kerf
nounEtymology
From Middle English kerf, kirf, kyrf, from Old English cyrf (“an act of cutting, a cutting off; a cutting instrument”), from Proto-West Germanic *kurbi, from Proto-Germanic *kurbiz (“a cut; notch; clipping”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Käärf, West Frisian kerf, Swedish korv. Related also to Dutch kerf, German Low German Karve, Karv, German Kerbe.
Definitions
The act of cutting or carving something
The act of cutting or carving something; a stroke or slice.
The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something
The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision.
The portion or quantity (e.g. of wood, hay, turf, wool, etc.) removed or cut off in a…
The portion or quantity (e.g. of wood, hay, turf, wool, etc.) removed or cut off in a given stroke.
- 1991, Popular Mechanics, January issue, page 63, "Thin-kerf blades", by Rosario Capotostro Sawing with a thin-kerf blade produces a kerf that's 1/2 to 1/3 the size of a standard blade kerf.
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The distance between diverging saw teeth.
- 1991, Popular Mechanics, January issue, page 63, "Thin-kerf blades", by Rosario Capotostro Sawing with a thin-kerf blade produces a kerf that's 1/2 to 1/3 the size of a standard blade kerf.
The flattened, cut-off end of a branch or tree
The flattened, cut-off end of a branch or tree; a stump or sawn-off cross-section.
- Sebastian, still not alone, is seated on the white-and-cinder-grey trunk of a felled tree. […] A Camberwell Beauty skims past and settles on the kerf, fanning its velvety wings.
To cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bent.
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Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for kerf. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA