tailler

Definitions of tailler
  1. verb
    cut with a hacking tool
    synonyms: couper, fendre, hacher, ôter
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    type of:
    couper
    separate with or as if with an instrument
  2. verb
    cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
    synonyms: émonder
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    types:
    écimer, étêter
    cut the top off
    type of:
    désépaissir, éclaircir
    make sparse
  3. verb
    engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
    synonyms: ciseler
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    types:
    graver
    carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
    type of:
    couper
    separate with or as if with an instrument
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