1. The act of cutting something into parts; SYN. cutting.
2. The act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; SYN. cutting.
3. A wound made by cutting; SYN. gash, slash, slice.
4. In films: an immediate transition from one shot to the next
5. The act of reducing the amount or number
6. The act of shortening something by cutting off the ends; SYN. cutting, cutting off.
7. The style in which a garment is cut
8. A piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass; SYN. cut of meat.
9. A share of the profits
10. A step on some scale
11. A stroke (in tennis or badminton or squash) that puts reverse spin on the ball
12. A trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation; SYN. gash.
13. An unexcused absence from class
14. The division of a deck of cards before dealing; SYN. cutting.
15. A canal made by erosion or excavation.
ETYM Latin scissio, from scindere, scissum, to cut, to split: cf. French scission.
The act of dividing by cutting or splitting.
Cutting; division; splitting.
ETYM as. scor twenty, from sceran, scieran, to shear, cut, divide; or rather the kindred Icel. skor incision, twenty, akin to Dan. skure a notch, Swed. skara. Related to Shear.
1. A number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest.
2. The act of scoring in a game or sport.
3. The facts about an actual situation.
4. A set of twenty members.
5. A notch that is made to keep a tally.
6. Grounds or rationale; SYN. account.
7. An amount due (as at a restaurant or bar).
ETYM Old Eng. slice, sclice, Old Fren. esclice, from esclicier, esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; cf. Old High Germ. slîzan to split, slit, tear, German schleissen to slit. Related to Slit.
1. A thin flat piece cut off of some object.
2. A share of something; SYN. piece.
3. A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; SYN. fade.
4. A spatula for spreading paint or ink.