Converse of object

• dissect: Slit the antimesenteric border of the ileum with dissecting scissors to increase the its circumference.

• thin: The hair on and around the ears and between the toes, needs to be kept in check usually with thinning scissors.

• hand: My parents were asked to provide me with left handed scissors for my use.

• use: Using kitchen scissors, cut three diagonal slits in the top of each roll.

• include: Include left-handed scissors, 1 pair per six children with a minimum of 2 pairs for the group.

• take: Take scissors from older dog & sit on them.

Preposition: for

• hand: Left with only scissors for hands, Edward must find his place in a strange new suburban world.

Adjective modifier

• left-handed: Both my children have been given left-handed scissors by us for use at home.

• right-handed: Struggling with buttons and right-handed scissors, or constantly smudging the ink on my homework - well, that can be pretty annoying.

• pointed: Don't use pointed scissors for removing nose hairs.

• blunt: Score along the fold lines by dragging something like a pair of blunt scissors or an empty biro along the edge of a ruler.

• sharp: Using a craft knife or sharp scissors, cut out the shape of the tree.

• surgical: Skin tags may be simply snipped off with surgical scissors.

Modifies a noun

• kick: From Paul Merson's free-kick, Kachloul scored with a textbook scissors kick.

• type: Be wary of the cheap scissors type, they have a tendency to backfire, sending whatever you're holding flying into a bush.

Noun used with modifier

• nail: I'd hacked at my hair with nail scissors yesterday in front of the mirror, dropping the curls in the bin.

• kitchen: Using kitchen scissors, cut three diagonal slits in the top of each roll.

• safety: A cell best deleted; snipped into sections with safety scissors, then cast upon the four winds.

• sewing: Think of it as being asked to cut the grass on a football pitch and being handed a pair of sewing scissors.

• hairdressing: Hairdressing Scissors For the last two years I have changed my method of trimming the masks of my show team.