To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.
To perform a cesarean section on (someone).
To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.
The symbol §, denoting a section of a document.
An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
A piece of residential land; a plot.
Synonym of square mile, a unit of land area, especially in the contexts of Canadan surveys and (historical) American land grants.
A sequence of rock layers.
A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
A class in a school; a group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher in a certain school year or semester or school quarter year.
A right inverse.
A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight.
A group of instruments in an orchestra.
An act or instance of cutting.
A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
An incision or the act of making an incision.
A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
A part of a document, especially a major part; often notated with §.
A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.
A narrow high-rise apartment building.
A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.
A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.