Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb abscise

2 senses of abscise

Sense 1
abscise -- (shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue)
       => shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop -- (get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes")

Sense 2
abscise -- (remove or separate by abscission)
       => cut off, chop off, lop off -- (remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch")