sever

From Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separāre (“to separate”), from se- (“apart”) + parāre (“provide, arrange”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛv.ɚ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛvə(r)

sever (third-person singular simple present severs, present participle severing, simple past and past participle severed)

1. (transitive) To cut free.

   After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.

   to sever the head from the body

   • Bible, Matthew xiii. 49

     The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.

2. (intransitive) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.

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3. (intransitive) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
   • Bible, Exodus ix. 4

     The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt.

   • Macaulay

     They claimed the right of severing in their challenge.

4. (law) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate.

   to sever an estate in joint tenancy

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• becut
• cut off

• severable
• severally

• separate

• sever in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sever in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• sever at OneLook Dictionary Search

• 'verse, -verse, reves, serve, veers, verse

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ. See also German Schauer or English shower (originally) ("Cold Rain").

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛvɛr/

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sever m

1. north

• jih

• severní
• Severka
• severák
• seveřan
• severovýchod
• severozápad

• (compass points): sever, jih, východ, západ

• sever in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• sever in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

sever (comparative plus sever, superlative le plus sever)

1. severe

From Old Dutch *sēfar, from Proto-Germanic *saifraz.

sêver n

1. drool, saliva

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• sêveren

• Dutch: zever
• Limburgish: zeiver

• “sever”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

• (Ijekavian): sjȅver
• (Ekavian): śȅver

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

• IPA^(key): /sêʋer/
• Hyphenation: se‧ver

sȅver m (Cyrillic spelling се̏вер)

1. (uncountable) north

• (south): jug

• severni

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛvɛr/

sever m (genitive singular severu, nominative plural severy, declension pattern of dub)

1. North

   na sever

   to the north

   na severe

   in the north

   na sever od Ontaria

   (moving) north of Ontario

• severák
• Severan
• severne
• severný
• severovýchod
• severozápad

• sever in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsèːʋɛr/
• Tonal orthography: sẹ́ver

séver m inan (genitive sévera, uncountable)

1. north

• séveren

sever

1. third-person singular present simple indicative positive degree of sevmek

• sevmez

• sever sevmez