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• sever the umbilical cord — cut/sever/the umbilical cord informal phrase to stop depending on another person or organization for help and support Thesaurus: to do something without helpsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• cut the umbilical cord — cut/sever/the umbilical cord informal phrase to stop depending on another person or organization for help and support Thesaurus: to do something without helpsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

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• umbilical cord — UK [ʌmˈbɪlɪk(ə)l ˌkɔː(r)d] / US [ʌmˌbɪlɪk(ə)l ˈkɔrd] noun [countable] Word forms umbilical cord : singular umbilical cord plural umbilical cords medical a long tube that connects a baby to its mother before it is born and through which it… …   English dictionary

• umbilical cord — um|bil|i|cal cord [ ʌm,bılıkl kɔrd ] noun count a long tube that connects a baby to its mother before it is born and through which it receives food and oxygen. It is cut immediately after birth. cut/sever the umbilical cord INFORMAL to stop… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• um·bil·i·cal cord — /ˌʌmˈbılıkəl / noun, pl ⋯ cords [count] : a long, narrow tube that connects an unborn baby to the placenta of its mother sometimes used figuratively The time has come to cut/sever the umbilical cord that keeps us dependent on foreign aid …   Useful english dictionary

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• China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium

• hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction  any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …   Universalium

• regeneration — /ri jen euh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. act of regenerating; state of being regenerated. 2. Electronics. a feedback process in which energy from the output of an amplifier is fed back to the grid circuit to reinforce the input. 3. Biol. the restoration or …   Universalium

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