dissect

dissect is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.
2. transitive verb. To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely.
3. verb. make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

   "analyze a specimen"

   "analyze a sentence"

   Synonyms: analyse, analyze

4. verb. cut open or cut apart

   "dissect the bodies for analysis"

Synonyms

analyse, analyze

Common word forms

dissects, dissected, dissecting

Words from these letters

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