I had clipped out the photo, feeling pathetic about the act from the moment I slipped my thumb into the scissor hole.
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Scissor
/ˈsɪzə/
Synonyms for "scissor" (45 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (22)
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
10 entriesedge trimmingembroidery scissorsfabric cuttinggarment cuttingleft bladepaper cuttingpattern cuttingright bladesafety scissorssurgical scissors
Collocations
11 entriesembroidery scissorspair of scissorssafety scissorsscissor actionscissor bladesscissor cutscissor jackscissor liftscissor marksscissor worksurgical scissors
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 15 languages.
Biatah Bidayuh
1 entries- gutin verb (to cut using scissors)
Bulgarian
1 entries- режа с ножица verb (to cut using scissors)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 剪 verb (to cut using scissors)
Dutch
1 entries- knippen verb (to cut using scissors)
Finnish
3 entries- saksi- noun (noun adjunct)
- leikata saksilla verb (to cut using scissors)
- saksia verb (to cut using scissors)
French
1 entries- couper aux ciseaux verb (to cut using scissors)
Galician
1 entries- trosquiar verb (to cut using scissors)
Greek
1 entries- ψαλιδίζω verb (to cut using scissors)
Ido
1 entries- cizagar verb (to cut using scissors)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- tìp verb (to cut using scissors)
Malay
1 entries- menggunting verb (to cut using scissors)
Māori
1 entries- kutikuti verb (to cut using scissors)
Norwegian
1 entries- klippe verb (to cut using scissors)
Swedish
3 entries- sax- noun (noun adjunct)
- klippa verb (to cut using scissors)
- saxa verb (to cut using scissors)
Turkish
2 entries- kayırtmak verb (to cut using scissors)
- makasla kesmek verb (to cut using scissors)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
The records of the Cutlers’ Company of London (1624) refer to scissor-making in the city, although the quality of English-made scissors did not match that of continental scissors for another 100 years. A few English firms of scissor-makers, notably those of Beach, Macklin and Neesham, established a small but notable industry at Salisbury, Wilts, from the mid-17th century until the early 20th.
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The doctor came over and peeled off the makeshift bandage, cleaned what he could and looked at it. / “Well, I know what I have to do.” He nodded at me and picked up a scissor-type tool. / “Oh, ho, ho! Don’t you do that; don’t do it; don’t you be cutting that thing off. You stitch it up. I need that finger to chord a guitar!”
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He put his two fingers in the scissor holes. He pulled a stray wisp of hair from the thick braid that reached her waist. The small scissors sheared right through it.
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