sever

From Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separāre (“to separate”), from se- (“apart”) + parāre (“provide, arrange”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛv.ɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ)

sever (third-person singular simple present severs, present participle severing, simple past and past participle severed)

1. (transitive) To cut free.

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

   to sever the head from the body

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 13:49:

     The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.

   • 1999, Eminem, Role Model

     That I just severed the main vein with a chainsaw and I'm in pain?

2. (intransitive) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene v]:

     No more can I be seuered from your side

   • 1918, Rudyard Kipling, “A Retired Gentleman”, in The Eyes of Asia, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, OCLC 561613113, page 4:

     How great then was my anguish at being severed from my Regiment after thirty-three years!

3. (intransitive) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Exodus 9:4:

     The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt.

   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 17, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:

     They claimed the right of severing in their challenges.

4. (law) To disconnect; to disunite; to terminate.
   • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, OCLC 65350522:

     sever an estate in joint tenancy

• becut
• cut off

• severable
• severally

• separate

• sever in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• sever in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• sever at OneLook Dictionary Search

• 'verse, -verse, reves, serve, veers, verse

From Latin sevērus.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /səˈve/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /səˈbe/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /seˈveɾ/

sever (feminine severa, masculine plural severs, feminine plural severes)

1. strict, severe

• severament

• severitat

• “sever” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sever”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “sever” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sever” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ. See also German Schauer or English shower (originally) ("Cold Rain").

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛvɛr]

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sever m

1. north

   Antonym: jih

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• sever in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• sever in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• sever in Internetová jazyková příručka

sever (comparative plus sever, superlative le plus sever)

1. severe

From Old Dutch *sēfar, from Proto-West Germanic *saifr.

sêver n

1. drool, saliva

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• sêveren

• Dutch: zever
• Limburgish: zeiver

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “sever”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈseːfer/, [ˈsɛːfer]
• (Late Old Frisian) IPA^(key): /ˈseːwer/, [ˈsɛːwer]

sēver m

1. Alternative form of sāver

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

From French sévère, from Latin severus.

sever m or n (feminine singular severă, masculine plural severi, feminine and neuter plural severe)

1. strict

• severitate

• sever in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

• sjȅver (Ijekavian)
• śȅver (Ekavian)

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

• IPA^(key): /sêʋer/
• Hyphenation: se‧ver

sȅver m (Cyrillic spelling се̏вер)

1. (uncountable) north

   Antonym: jȕg

• severni

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsever]

sever m (genitive singular severu, nominative plural severy, declension pattern of dub)

1. North

   na sever ― to the north

   na severe ― in the north

   na sever od Ontaria ― (moving) north of Ontario

• sever in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

• IPA^(key): /sèːʋɛr/

sẹ́ver m inan

1. north

• séveren

• “sever”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

sever

1. third-person singular indicative aorist of sevmek