verb🔗ShareCouper avec des ciseauxTo cut using, or as if using, scissors."The teacher was scissoring paper shapes for the art project. "L'enseignant coupait des formes en papier avec des ciseaux pour le projet artistique.actionutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSupprimer, effacerTo excise or expunge something from a text."The erroneous testimony was scissored from the record."Le témoignage erroné a été supprimé du compte rendu.writinglanguagecommunicationliteratureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareExtraire, copierTo reproduce (text) as an excerpt, copy."The student was scissoring relevant paragraphs from the research paper to support her argument. "L'étudiante extrayait des paragraphes pertinents du document de recherche pour étayer son argumentation.writinglanguagecommunicationmediawordinternettechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareMouvement en ciseaux, croiser et écarterTo move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs."The runner scissored over the hurdles."Le coureur a franchi les obstacles en ciseaux.bodyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFaire du tribadisme, se faire lesbiennes(sex) To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.sexbodyactionhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePatiner avec un pied nettement devant l'autreTo skate with one foot significantly in front of the other."The hockey player was scissoring across the ice to gain speed before shooting the puck. "Le joueur de hockey patinait en plaçant un pied nettement devant l'autre sur la glace pour prendre de la vitesse avant de tirer le palet.sportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCisaillement, censureAn act or instance of cutting (removing) with or as if with scissors, especially an act of cutting and censoring a film."The studio's excessive scissoring of the film disappointed the director, who felt key plot points had been removed. "Le cisaillement excessif du film par le studio a déçu le réalisateur, qui a estimé que des points clés de l'intrigue avaient été supprimés.actionmediaentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDécoupage, coupure(possibly obsolete) A clipping; something cut out (e.g. of a newspaper) with scissors."Grandma kept a box filled with scissoring from the local paper, mostly obituaries and wedding announcements of people she knew. "Grand-mère gardait une boîte remplie de découpages du journal local, principalement des avis de décès et des annonces de mariage de personnes qu'elle connaissait.utensilstationerywritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTribadisme, frottement des sexes(sex) A sex act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.sexactionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading