scannare

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Etymology 1[edit]

From s- +‎ canna (tube (of the trachea)) +‎ -are.

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scannàre (first-person singular present scànno, first-person singular past historic scannài, past participle scannàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to cut the throat of, to butcher, to slaughter (an animal)
  2. (transitive, figurative) to slaughter, to massacre
  3. (transitive, figurative) to harass, to oppress through heavy taxes or high prices
  4. (transitive, archaic) to drain (water) by cutting an outlet in a ditch or moat
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Etymology 2[edit]

From s- +‎ canna (tube, spindle) +‎ -are.

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scannàre (first-person singular present scànno, first-person singular past historic scannài, past participle scannàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, weaving) to unwind (thread) from the quill (the spindle on which thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle)
    Synonym: (more common) scannellare
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Etymology 3[edit]

From English scan +‎ -are.

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scannàre (first-person singular present scànno, first-person singular past historic scannài, past participle scannàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, computing, uncommon, proscribed) to scan
    Synonyms: (more common and accepted) scandire, scansionare, scannerizzare
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