DISSECT
Dictionary entry overview: What does dissect mean?
• DISSECT (verb)
The verb DISSECT has 2 senses:
1. cut open or cut apart
2. make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
Familiarity information: DISSECT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DISSECT (verb)
Meaning:
Cut open or cut apart
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
dissect the bodies for analysis
Hypernyms (to "dissect" is one way to...):
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dissect"):
vivisect (cut (a body) open while still alive)
anatomise; anatomize (dissect in order to analyze)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
break down; analyze; dissect; analyse; take apart
Context examples:
analyze a specimen / analyze a sentence / analyze a chemical compound
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dissect"):
parse (analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence))
botanise; botanize (collect and study plants)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
