сечь

rare #10337

verbimperfective perfective is вы́сечь

1.
to flog, to whip, to birch, to thrash
Раньше провини́вшихся секли́ ро́згами.
In the old days offenders were flogged with birch rods.
Typically of corporal punishment with rods or a birch.
2.
to lash, to beat against, to whip
Дождь сёк в окно́.
The rain was lashing against the window.
Of rain, snow or wind striking something.
3.
to chop, to chop up, to mince, to hack off
Она́ сечёт капу́сту для щей.
She is chopping cabbage for cabbage soup.
Of chopping food or hacking something off.
4.
to get it, to catch on, to understand
Он всё бы́стро сечёт.
He catches on to everything fast.
Colloquial slang; often 'сечь в чём-л.' = know one's stuff in something.

Examples

Imperative
ты	секи́
вы	секи́те

Active present	секу́щий	secant, cutting, intersecting
Active past	се́кший	chopping, cutting, lashing, whipping
Passive present	-
Passive past	сечённый	cut, chopped, hewn
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	секши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
сечь	-	to flog; to lash; to chop; to get it
вы́сечь	вы-	to flog; to carve
засе́чь	за-	to note (the time); to locate; to flog to death; to notch
иссе́чь	ис-	to slash to pieces; to carve out