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skära meaning in English

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skära verb

curdle [curdled, curdling, curdles](to form or cause to form curds)
verb
[UK: kɜːd.l̩] [US: kɝː.dl̩]

cut [cut, cut, cutting, cuts](to perform an incision)
verb
[UK: kʌt] [US: ˈkət]
John cut himself. = John skar sig.

knife [knifed, knifing, knifes](to use a knife to cut)
verb
[UK: naɪf] [US: ˈnaɪf]

skära substantiv
{c}

sickle [sickles](agricultural implement)
noun
[UK: ˈsɪk.l̩] [US: ˈsɪk.l̩]
Stalin asked Lenin if he could borrow his hammer and sickle. = Stalin frågade Lenin om han kunde få låna hans hammare och skära.

skära alla över en kam verb

tar with the same brush(to characterize (someone or something) using the same undesirable attribute, especially unjustly)
verb

skära av verb

cut off(to remove via cutting)
verb
[UK: kʌt ɒf] [US: ˈkət ˈɒf]

skära ned verb

downsize [downsized, downsizing, downsizes](to reduce in size or number)
verb
[UK: ˈdaʊn.saɪz] [US: ˈdaʊn.ˌsaɪz]

skära ner verb

pare down(to reduce by paring)
verb
[UK: peə(r) daʊn] [US: ˈper ˈdaʊn]

prune [pruned, pruning, prunes]((figuratively) cut down or shorten)
verb
[UK: pruːn] [US: ˈpruːn]

skära ut verb

cut [cut, cut, cutting, cuts](to form or shape by cutting)
verb
[UK: kʌt] [US: ˈkət]

skärare [~n ~, skärarna] substantiv
{c}

cutter [cutters](person that cuts)
noun
[UK: ˈkʌ.tə(r)] [US: ˈkʌ.tər]

avskära [~skar, ~skurit, ~skuren ~skuret ~skurna, pres. ~skär] verb

cut off(to remove via cutting)
verb
[UK: kʌt ɒf] [US: ˈkət ˈɒf]

beskära verb

crop [cropped, cropping, crops](remove top part)
verb
[UK: krɒp] [US: ˈkrɑːp]

lower [lowered, lowering, lowers](reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.)
verb
[UK: ˈləʊ.ə(r)] [US: ˈloʊ.r̩]

prune [pruned, pruning, prunes](trim a tree or shrub)
verb
[UK: pruːn] [US: ˈpruːn]

bladskärarmyra substantiv
{c}

leaf-cutter ant(type of ant)
noun

genomskärare [~n ~, ~skärarna] substantiv
{c}

through ball(a kind of a pass in soccer)
noun

glasskärare [~n ~, ~skärarna] substantiv
{c}

glass cutter(tool)
noun

hammaren och skäran substantiv

hammer and sickle(symbol of communism)
noun
[UK: ˈhæ.mə(r) ənd ˈsɪk.l̩] [US: ˈhæ.mər ænd ˈsɪk.l̩]

hjärtskärande adjektiv

heartrending(that causes great grief)
adjective
[UK: hɑːt ˈrend.ɪŋ] [US: ˈhɑːrt ˈrend.ɪŋ]

icke-skärande adjektiv

nonintersecting(not intersecting)
adjective

kringskära [~skar, ~skurit, ~skuren ~skuret ~skurna, pres. ~skär] verb

circumscribe [circumscribed, circumscribing, circumscribes](to limit narrowly; restrict)
verb
[UK: ˈsɜːk.əm.skraɪb] [US: ˌsərk.əm.ˈskraɪb]

månskära [~n ~skäror] substantiv

crescent moon(the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter)
noun
[UK: ˈkresnt muːn] [US: ˈkre.sənt ˈmuːn]

månskära [~n ~skäror] substantiv
{c}

crescent [crescents](figure of the moon)
noun
[UK: ˈkresnt] [US: ˈkre.sənt]

moonsickle(thin crescent of the moon)
noun

omskära [~skar, ~skurit, ~skuren ~skuret ~skurna, pres. ~skär] verb

circumcise [circumcised, circumcising, circumcises](to remove the foreskin from the penis)
verb
[UK: ˈsɜːk.əm.saɪz] [US: ˈsɝːk.əm.ˌsaɪz]

pizzaskärare substantiv

pizza cutter(wheel-bladed knife)
noun

rörskärare substantiv

pipe cutter(tool used by plumbers to cut pipe)
noun

tillskära [~skar, ~skurit, ~skuren ~skuret ~skurna, pres. ~skär] verb

cut [cut, cut, cutting, cuts](to cut out fabric to specific lengths and shapes to make clothes)
verb
[UK: kʌt] [US: ˈkət]

ängsskära [~n ~skäror] substantiv
{c}

saw-wort(Serratula in general)
noun
[UK: ˈsɔː.wɜːt] [US: ˈsɔː.wɜːt]