Incise

[ɪn'saɪz]

Definition

(verb.) make an incision into by carving or cutting.

Checked by Lanny--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.

(v. t.) To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument; to cut off.

Checker: Stella

Definition

v.t. to cut into: to cut or gash: to engrave.—adj. Incis′iform shaped like an incisor-tooth.—n. Incis′ion the act of cutting into a substance: a cut: a gash.—adj. Incī′sive having the quality of cutting into: trenchant: acute: sarcastic.—adv. Incī′sively.—ns. Incī′siveness; Incī′sor a cutting or fore tooth.—adjs. Incisō′rial Incī′sory.—n. Incis′ure a cut incision.

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