into… …
4sever — verb Sever is used with these nouns as the object: ↑artery, ↑bond, ↑connection, ↑limb, ↑link, ↑nerve, ↑relation, ↑tendon, ↑tie, ↑vein …
5sever — verb (severed; severing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French severer, from Latin separare more at separate Date: 14th century transitive verb to put or keep apart ; divide; especially to remove (as a part) by or as if by cutting… …
6sever — verb /ˈsɛv.ɚ/ To cut free. After he graduated, he severed all links to his family. See Also: separate …
7sever — verb 1》 divide by cutting or slicing. 2》 put an end to (a connection or relationship). Derivatives severable adjective Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr. severer, from L. separare disjoin, divide …
8sever — verb formal 1 (I, T) to cut through something, separating it into two parts, or to become severed in this way: Martin s hand was severed in the accident. | a severed rope 2 to end a relationship with someone, or a connection with something:… …
9sever — verb 1) the head was severed from the body Syn: cut off, chop off, detach, disconnect, dissever, separate, part; amputate; literary sunder Ant: join, attach 2) a knife had severed the artery …
10sever — verb 1) the head was severed from the body Syn: cut off, chop off, detach, separate, amputate 2) a knife had severed the artery Syn: cut (through), rupture, split, pierce 3) …
