tondeo

Meaning

  1. (conjugation-2) to shave, shear, clip
  2. (conjugation-2) to crop, prune, trim
  3. (conjugation-2) to mow, reap
  4. (conjugation-2) to graze upon, browse, feed
  5. (conjugation-2) to plunder, deprive, strip

Synonyms

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈtɔn.de.oː]
Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tondeō, from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to split, cut off”). See also Latin temnō, tempus, templum, Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō), Welsh tam (“morsel”), Middle Irish tamnaim (“I cut off”), Proto-Slavic *tęti "to split, cleave", and the second element of Latin aestimō (“to appraise, value, estimate”).

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