: to cut or separate into or become cut or separated into parts or sections. : to represent in sections (as by a drawing) from Latin section-, sectio "section, the act of cutting," from secare "to cut" — related to …

Section (United States land surveying) Sectioning a township (36 sections). Perfectly square 160-acre quarter sections of farmland cover central Indiana. Satellite image of crops growing in southwest …

to cut or divide into sections. to cut through so as to present a section. Surgery. to make an incision.

Small lanes were gradually added to demarcate different sections and also to connect them as an organic whole.

The root of section is the Latin word sect, which means "cut." Think dissect ("cut into pieces"), or bisect ("cut in two"). Insects are called insects because they're made up of sections — the head, the …

Words related to section are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word section. Browse related words to learn more about word associations. From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third …

1. To separate or divide into parts. 2. To cut or divide (tissue) surgically. 3. To shade or crosshatch (part of a drawing) to indicate sections. 4. Informal To perform a cesarean section on.

If something is sectioned, it is divided into sections. It holds vegetables in place while they are being peeled or sectioned.

a distinct, separate part of anything, such as a community:[countable] one of the nicer sections of town. a distinct part of a newspaper, etc.:[countable] the sports section. [uncountable * before a number] …

Definition of section noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.