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1. A powdered substance composed primarily of burned clay and limestone that is mixed with water, sand, and gravel to form concrete.
2. In geology, any chemically precipitated material or ore mineral that minds together loose particles of sediment into coherent rock.
3. Any substance; such as, a preparation of glue, red lead, or lime, the hardening of which causes objects between which it is applied to adhere firmly.
4. Any compound or substance applied in the form of a mortar and used for producing a hard and stony, smooth, water proof surface, coating, filling, or lining; as, for a floor or a cistern.

Ordinary cement is made by heating limestone and clay, or a natural rock containing both materials in the right proportions. When it hardens under water, it is called hydraulic cement

5. That which serves to bind people or special interests together.
6. Auriferous gravel held together by a clay or silicic bond; also, the binding substance.
7. Etymology: from Old French ciment, which came from Latin cæmenta, "stone chips used for making mortar", from cædere, "to cut down, chop, beat, hew, fell, slay".

The evolution of the meaning, "small broken stones" to "powdered stones used in construction", took place before the word became a part of English.

1. To shape or cut with a chisel.
2. From Old French cisel, from Vulgar Latin cisellum "cutting tool," from Latin caesellum, diminutive of caesus past participle of caedere "to cut".

To cut the protecting loose skin off a boy's penis, or to cut away a girl's clitoris and the skin around it, for medical, traditional, or religious reasons.

1. Using as few words as possible to give the necessary information, or compressed in order to be brief.
2. Expressing much in few words; clear and succinct.

In a concise manner; in a few words; for example, "The history of this country is summed up concisely in this book".

1. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
2. The quality of being concise.

1. Concise quality; brevity; terseness.
2. Archaic, a cutting up or off; mutilation.

1. To make a choice or come to a conclusion about something: "Fortunately, we decided not to go on the trip because there was a severe storm."

"Her son was having a problem deciding which university to go to."

2. To make someone choose what to do or come to a conclusion about something: "You have to decide which presidential candidate you want to vote for."
3. To bring something to an end in a definite or obvious way: "The final football touchdown decided the winner of the game."
4. To come to a verdict or judgment after thinking about it: "They decided to start the party at 7 p.m. and so they informed their guests accordingly."
5. Etymology: from or French décider; from Latin decidere "to cut off" from the prefix de-, "off" + caedere "to cut, to strike".

"The term decide refers to a resolving of alternatives or difficulties by "cutting through them as if with a knife or a sword" and so dealing with them "at a stroke" or with "one complete action".

1. The act of making up your mind about something: "The burden of decision was his."
2. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration: "The politician made a decision that was unfavorable to the opposition."
3. Passing judgment on an issue under consideration.
4. A conclusion or judgment reached or pronounced; a verdict.
5. Sports A victory won on points in boxing when no knockout has occurred or in wrestling when no fall has occurred.
6. Etymology: "to settle a dispute", from Old French decider, from Latin decidere, "to determine"; literally, "to cut off"; from de-, "off, down, down from, from" + caedere, "to cut".

1. Having the power or quality of deciding; putting an end to controversy; crucial or most important: "Your argument was the decisive one."
2. Characterized by or displaying no or little hesitation; resolute; determined: "The general was known for his decisive manner."
3. Indisputable; definite: a decisive defeat.
4. Unsurpassable; commanding: a decisive lead in the voting.
5. Firmness of character or action; determination.

To cut out, to cut off; to excise.

1. To remove by or as if by cutting: "excised the tumor"; "excised two scenes from the film".
2. To delete a part of something such as a text.
3. To remove surgically: to remove something by cutting, especially in surgery.
4. From Latin excis-, past participle of excidere "to cut out" from caedere "to cut".

1. The act of removal; an excising.
2. The surgical removal of a foreign body or of tissue.
3. The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument.
4. Excommunication; the act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church; cutting a person off from a religious society.