English verb: circumcise | |||
1. | circumcise (contact) cut the skin over the clitoris | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cut | ||
2. | circumcise (contact) cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys | ||
Samples | During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | remove, take, take away, withdraw | ||
Entail | cut | ||