| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To darn, mend or sew.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To curtail, truncate, abbreviate or shorten. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To reduce. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To sever, disconnect, bisect, cleave or intersect.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Present participle conjugation of the verb amputate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (amputate) | 1. Remove surgically; "amputate limbs".[Wordnet]. 2. To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.[Websters]. 3. To cut off (a limb or projecting part of the body).[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: amputating, amputated, amputates, amputater, amputaters, amputatingly and amputatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "AMPUTATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1531. (references) |
Specialty Definition: AMPUTATING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Cutting off a limb or part of the body.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of amputate. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
