Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To cut off; remove.
- v. To shed by abscission.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To cut off or away.
WordNet 3.0
- v. shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue
- v. remove or separate by abscission
Etymologies
- From Latin abscīsus, perfect passive participle of abscīdō ("cut off"); formed from abs- + caedō ("cut"). (Wiktionary)
- Latin abscindere, absciss- : ab-, away; see ab-1 + caedere, to cut; see kaə-id- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“And once the hormone level reaches to a certain point, that induces the organ shed, basically, the leaves or the fruits or flower petals or whatever it is that can abscise from their tree or plant.”
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abandon, ache, augment, avow, atone, approbate, apprehend, abut, apostatize, abase, abash, abate and 155 more...
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Remove
Relatives of remove
abstract, extract, evulse, avulse, extricate, purge, subduct, divest, devest, obliterate, discard, abscise and 28 more...
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To Cut Off or Cut Free (verb)
Words meaning to cut off or cut free
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To Detach or Separate From a Plant or...
Words meaning to detach or separate from a plant, or cause to do so
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