Dictionary Entry
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
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- 1transitive 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.
- 2transitive verb
To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely.
- 3verb
make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
"analyze a specimen"
"analyze a sentence"
- 4verb
cut open or cut apart
"dissect the bodies for analysis"
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