Cut

[kʌt]

Definition

(noun.) an unexcused absence from class; 'he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class'.

(noun.) the act of reducing the amount or number; 'the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget'.

(noun.) the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends; 'the barber gave him a good cut'.

(noun.) the act of cutting something into parts; 'his cuts were skillful'; 'his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess'.

(noun.) the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; 'his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels'.

(noun.) the division of a deck of cards before dealing; 'he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal'; 'the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual'.

(noun.) (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball; 'cuts do not bother a good tennis player'.

(noun.) a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation.

(noun.) a canal made by erosion or excavation.

(noun.) the style in which a garment is cut; 'a dress of traditional cut'.

(noun.) a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc; 'he played the first cut on the cd'; 'the title track of the album'.

(noun.) (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next; 'the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt'.

(noun.) a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass.

(noun.) a share of the profits; 'everyone got a cut of the earnings'.

(noun.) a wound made by cutting; 'he put a bandage over the cut'.

(noun.) a step on some scale; 'he is a cut above the rest'.

(verb.) have grow through the gums; 'The baby cut a tooth'.

(verb.) cease, stop; 'cut the noise'; 'We had to cut short the conversation'.

(verb.) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; 'We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet'.

(verb.) hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction; 'cut a Ping-Pong ball'.

(verb.) separate with or as if with an instrument; 'Cut the rope'.

(verb.) divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult; 'Wayne cut'; 'She cut the deck for a long time'.

(verb.) style and tailor in a certain fashion; 'cut a dress'.

(verb.) form by probing, penetrating, or digging; 'cut a hole'; 'cut trenches'; 'The sweat cut little rivulets into her face'.

(verb.) create by duplicating data; 'cut a disk'; 'burn a CD'.

(verb.) record a performance on (a medium); 'cut a record'.

(verb.) make a recording of; 'cut the songs'; 'She cut all of her major titles again'.

(verb.) stop filming; 'cut a movie scene'.

(verb.) make an abrupt change of image or sound; 'cut from one scene to another'.

(verb.) give the appearance or impression of; 'cut a nice figure'.

(verb.) intentionally fail to attend; 'cut class'.

(verb.) make an incision or separation; 'cut along the dotted line'.

(verb.) allow incision or separation; 'This bread cuts easily'.

(verb.) form or shape by cutting or incising; 'cut paper dolls'.

(verb.) have a reducing effect; 'This cuts into my earnings'.

(verb.) function as a cutting instrument; 'This knife cuts well'.

(verb.) pass through or across; 'The boat cut the water'.

(verb.) fell by sawing; hew; 'The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia'.

(verb.) pass directly and often in haste; 'We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner'.

(verb.) discharge from a group; 'The coach cut two players from the team'.

(verb.) grow through the gums; 'The new tooth is cutting'.

(verb.) shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of; 'cut my hair'.

(verb.) penetrate injuriously; 'The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead'.

(verb.) dissolve by breaking down the fat of; 'soap cuts grease'.

(verb.) reap or harvest; 'cut grain'.

(verb.) perform or carry out; 'cut a caper'.

(verb.) move (one's fist); 'his opponent cut upward toward his chin'.

(adj.) with parts removed; 'the drastically cut film' .

(adj.) separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument; 'the cut surface was mottled'; 'cut tobacco'; 'blood from his cut forehead'; 'bandages on her cut wrists' .

(adj.) (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit; 'the cut pages of the book' .

(adj.) fashioned or shaped by cutting; 'a well-cut suit'; 'cut diamonds'; 'cut velvet' .

(adj.) mixed with water; 'sold cut whiskey'; 'a cup of thinned soup' .

(adj.) (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; 'the slashed prices attracted buyers' .

(adj.) (of a male animal) having the testicles removed; 'a cut horse' .

Edited by Ahmed--From WordNet

Definition

(imp. & p. p.) of Cut

(v. t.) To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide.

(v. t.) To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.

(v. t.) To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.

(v. t.) To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.

(v. t.) To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out.

(v. t.) To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick.

(v. t.) To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles.

(v. t.) To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance.

(v. t.) To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc.

(v. i.) To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.

(v. i.) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.

(v. i.) To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument.

(v. i.) To make a stroke with a whip.

(v. i.) To interfere, as a horse.

(v. i.) To move or make off quickly.

(v. i.) To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the deal or trump, or to change the order of the cards to be dealt.

(n.) An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.

(n.) A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.

(n.) That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight.

(n.) A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad.

(n.) The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut.

(n.) A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber.

(n.) An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts.

(n.) The act of dividing a pack cards.

(n.) The right to divide; as, whose cut is it?

(n.) Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment.

(n.) A common work horse; a gelding.

(n.) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.

(n.) A skein of yarn.

(a.) Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.

(a.) Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved.

(a.) Overcome by liquor; tipsy.

Inputed by Bartholomew

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Divide or sever (by an edged tool), chop, make an incision in.[2]. Sculpture, carve, chisel.[3]. Cross, intersect.[4]. Wound, hurt, touch, move, pierce.[5]. [Colloquial.] Slight (by not recognizing), avoid recognizing.

n. [1]. Gash, incision.[2]. Channel, passage.[3]. Slice, piece.[4]. Sarcasm, fling, taunt, cutting remark.[5]. Fashion, style, form, shape.[6]. Near path, short way.[7]. Engraving, engraved picture.

Checked by Dora

Definition

v.t. to make an incision in: to cleave or pass through: to divide: to carve hew or fashion by cutting: to wound or hurt: to affect deeply: to shorten: to break off acquaintance with to pass intentionally without saluting: to renounce give up: to castrate: to perform or execute as 'to cut a caper.'—v.i. to make an incision: to pass go quickly: (slang) to run away to be off: to twiddle the feet rapidly in dancing:—pr.p. cut′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. cut.—n. a cleaving or dividing: a stroke or blow: an act of unkindness: the card obtained by cutting or dividing the pack: an incision or wound: a piece cut off: an engraved block or the picture from it: manner of cutting or fashion: (pl.) a lot.—n. Cut′away′ a coat with the skirt cut away in a curve in front—also adj.—ns. Cut′-off that which cuts off or shortens a straighter road a shorter channel cut by a river across a bend: a contrivance for saving steam by regulating its admission to the cylinder; Cut′purse (Shak.) one who stole by cutting off and carrying away purses (the purses being worn at the girdle): a pickpocket; Cut′ter the person or thing that cuts: in a tailor's shop the one who measures and cuts out the cloth: a small vessel with one mast a mainsail a forestaysail and a jib set to bowsprit-end any sloop of narrow beam and deep draught; Cut′-throat an assassin: ruffian; Cut′ting a dividing or lopping off: an incision: a piece cut off: a paragraph from a newspaper: a piece of road or railway excavated: a twig; Cut′-wa′ter the fore-part of a ship's prow.—Cut a dash or figure to make a conspicuous appearance; Cut-and-come-again abundant supply from the notion of cutting a slice and returning at will for another; Cut-and-cover a method of forming a tunnel by cutting out arching it over and then covering in; Cut-and-dry or Cut-and-dried ready made without the merit of freshness—from the state of herbs in the shop instead of the field; Cut and run to be off quickly; Cut down to take down the body of one hanged by cutting the rope: to reduce curtail; Cut in to strike into as to a conversation a game at whist; Cut it too fat to overdo a thing; Cut off to destroy put to an untimely death: intercept: stop; Cut off with a shilling to disinherit bequeathing only a shilling; Cut one's stick to take one's departure; Cut out to shape: contrive: debar: supplant: to take a ship out of a harbour &c. by getting between her and the shore; Cut short to abridge: check; Cut the coat according to the cloth to adapt one's self to circumstances; Cut the teeth to have the teeth grow through the gums—of an infant; Cut the throat of (fig.) to destroy utterly; Cut up to carve: eradicate: criticise severely: turn out (well or ill) when divided into parts; Cut up rough to become quarrelsome.—A cut above (coll.) a degree or stage above; Short cut or Near cut a short way.

Typed by Anatole