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DISCERP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does discerp mean?
• DISCERP (verb)
The verb DISCERP has 2 senses:
1. divide into pieces
2. cut off from a whole
Familiarity information: DISCERP used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Divide into pieces
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
discerp; dismember; take apart
Context example:
The Empire was discerped after the war
Hypernyms (to "discerp" is one way to...):
divide; part; separate (come apart)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cut off from a whole
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
Context example:
The soul discerped from the body
Hypernyms (to "discerp" is one way to...):
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Verb group:
break up; sever (set or keep apart)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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