v
(transitive, archaic) To tear off or asunder.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) to prepare by baking
v
To abandon the straight edge (sXe) lifestyle.
v
(transitive) To separate from a bundle.
n
A break, discontinuance, or interruption
n
(boxing) The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.
n
(US, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of breakthrough (advance through enemy lines). [(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.]
v
(transitive) To cause (something) to protrude in a thick tuft.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To cut out from.
v
(transitive, slang) To take all money or possessions from.
v
(transitive) To split; separate; cleave; chop.
v
(intransitive) To make a coup.
v
To separate (the best part of something from the regular part).
v
To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
v
(transitive) To stop, disengage, or cease.
v
(intransitive with on) To reduce spending.
v
(idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something.
v
To pull in front of another vehicle in traffic, especially to do so dangerously or unfairly.
v
(colloquial) To barely complete something.
v
(transitive) To remove via cutting.
v
(colloquial, intransitive) To depart.
v
(intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.
v
To act without the use of an intermediary or third party.
v
(transitive) To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time.
v
(idiomatic) To end a child's over-dependence on or over-attachment to their parents.
v
(intransitive) To solve a seemingly intractable problem by using a simple solution that is unconstrained by the assumptions that underpin the usual attempts to solve that problem.
v
To thwart someone's plans by anticipating them and preventing their success.
v
(quite rare) Alternative form of cut the mustard [(idiomatic) To suffice; to be good or effective enough.]
v
(idiomatic, euphemistic) To end a child's overdependence on or overattachment to their parents.
v
(idiomatic) To dispense with or quickly deal with (an issue that is seen as an obstruction or waste of time).
v
(idiomatic) To get to the point; to get on with it; to state something directly.
n
(informal) A car that has been welded together from vehicles previously involved in accidents.
adj
(obsolete) Plucked off or away.
v
To peel back the skin from part of the body as if removing a glove, especially as the result of an accident.
v
To cut off or slice; to sever.
v
(obsolete) To throw down.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) to discover something by digging; to unearth
v
(idiomatic, usually with on) To examine in order to find negative information for public opinion, usually with the purpose of embarrassing or discrediting a person.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To cut apart; to cut into pieces.
adj
(obsolete) Cut; severed.
v
To come out into the open sea from a river etc.
v
(military, transitive) To throw (cannon) off their carriages.
v
To remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect.
v
(transitive) To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it
v
(transitive) To empty a container by turning its contents out over a surface.
v
(obsolete, rare) To throw or shoot out like a dart.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To cut off or out.
v
(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
v
(intransitive) To come out gradually (e.g. news).
v
(idiomatic) To drive out or expose something or someone, as a game bird or other game animal from cover.
v
(transitive) To cut the front or forward part of (a thing)
v
(obsolete) To cut to pieces.
v
(transitive) To remove or eliminate (dirt or stains).
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) To forgo wearing underpants under clothing.
v
(transitive) To produce in a laborious and formulaic manner.
v
(obsolete) To cut; to separate and remove.
v
(transitive) To break off.
v
(transitive) To remove (a crease or creases) with an iron.
v
To pry (something, especially a lock) open with or as if with a crowbar.
v
(idiomatic, informal) To succeed at something or meet a requirement; to be chosen out of a field of candidates or possibilities.
v
(transitive) To cut off.
n
(mining) The removal of oil (or an industrial chemical) from a storage facility.
v
(transitive) To cut out.
v
(transitive, poetic, archaic) To sift out.
v
(rare) To pull out forcibly; to yank out.
v
(intransitive) To cave in near the edge of an excavation.
v
(transitive) To remove the pips from.
v
(transitive) To remove peas from their case.
v
Break (a pre-cut piece) out of a larger form, as of die-cut cardboard shapes.
v
To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
v
(figuratively) Usually followed by out (of): to draw out or get (information, etc.) with effort.
n
(obsolete, poetic) Loss or violence suffered.
v
to become separated as a result of pulling
v
(intransitive) to unplug or cut power
v
(idiomatic) To address a problem, especially an unexpected one caused by the incompetence, negligence, or misconduct of another person.
v
(transitive) To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
v
(transitive) To dig or redig a trench where one already exists.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) to clear out, empty
v
(idiomatic, transitive) to provide with equipment or gear
v
To remove or abolish completely.
v
(transitive) To delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To cut; to penetrate.
v
(transitive) To excise or expunge something from a text.
v
To leave a surgical operating theater where one has previously scrubbed in
v
To remove (something attached to, on or clinging to an object) by shaking.
n
(informal) Someone who shakes things up; a reformer.
v
(transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
v
To remove an article of clothing
v
(transitive, intransitive, slang) To leave.
v
(transitive) To extinguish by stamping.
v
To draw a line through some text such as a printed or written sentence, with the purpose of deleting that text from the rest of the document.
v
To partly obliterate text by drawing a continuous line through the centre thereof, usually to indicate the deletion of an error or obsolete information.
v
(computing, textprocessing) To cancel a portion of text by crossing it out without deleting it; strikethrough.
v
(transitive) To remove, whether bit by bit or suddenly.
v
(intransitive, Britain, idiomatic) To remove all of one's clothes (or sometimes to remove all except underclothes, or figuratively).
v
To search for items hidden on a person, by removing clothes.
v
To remove the clothes of (a person) and perform a body search on them.
v
(intransitive) To perform a striptease.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To eradicate
v
To lower an item of clothing without removing it.
v
(idiomatic) To take away the most attractive or appealing qualities of something; to destroy an illusion.
n
A strip or sheet of paper, plastic film, etc., that is designed to be removed by tearing or pulling off.
v
(transitive, dialectal, obsolete) To divide; split open; cleave asunder.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To pull apart, dismember; draw asunder.
v
To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
v
(obsolete, rare) To split apart.
v
(transitive) To pull to pieces.
v
(historical, transitive) To dismiss (a tenant, etc.) while replacing manual labour with tractors.
v
To press out with the feet; to press out, as wine or wheat.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.
v
(one sort from another) To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out.
v
To reveal by delving; to dig up.
v
(transitive) To take down something (such as a picture) from a hanging position
v
(intransitive, reflexive) Of oneself or someone: to move away from a familiar environment (for example, to live elsewhere).
v
(idiomatic) to remove unwanted elements from a group
v
(idiomatic) To make a fresh start, for example by forgetting about previous differences and disagreements.
v
(pottery) To separate and remove (a form) from a mass of clay using a cutting wire.
v
(transitive) To cross out with a series of the letter X, or with scribbles or lines.
v
To remove something, like a piece of cloth or bread, by tearing it with one quick strong pull.
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