All rabbet synonyms
rabΒ·bet
R r verb rabbet
- fell β simple past tense of fall.
- flitch β the side of a hog (or, formerly, some other animal) salted and cured: a flitch of bacon.
- guillotine β a device for beheading a person by means of a heavy blade that is dropped between two posts serving as guides: widely used during the French Revolution.
- hack β to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- hash β hashish.
- hew β to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
- intersect β to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.
- lacerate β to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
- level β having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- lop β to let hang or droop: He lopped his arms at his sides in utter exhaustion.
- massacre β the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
- mince β to cut or chop into very small pieces.
- mow β Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. to store (hay) in a barn.
- part β a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- penetrate β to pierce or pass into or through: The bullet penetrated the wall. The fog lights penetrated the mist.
- perforate β to make a hole or holes through by boring, punching, piercing, or the like.
- prune β a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- puncture β the act of piercing or perforating, as with a pointed instrument or object.
- quarter β crumb
- raze β to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- reap β to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- rend β to separate into parts with force or violence: The storm rent the ship to pieces.
- rive β to tear or rend apart: to rive meat from a bone.
- saber β a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- sabre β to strike, wound, or kill with a saber.
- saw β a sententious saying; maxim; proverb: He could muster an old saw for every occasion.
- scarify β to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin, a wound, etc.), as in vaccination.
- scissor β to cut or clip out with scissors.
- scythe β an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- separate β to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- shear β to cut (something).
- sickle β an implement for cutting grain, grass, etc., consisting of a curved, hooklike blade mounted in a short handle.
- skive β to split or cut, as leather, into layers or slices.
- slaughter β Frank, 1908β2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- slay β to draw (warp ends) through the heddle eyes of the harness or through the dents of the reed in accordance with a given plan for weaving a fabric.
- sliver β a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- lay open β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- mow down β to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
- chase β If you chase someone, or chase after them, you run after them or follow them quickly in order to catch or reach them.
- corrugate β to fold or be folded into alternate furrows and ridges
- dent β If you dent the surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it.
- dig β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- dish β Slang. to gossip about: They talked all night, dishing their former friends.
- excavate β Make (a hole or channel) by digging.
- gorge β to swallow, especially greedily.
- pit β the stone of a fruit, as of a cherry, peach, or plum.
- remove β to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
- scoop β a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- shovel β an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
- bash β A bash is a party or celebration, especially a large one held by an official organization or attended by famous people.