snijden

to cut something with a knife, blade, or other sharp instrument

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sniden, from Proto-Germanic roots meaning “to cut”; related to English snithe in older dialectal use.

Collocations

to slice or divide food or material into pieces

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sniden, from Proto-Germanic roots meaning “to cut”; related to English snithe in older dialectal use.

Collocations

to intersect, cross, or meet at a point

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sniden, from Proto-Germanic roots meaning “to cut”; the geometric sense developed from the idea of one line cutting across another.

Collocations

to feel sharply painful, stinging, or piercing

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sniden, from Proto-Germanic roots meaning “to cut”; this figurative sense comes from the sensation of being cut.

Collocations

to take a turn too tightly or cut across part of a road, corner, or curve

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sniden, from Proto-Germanic roots meaning “to cut”; this traffic sense is figurative, meaning to cut across a curve.

Collocations