vverb.contactset or keep apartSynset:break up sever
Derivationally Related Form:severance
Hypernyms:disunite divide part separate
Inherited Hypernyms:severseparatemove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.contactcut off from a wholeSynset:discerp lop sever
Examples:- His head was severed from his body
- The soul discerped from the body
Derivationally Related Form:severanceloppersevering
Hypernyms:cut
Inherited Hypernyms:discerpcutseparatemove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.alldetached by cuttingSynset:cut off
Examples:- cut flowers
- a severed head
- an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm
Antonyms:uncut
Inherited Hypernyms:severed
Similar to:cut