sever / severe

sever / severe
   Sever means "to cut through completely": One blow from Jessie's hatchet severed the rope.
   Severe means "strict, hard, extreme": Severe winter weather came early this year. There was a severe tone in her voice when she berated him for putting the tack in her chair.

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  • sever / severe —    Sever means to cut through completely : One blow from Jessie s hatchet severed the rope.    Severe means strict, hard, extreme : Severe winter weather came early this year. There was a severe tone in her voice when she berated him for putting… …   Confused words

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  • sever — SEVÉR, Ă, severi, e, adj. 1. (Despre oameni; adesea adverbial) Care judecă şi pedepseşte fară indulgenţă; exigent, pretenţios, riguros. ♦ Care nu admite abateri de la normele sau regulile stabilite, care nu admite circumstanţe atenuante; rigid.… …   Dicționar Român

  • sévère — [ sevɛr ] adj. • fin XIIe; lat. severus 1 ♦ (Personnes) Qui n admet pas qu on manque à la règle; prompt à punir ou à blâmer. ⇒ dur, exigeant, strict, fam. vache. Des parents sévères. Le juge s est montré très sévère. ⇒ impitoyable. « elle était… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Sever de Novempopulanie — Reliquaire de saint Sever à l abbaye de Saint Sever Saint Sever de Novempopulanie est un saint chrétien, martyr du Ve siècle …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Sévère (homonymie) — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Cet article possède des paronymes, voir : Sever et Saint Sever. Sur les autr …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Sever — (ou Sévère) (Géo Sève) • Sévère, disciple de saint Loup de Troyes, compagnon en Angleterre de saint Germain d Auxerre, évêque de Trèves, mort vers 460. Fête le 15 octobre. • Sévère vierge du pays de Trèves, morte en 660. Nom latin Severa . •… …   Dictionnaire des saints

  • Sever — This interesting surname with variant spellings Severs, Seaver, Seavers and Severe has two possible origins. Firstly it may derive from an unrecorded female given name Saefaru , which is composed of the Old English pre 7th Century elements sae… …   Surnames reference

  • Sever's disease — Infobox Disease Name = Severs Caption = The mucous sheaths of the tendons around the heel. Lateral aspect. (Tendo calcaneus labeled at left.) DiseasesDB = 11980 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = orthoped eMedicineTopic =… …   Wikipedia

  • Sever condition — Inflammation of the growth plate of the calcaneus, the bone at the back of the heel. The inflammation is at the point where the Achilles tendon attaches. Sever condition occurs mainly in adolescent or older children, particularly active boys. It… …   Medical dictionary

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