Meaning

3 senses

  1. To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis of.

    beschneiden

    соверша́ть обреза́ниеsoveršátʹ obrezánije, соверши́ть обреза́ниеsoveršítʹ obrezánije, обреза́тьobrezátʹ

  2. (proscribed, sometimes)To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia.

  3. (slang)To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.

More definitions
  • cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
  • cut the skin over the clitoris

Examples

25 sentences

  1. Are you circumcised?

    Ти обрізаний?

    ruТы обрезанный?

    deBist du beschnitten?

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  2. He knows how to circumcise children.

    deEr weiß, wie man Kinder beschneidet.

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  3. Sami was circumcised at the age of 6.

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  4. I don't intend to circumcise my children.

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  5. And they all agreed, and circumcised all the males.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to remove the foreskin from the penis:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to remove the foreskin from the penis:

Origin

From Middle English circumcisen, from Old French circumciser (modern French circoncire) an

From Middle English circumcisen, from Old French circumciser (modern French circoncire) and its etymon Latin circumcīsus, the past participle of circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”).

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Forms

circumcises, circumcising, circumcised, circumcised
Base formcircumcise · to circumcise
3rd person singularcircumcises
Present participlecircumcising
Past simplecircumcised
Past participlecircumcised

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycircumcise
he, she, itcircumcises

Past simpleLesson

all personscircumcised

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave circumcised
he, she, ithas circumcised

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill circumcise

Synonyms

4 synonyms
cutA1circsnipposthectomize

Word family

6 related words
Relatedcircumcision
Derivedcircumcisablecircumciseecircumcisercircumcisorrecircumcise

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
circulateC1circulationC1circulatorycircumcisioncircumferencecircumpolar
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