sever

1 set or keep apart; "sever a relationship" [syn: break up]

2 cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body" [syn: discerp, lop]

English

Pronunciation

• a US /ˈsɛv.ɚ/
• Rhymes with: -ɛvə(r)

Verb

1. To cut free.

   After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.

Translations

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

sever

1. north

Antonyms

• jih

Serbian

Noun

sever

1. north

See also

• север

Antonyms

• jug

Slovak

Noun

sever (plural severy)

1. North

   na sever

   to the north

   na severe

   in the north

   na sever od Ontária

   (moving) north of Ontario

Declension

sever stem

severu dat sg

severe loc sg

declension pattern

Derived terms

• severák
• Severan
• severne
• severný
• severovýchod
• severozápad

Slovene

Noun

1. north (compass point)

Sever may refer to:

Parishes in Portugal:

• Sever (Moimenta da Beira), a parish in the municipality of Moimenta da Beira
• Sever (Santa Marta de Penaguião), a parish in the municipality of Santa Marta de Penaguião
• Sever do Vouga (Aveiro), a municipality in the district of Aveiro

Sever may also refer to:

• Sever (musician), an independent rap artist
• Sever, the French and Catalan form of the name Severus
• JW Sever, a physician who characterized the Sever's disease in 1912

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