to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to sail across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to get over; to tide over; to overcome; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (a relationship); to cut off (an enemy's retreat); to block (a road, etc.); to disconnect
