CIRCUMCISE
Dictionary entry overview: What does circumcise mean?
• CIRCUMCISE (verb)
The verb CIRCUMCISE has 2 senses:
1. cut the skin over the clitoris
2. cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
Familiarity information: CIRCUMCISE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CIRCUMCISE (verb)
Meaning:
Cut the skin over the clitoris
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "circumcise" is one way to...):
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised
Hypernyms (to "circumcise" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
"Circumcise" entails doing...:
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
