vn. & s. 1. A cutting; a cutting through or off. 2. A ceasing to supply or yield a thing. 3. An interrupting; a barring, blocking up, intercepting. 4. A terminating a suit, etc., decision; termination. 5. A fixing a price. 6. A traversing, getting over a distance. 7. An intersecting; intersection. 8. A clipping; especially, a reducing the foot فاعلن fâ‘ilun to فاعل fâ‘il, represented by فعلن fa‘lun; مستفعلن mustef‘ilun to مستفعل mustef‘il, represented by مفعولن mef‘ûlun; or متفاعلن mutefâ‘ılun to متفاعل mutefâ‘il, represented by فعلاتن fa‘ilâtun.