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notch

(nŏch)

a. A V-shaped cut.

b. Such a cut used for keeping a record.

2. A narrow pass between mountains.

3. Informal A level or degree: a notch or two higher in quality.

tr.v. notched, notch·ing, notch·es

1. To cut a notch in.

2. To record by or as if by making notches: notched the score on a stick.

3. Informal To achieve; score: notched 30 wins in a single season.

[Probably from a notch, alteration of an otch, from French oche, from Old French, from ochier, to notch.]

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notch

(nɒtʃ)

1. a V-shaped cut or indentation; nick

2. a cut or nick made in a tally stick or similar object

3. (Physical Geography) US and Canadian a narrow pass or gorge

4. informal a step or level (esp in the phrase a notch above)

vb (tr)

5. to cut or make a notch in

6. to record with or as if with a notch

7. (usually foll by up) informal to score or achieve: the team notched up its fourth win.

[C16: from incorrect division of an otch (as a notch), from Old French oche notch, from Latin obsecāre to cut off, from secāre to cut]

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notch

(nɒtʃ)

n.

1. an angular or V-shaped cut or indentation.

2. a nick made in an object for keeping a record.

3. a narrow pass between mountains; gap.

4. a step; degree: a notch above the average.

v.t.

5. to make a notch in.

6. to record by notches.

7. to score: He notched up another win.

[1570–80; probably by misdivision of an*otch < Old French oche, n. derivative of ochier (French hocher) to cut a notch]

notch

crenelation, crenelle - A crenelation (from Latin crena, "notch") is a series of indentations or loopholes around the top of a castle, battlement, or wall—with each indentation being a crenelle (or crenel).
carf, kerf - A cut or notch in timber is a carf or kerf—which are also used to describe the width of such a cut.
dent - As in "notch," it comes from the French word for tooth; its original meaning was "blow, stroke" in general.
score - First a notch used to keep count, as on a stick.

notch

Past participle: notched
Gerund: notching

Imperative
notch
notch

Present
I notch
you notch
he/she/it notches
we notch
you notch
they notch

Preterite
I notched
you notched
he/she/it notched
we notched
you notched
they notched

Present Continuous
I am notching
you are notching
he/she/it is notching
we are notching
you are notching
they are notching

Present Perfect
I have notched
you have notched
he/she/it has notched
we have notched
you have notched
they have notched

Past Continuous
I was notching
you were notching
he/she/it was notching
we were notching
you were notching
they were notching

Past Perfect
I had notched
you had notched
he/she/it had notched
we had notched
you had notched
they had notched

Future
I will notch
you will notch
he/she/it will notch
we will notch
you will notch
they will notch

Future Perfect
I will have notched
you will have notched
he/she/it will have notched
we will have notched
you will have notched
they will have notched

Future Continuous
I will be notching
you will be notching
he/she/it will be notching
we will be notching
you will be notching
they will be notching

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been notching
you have been notching
he/she/it has been notching
we have been notching
you have been notching
they have been notching

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been notching
you will have been notching
he/she/it will have been notching
we will have been notching
you will have been notching
they will have been notching

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been notching
you had been notching
he/she/it had been notching
we had been notching
you had been notching
they had been notching

Conditional
I would notch
you would notch
he/she/it would notch
we would notch
you would notch
they would notch

Past Conditional
I would have notched
you would have notched
he/she/it would have notched
we would have notched
you would have notched
they would have notched

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Noun	1.	notch - a V-shaped indentation; "mandibular notch" incisura, incisure - (anatomy) a notch or small hollow indentation, indenture - a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
	2.	notch - the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got through the pass before it started to snow" mountain pass, pass location - a point or extent in space col, gap - a pass between mountain peaks defile, gorge - a narrow pass (especially one between mountains) chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range of mountains, range, chain - a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" saddleback, saddle - a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
	3.	notch - a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface; "there were four notches in the handle of his revolver" serration - a single notch in a row of notches; "one of the serrations was broken off" thumb index - one of a series of rounded notches in the fore edge of a book to indicate sections undercut - a notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall indentation, indenture - a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
	4.	notch - a small cut snick, nick cutting, cut - the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
Verb	1.	notch - cut or make a notch into; "notch the rope" nock, score, mark - make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it" indent - notch the edge of or make jagged incise - make an incision into by carving or cutting
	2.	notch - notch a surface to record something record, enter, put down - make a record of; set down in permanent form

notch

noun

1. level (Informal) step, degree, grade, cut (informal) Average earnings in the economy moved up another notch in August.

2. cut, nick, incision, indentation, mark, score, cleft The blade had a hole through the middle and a notch on one side.

verb

1. cut, mark, score, nick, scratch, indent a bamboo walking stick with a notched handle

notch something up achieve, make, score, gain, register He had notched up more than 25 victories worldwide.

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notch

noun

Informal. One of the units in a course, as on an ascending or descending scale:

degree, grade, level, peg, point, rung, stage, step.

verb

Informal. To gain (a point or points) in a game or contest:

post, score, tally.

Translations

ثَلْمَه، حَزيَثْلُم، يَحُز

udělat vrub/zářezvrubzářez

haklave et hak

einkerben Kerbe

εγκοπή

astekirjatakololovetalovi

coche encoche encocherentaille de bord d’attaque

bevágásfokfokozathegyszorosjelölés

gera skoru/hakhak, skora

tacca aggiungere altre vittorie intaccatura segnare

padaryti įkarpąpadaryti įpjovą

iecirstiecirtumsiegrieztiegriezums

lage hakk i

зарубка засечка пропил степень уровень

urobiť zárez

çentmekV şeklinde çentik

V形槽口在某物上刻V形痕

notch

[nɒtʃ]

A. N

1. (= cut) → corte m, muesca f

2. (US) (= mountain pass) → desfiladero m

B. VT → hacer una muesca en, hacer un corte en

notch up VT + ADV → apuntarse

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notch

[ˈnɒtʃ] n

(= V-shaped cut) → encoche f

(= level in a scale) → cran m
to move up a notch [earnings, rate] → augmenter d'un cran

notch up

vt fus

(= score) [+ goal] → marquer

[+ victory, win] → remporter

[+ sales, profits] → enregistrer

notch

n → Kerbe f; (of handbrake, for adjustment etc) → Raste f; (in belt) → Loch nt; (= point, degree) → Grad m, → Stufe f; to cut a notch in something → eine Kerbe in etw (acc) → machen; our team is a notch above theirs → unsere Mannschaft ist eine Klasse besser als ihre; several notches better → um einiges besser ? top-notch

vt → einkerben, einschneiden; (esp Sport) win, success → verzeichnen können

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notch

[nɒtʃ]

1. n (in wood, blade) → tacca; (in wheel, saw) → dente m; (in belt) → buco

2. vt (stick, blade) → intagliare, fare tacche in

notch up vt + adv (score, victory) → marcare, segnare

notch

(notʃ) noun

a small V-shaped cut. He cut a notch in his stick.

verb

to make a notch in.

notch

n. incisión, incisura, ranura, escotadura;

suprasternal ___ → ___ supraesternal.

References in classic literature ?

Going to his vice-bench, the carpenter for convenience' sake and general reference, now transferringly measured on it the exact length the coffin was to be, and then made the transfer permanent by cutting two notches at its extremities.

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But if the notches in his forehead wouldn't fuse together, and if his face would work and couldn't play, what could he do, poor man!

The little play of feature that his face presented, was cut deep into it, in a few hard curves that made it more like work; and he had certain notches in his forehead, which looked as though Nature had been about to touch them into sensibility or refinement, when she had impatiently thrown away the chisel, and said: 'I really cannot be worried to finish off this man; let him go as he is.'

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The Grandmother could scarcely remain seated in her chair, so intent was she upon the little ball as it leapt through the notches of the ever-revolving wheel.

The ball went hopping round the wheel until it began to settle through the notches. Meanwhile the Grandmother sat as though petrified, with my hand convulsively clutched in hers.

At length the ball dropped off into one of the notches.

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I cast up the notches on my post, and found I had been on shore three hundred and sixty-five days.

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Farmer Ives looked at it, muttered something or another over it, and cut some notches in a short stick, which he handed to Benjy, giving him instructions for cutting it down on certain days, and cautioning Tom not to meddle with the wart for a fortnight.

He prevailed on the groom to cut notches for him in the bark of the elm so that he could climb into the lower branches; and there he would sit watching the school door, and speculating on the possibility of turning the elm into a dwelling-place for himself and friends, after the manner of the Swiss Family Robinson.

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He notched the stick at each end and in the notches fastened strings of raw-hide.

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Prescher and Klumpen determined that there was no any sexual dimorphism in prevalence and types of the glenoid notch shapes, whereas females were more likely to have asymmetric (nonbilateral) glenoid notches than males (20).

The Notch Types of the Glenoid Cavity in Adult Dry Human Scapulae

Fitch's previous methodology called for junior subordinated certificates to be notched down by up to two notches for recovery expectations (after applying upward adjustments for the affirmation factor).