kerf
To cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bentTo cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bent.
» Kerf is waste.
halfb1t · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bent.
Examples
1 sentencesKerf is waste.
Origin
From Middle English kerf, kirf, kyrf, from Old English cyrf (“an act of cutting, a cuttingFrom Middle English kerf, kirf, kyrf, from Old English cyrf (“an act of cutting, a cutting off; a cutting instrument”), from Proto-West Germanic *kurbi, from Proto-Germanic *kurbiz (“a cut; notch; clipping”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Käärf, West Frisian kerf, Swedish korv. Related also to Dutch kerf, German Low German Karve, Karv, German Kerbe.
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Forms
kerfs, kerfing, kerfed, kerfedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.