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TRANSECT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does transect mean?
• TRANSECT (verb)
The verb TRANSECT has 1 sense:
1. cut across or divide transversely
Familiarity information: TRANSECT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they transect ... he / she / it transects
Past simple: transected
Past participle: transected
-ing form: transecting
... he / she / it transects Past simple: transected
Past participle: transected
-ing form: transecting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cut across or divide transversely
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
the trails transect the property
Hypernyms (to "transect" is one way to...):
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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