sever

sever is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.
3. transitive verb. To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
4. transitive verb. To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.
5. intransitive verb. To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.
6. intransitive verb. To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
7. verb. cut off from a whole

   "His head was severed from his body"

   "The soul discerped from the body"

   Synonyms: discerp, lop

8. verb. set or keep apart

   "sever a relationship"

Synonyms

discerp, lop

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sever:

evers, serve, veers, verse

Common word forms

severs, several, severed, severer, severest, severing, severity, severize, severable

Words from these letters

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