切
cut; slice; tangent
Meanings
3 senses · 11 examplesverb
to cut; to slice; to chop
Used for cutting food, ingredients, or other solid objects.
Please help me cut a piece of watermelon.
Mom cut the pork into thin shreds to stir-fry.
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He used a kitchen knife to cut a slice of bread for breakfast.
Don't cut your hand!
The chef is dicing carrots.
verb
to cut off; to block; to sever
formalUsed figuratively to refer to blocking or cutting off a path, connection, or supply line.
Our army successfully cut off the enemy's retreat route.
The flood cut off the village's connection to the outside world.
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They cut off the power supply to this factory.
noun
tangent (geometry)
technicalStrictly used in mathematical terminology for geometric tangency.
This straight line is tangent to the circle and is the tangent line of the circle.
When a plane is tangent to a sphere, there is only one common point.
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There are two cases of tangency between two circles: internal tangency and external tangency.