divide in small pieces

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• cut to pieces — {v. phr.} 1. To divide into small parts with something sharp; cut badly or completely. * /Baby has cut the newspaper to pieces with scissors./ 2. To destroy or defeat completely. * /The soldiers were cut to pieces by the Indians./ * /When Dick… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• cut to pieces — {v. phr.} 1. To divide into small parts with something sharp; cut badly or completely. * /Baby has cut the newspaper to pieces with scissors./ 2. To destroy or defeat completely. * /The soldiers were cut to pieces by the Indians./ * /When Dick… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• cut\ to\ pieces — v. phr. 1. To divide into small parts with something sharp; cut badly or completely. Baby has cut the newspaper to pieces with scissors. 2. To destroy or defeat completely. The soldiers were cut to pieces by the Indians. When Dick showed his book …   Словарь американских идиом

• morcellation — ˌmȯ(r)səˈlāshən noun ( s) Etymology: French morceler to divide into small pieces (from morceau morsel) + English ation : division and removal in small pieces (as of a tumor) …   Useful english dictionary

• morcellement — ˌmȯ(r)selˈmäⁿ noun ( s) Etymology: French, from morceler to divide into small pieces + ment 1. : division into small pieces 2. : morcellation …   Useful english dictionary

• mor|sel — «MR suhl», noun, verb, seled, sel|ingor (especially British) selled, sel|ling. –n. 1. a small bite; mouthful: »having not eaten a morsel for some hours (Jonathan Swift). Take a morsel of our bread and cheese ( …   Useful english dictionary

• Scantle — Scan tle, v. t. [OF. escanteler, eschanteler, to break into contles; pref. es (L. ex) + cantel, chantel, corner, side, piece. Confused with E. scant. See {Cantle}.] To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fritter — fritter1 verb 1》 (often fritter something away) waste time, money, or energy on trifling matters. 2》 archaic divide into small pieces. Origin C18: based on obs. fitter break into fragments . fritter2 noun a piece of fruit, vegetable, or meat that …   English new terms dictionary

• mathematics — /math euh mat iks/, n. 1. (used with a sing. v.) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically. 2. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) mathematical procedures,… …   Universalium

• cut — cut1 W1S1 [kʌt] v past tense and past participle cut present participle cutting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(reduce)¦ 2¦(divide something with a knife, scissors etc)¦ 3¦(make something shorter with a knife etc)¦ 4¦(remove parts from film etc)¦ 5¦(make a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction  any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …   Universalium