Definition of sever Sever

/sɛˈvɚ/ - [sever] - sev•er

We found 13 definitions of sever from 5 different sources.

What does sever mean?

Verb severs, severing, severed
sever - set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"
		break up
		disunite, part, divide, separate perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
sever - cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
		discerp, lop
		cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"

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sever (v. t.)
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.
sever (v. t.)
To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.
sever (v. t.)
To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
sever (v. t.)
To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.
sever (v. i.)
To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.
sever (v. i.)
To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.

sever
sev′ėr, v.t. to separate with violence: to cut apart: to divide: (B.) to keep distinct.—v.i. to make a separation, to act independently: to be rent asunder.—adj. Sev′erable.—n. Sev′erance, act of severing: separation. [Fr. sevrer, to wean—L. separāre, to separate.]

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sever in sign language