Dictionary Entry
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
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- 1transitive 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.
- 2transitive verb
To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.
- 3transitive verb
To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
- 4transitive verb
To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.
- 5intransitive verb
To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.
- 6intransitive verb
To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
- 7verb
cut off from a whole
"His head was severed from his body"
"The soul discerped from the body"
- 8verb
set or keep apart
"sever a relationship"
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