circumcise

Definition of Circumcise in English :

1. circumcise

cut the skin over the clitoris

2. circumcise

cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys

Example Sentences:
'During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Circumcise

verb (transitive)

1.

to remove the foreskin of (a male)

2.

to incise surgically the skin over the clitoris of (a female)

3.

to remove the clitoris of (a female)

4.

to perform the religious rite of circumcision on (someone)

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈcircumˌcised or ˈcircumˌcising

1.

a.

to cut off all or part of the foreskin of (a male)

b.

to cut off the labia minora or clitoris of (a female)

2. Archaic

to cleanse from sin; purify

tr.v. cir·cum·cised, cir·cum·cis·ing, cir·cum·cis·es

1. To remove the prepuce of (a male).

2. To remove all or part of the clitoris, prepuce, or labia of (a female).