What it means
- (verb) To cut free. “After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.”
- (verb) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
- (verb) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
- (verb) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate. “to sever an estate in joint tenancy”
- (noun) The act by which something is severed.
Letter analysis
- Severing contains 8 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 12.
Sub-words
- grieves
- inverse
- reeving
- serving
- veering
- versing
- envies
- genies
- genres
- givens
- greens
- grieve
- nerves
- reigns
- resign
- revise
- seeing
- signer
- singer
- verges
- evens
- genes
- genie
- genre
- given
- gives
- green
- grins
- nerve
- never
- reign
- reins
- resin
- rings
- rinse
- risen
- riven
- serge
- serve
- seven
- sever
- siege
- sieve
- singe
- siren
- sneer
- veers
- veins
- verge
- verse
- vines
- egis
- ergs
- even
- ever
- eves
- gees
- gene
- gens
Related words
Other 8-letter words
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- abacuses
- abalones
- abandons
- abashing
- abattoir
- abbesses
- abdicate
- abdomens
- abducted
- abductee
- abductor
- aberrant
- abetters
- abetting
- abettors
- abeyance
- abhorred
Words starting with SEV
- seven
- sevens
- seventeen
- seventeens
- seventeenth
- seventeenths
- seventh
- sevenths
- seventies
- seventieth
- seventieths
- seventy
- sever
- several
- severally
- severance
- severances
- severe
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Words ending with ING
Common questions
What does Severing mean?
To cut free.
How many letters are in Severing?
Severing has 8 letters.
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