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Definition of 'cut'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) cut
to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object.

2.  cut
to divide with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever; carve:
to cut a rope.

3.  cut
to detach or remove with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; lop off; extract:
to cut a slice of bread; to cut an article from the newspaper.

4.  cut
to hew or saw down; fell:
to cut timber.

5.  cut
to trim by clipping, shearing, paring, or pruning:
to cut hair.

6.  cut
to mow; reap; harvest:
to cut grain.

7.  cut
to abridge or shorten; edit by omitting parts:
to cut a speech.

8.  cut
to lower, reduce, diminish, or curtail:
to cut prices.

9.  cut
to dilute or adulterate:
to cut whiskey.

10.  cut
to dissolve:
a detergent that cuts grease.

11.  cut
to intersect; cross.

12.  cut
Informal. to cease; discontinue:
Cut the kidding.

13.  cut
to halt the running of, as a liquid or an engine; stop.

14.  cut
to grow (a tooth) through the gum.

15.  cut
to type or write on (a stencil) for mimeographing.

16.  cut
to make or fashion by cutting, as a statue, jewel, or garment.

17.  cut
to produce a pattern in (glass) by grinding and polishing.

18.  cut
to refuse to recognize socially; shun:
Her friends began to cut her.

19.  cut
to strike sharply, as with a whip.

20.  cut
to absent oneself from:
to cut classes.

21.  cut
to stop (a scene or shot being filmed).

22.  cut
to edit (a film).

23.  cut
to wound the feelings of severely.

24.  cut
to divide (a pack of cards) at random into two or more parts, as by removing cards from the top.

25.  cut
to take (a card) from a deck.

26.  cut
to record a selection on (a phonograph record or magnetic tape).

27.  cut
to make a recording of (a song, album of music, etc.).

28.  cut
to castrate or geld.

29.  cut
to hit (a ball) so as to change the course and often to cause spin.

30.  cut
to hollow out; excavate; dig:
to cut a trench.

31.  cut
to perform or make:
to cut capers; to cut a deal.

32. (v.i.) cut
to penetrate or divide something, as with a sharp-edged instrument.

33.  cut
to admit of being cut.

34.  cut
to move or cross, esp. in the most direct way:
to cut across an empty lot.

35.  cut
to shift suddenly from one film or television shot to another.

36.  cut
to stop the action of a scene (used as a command by a director).

37.  cut
to make a sudden or sharp change in direction; swerve:
We cut to the left.

38.  cut
to strike a person, animal, etc., sharply, as with a whip.

39.  cut
to wound the feelings severely:
His criticism cut deep.

40.  cut
to cut a pack of cards.

41.  cut
Informal. to leave hastily.

42.  cut
(of a horse) to interfere.

43.  cut
cut across, to go beyond considerations of; transcend:
a tax program that cuts across party lines.

44.  cut
cut back,

45.  cut
to shorten by cutting off the end.

46.  cut
to curtail or discontinue:
to cut back steel production.

47.  cut
to return to an earlier event, as in the plot of a novel.

48.  cut
Football. to reverse direction suddenly by moving in the diagonally opposite course.

49.  cut
cut down,

50.  cut
Also, cut down on. to lessen or curtail; decrease:
to cut down on snacks.

51.  cut
to strike and cause to fall.

52.  cut
to destroy, kill, or disable:
The hurricane cut down everything in its path.

53.  cut
to remodel or reduce in size, as a garment.

54.  cut
cut in,

55.  cut
to move or thrust oneself, a vehicle, etc., abruptly between others.

56.  cut
to interpose; interrupt:
to cut in with a remark.

57.  cut
to interrupt a dancing couple in order to dance with one of them.

58.  cut
to include, as in a business deal or card game.

59.  cut
to blend (shortening) into flour by means of a knife.

60.  cut
cut off,

61.  cut
to intercept.

62.  cut
to interrupt.

63.  cut
to stop suddenly; discontinue.

64.  cut
to halt the operation of; turn off.

65.  cut
to shut off or shut out.

66.  cut
to disinherit.

67.  cut
to sever; separate.

68.  cut
cut out,

69.  cut
to omit, delete, or remove; excise.

70.  cut
to form by or as if by cutting.

71.  cut
to refrain from; discontinue; stop:
to cut out smoking.

72.  cut
to oust and replace a rival; supplant.

73.  cut
to part an animal from a herd.

74.  cut
to plan; arrange:
You have your work cut out for you.

75.  cut
to move out of one's lane of traffic.

76.  cut
Slang. to leave suddenly.

77.  cut
(of an engine, machine, etc.) to stop running.

78.  cut
cut up,

79.  cut
to cut into pieces or sections.

80.  cut
to lacerate; wound.

81.  cut
to distress mentally; injure.

82.  cut
Informal. to play pranks; misbehave.

83. (adj.) cut
divided into pieces or detached by cutting:
cut flowers.

84.  cut
fashioned by cutting; having the surface shaped or ornamented by grinding, polishing, etc.:
cut diamonds.

85.  cut
reduced by or as if by cutting:
cut prices.

86.  cut
indented or cleft, as a leaf.

87.  cut
Slang. drunk.

88. (n.) cut
the result of cutting, as an incision, wound, passage, or channel.

89.  cut
the act of cutting; a stroke or blow, as with a knife or whip.

90.  cut
a piece cut off.

91.  cut
a share, esp. of earnings or profits:
an agent's cut.

92.  cut
a haircut, often with a styling.

93.  cut
a reduction in price, salary, etc.

94.  cut
the manner or fashion in which anything is cut:
the cut of a dress.

95.  cut
style; manner; kind:
a man of his cut.

96.  cut
a passage or course straight across or through:
a cut through the woods.

97.  cut
an excision or omission of a part.

98.  cut
a part or quantity of text deleted or omitted.

99.  cut
a quantity cut, esp. of lumber.

100.  cut
a refusal to recognize an acquaintance.

101.  cut
an act, speech, etc., that wounds the feelings.

102.  cut
an engraved plate or block of wood used for printing.

103.  cut
a printed picture or illustration.

104.  cut
an absence, as from a class, at which attendance is required.

105.  cut
a part of an animal carcass usu. cut as one piece for meat.

106.  cut
the act of cutting a ball.

107.  cut
the spin imparted.

108.  cut
a blow with the edge of the blade instead of the tip in fencing.

109.  cut
one of several pieces of straw, paper, etc., used in drawing lots.

110.  cut
the transition from one shot or scene to another in an edited film.

111.  cut
an edited version of a film.

112.  cut
an act or instance of editing a film.

113.  cut
an individual song, musical piece, etc., on a record or tape.

114.  cut
to give a certain impression of oneself:
to cut a distinguished figure.

115.  cut
to cut the anchor cable and set sail, as in an emergency.

116.  cut
to leave as hurriedly as possible; flee.

117.  cut
to perform effectively or successfully.

118.  cut
to attain a particular goal; make the grade.

119.  cut
to survive an elimination process, as of a sports team:
Only two of the proposals made the cut.

Etymology: (1175–1225; ME cutten, kytten, OE *cyttan)

Definition of 'cut'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cut
a share of the profits
"everyone got a cut of the earnings"

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

3. (noun) cut, gash
a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation

4. (noun) cut
a step on some scale
"he is a cut above the rest"

5. (noun) cut, gash, slash, slice
a wound made by cutting
"he put a bandage over the cut"

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

7. (noun) stinger, cut
a remark capable of wounding mentally
"the unkindest cut of all"

8. (noun) cut, track
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"

9. (noun) deletion, excision, cut
the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
"an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause"

10. (noun) cut
the style in which a garment is cut
"a dress of traditional cut"

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

12. (noun) snub, cut, cold shoulder
a refusal to recognize someone you know
"the snub was clearly intentional"

13. (noun) baseball swing, swing, cut
in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
"he took a vicious cut at the ball"

14. (noun) cut, undercut
(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
"cuts do not bother a good tennis player"

15. (noun) cut, cutting
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"

16. (noun) cut, cutting
the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
"his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"

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

18. (noun) cut, cutting, cutting off
the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
"the barber gave him a good cut"

19. (noun) cut
the act of reducing the amount or number
"the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"

20. (adj) cut
an unexcused absence from class
"he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"

21. (adj) cut
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"

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

23. (adj) cut, shortened
with parts removed
"the drastically cut film"

24. (adj) trimmed, cut
made neat and tidy by trimming
"his neatly trimmed hair"

25. (adj) mown, cut
(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
"the smell of newly mown hay"

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

27. (adj) cut, emasculated, gelded
(of a male animal) having the testicles removed
"a cut horse"

28. (adj) cut, slashed
(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
"the slashed prices attracted buyers"

29. (verb) cut, thinned, weakened
mixed with water
"sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup"

30. (verb) cut
separate with or as if with an instrument
"Cut the rope"

31. (verb) reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
cut down on; make a reduction in
"reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

32. (verb) swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
turn sharply; change direction abruptly
"The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

33. (verb) cut
make an incision or separation
"cut along the dotted line"

34. (verb) cut
discharge from a group
"The coach cut two players from the team"

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

36. (verb) cut, tailor
style and tailor in a certain fashion
"cut a dress"

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

38. (verb) write out, issue, make out, cut
make out and issue
"write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"

39. (verb) edit, cut, edit out
cut and assemble the components of
"edit film"; "cut recording tape"

40. (verb) cut, skip
intentionally fail to attend
"cut class"

41. (verb) hack, cut
be able to manage or manage successfully
"I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"

42. (verb) cut
give the appearance or impression of
"cut a nice figure"

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

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

45. (verb) cut
pass through or across
"The boat cut the water"

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

47. (verb) cut
stop filming
"cut a movie scene"

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

49. (verb) cut
record a performance on (a medium)
"cut a record"

50. (verb) cut, burn
create by duplicating data
"cut a disk"; "burn a CD"

51. (verb) cut
form or shape by cutting or incising
"cut paper dolls"

52. (verb) cut
perform or carry out
"cut a caper"

53. (verb) cut
function as a cutting instrument
"This knife cuts well"

54. (verb) cut
allow incision or separation
"This bread cuts easily"

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

56. (verb) switch off, cut, turn off, turn out
cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
"Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"

57. (verb) cut
reap or harvest
"cut grain"

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

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

60. (verb) ignore, disregard, snub, cut
refuse to acknowledge
"She cut him dead at the meeting"

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

62. (verb) cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise
weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
"We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"

63. (verb) cut
dissolve by breaking down the fat of
"soap cuts grease"

64. (verb) cut
have a reducing effect
"This cuts into my earnings"

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

66. (verb) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened"

67. (verb) dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
"cut bourbon"

68. (verb) cut
have grow through the gums
"The baby cut a tooth"

69. (verb) cut
grow through the gums
"The new tooth is cutting"

70. (verb) geld, cut
cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
"the vet gelded the young horse"

Definition of 'cut'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) cut
to divide sth or to make a mark or hole with a sharp tool
to cut the bread into slices; The ax cut easily through the wood.; I cut off a huge chunk of chocolate.; to cut a hole in the wall; Cut me a piece of cake.; to cut sth into pieces; to cut sth in half

2.  cut
to make shorter
to cut the grass; I have to get my hair cut.

3.  cut
to injure yourself with sth sharp
I cut myself with the knife.; He cut his toe badly.

4.  cut
to reduce an amount or level
to cut prices/costs/rates; companies forced to cut jobs; outbreaks of the disease were cut in half; We aim to cut the amount of hazardous wastes by 65%.

5.  cut
to remove sth, especially words or pictures; = delete
She decided to cut the scene from the movie.; Use Ctrl X to cut.; to cut and paste from one document to another

6.  cut
cut-and-dried
ordinary, clear, and not complex; = straightforward
a cut-and-dried argument

7.  cut
cut corners
to pay less attention to quality in order to save time or money

8.  cut
cut it close
to allow just enough time to succeed
We made the plane, but we were cutting it close.

9.  cut
cut sth short
to finish sth earlier than intended
We had to cut the picnic short.

10.  cut
cut sb short
to interrupt sb who is talking
"I understand," he said cutting her short.

11. (noun) cut
a reduction in sth
a tax/price/job cut; cuts in the budget

12.  cut
an injury from sth sharp
a deep cut on her leg

13.  cut
a hair cut or hair style
My hair needs a cut.; a really nice cut

14.  cut
a hole or mark in a surface
Make a two-inch cut in the material.

15.  cut
sth cut from a piece of writing or film; = deletion
to make cuts to the speech

16.  cut
sb's share of an amount of money
Your cut is 20%.

17.  cut
a cut above
better than others
Her voice is a cut above the rest.

Definition of 'cut'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) cut
gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument

2. (adj) cut
formed or shaped as by cutting; carved

3. (adj) cut
overcome by liquor; tipsy

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

5. (noun) cut
a stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip

6. (noun) cut
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

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

8. (noun) cut
the surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut

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

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

11. (noun) cut
the act of dividing a pack cards

12. (noun) cut
the right to divide; as, whose cut is it?

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

14. (noun) cut
a common work horse; a gelding

15. (noun) cut
the failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise

16. (noun) cut
a skein of yarn

17. cut
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18. (verb) cut
to separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide

19. (verb) cut
to sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap

20. (verb) cut
to sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails

21. (verb) cut
to castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse

22. (verb) cut
to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out

23. (verb) cut
to wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick

24. (verb) cut
to intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles

25. (verb) cut
to refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance

26. (verb) cut
to absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc

27. (verb) cut
to do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well

28. (verb) cut
to admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument

29. (verb) cut
to perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument

30. (verb) cut
to make a stroke with a whip

31. (verb) cut
to interfere, as a horse

32. (verb) cut
to move or make off quickly

33. (verb) cut
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

Translation of 'cut'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.
Afrikaans: knip, sny	Arabic: يَقُص	Bulgarian: срязвам
Brazilian: cortar	Czech: stříhat; řezat	German: schneiden
Danish: skære; beskære; klippe; f	Greek: κόβω	Spanish: cortar
Estonian: lõikama	Farsi: بریدن؛ شکافتن	Finnish: halkaista
French: couper	Hebrew: לַחֲתוֹך	Hindi: चीरना
Croatian: rezati	Hungarian: vág	Indonesian: memotong
Icelandic: skera, klippa	Italian: tagliare	Japanese: 切る
Korean: 절단하다	Lithuanian: karpyti, kirpti, pjau(sty	Latvian: griezt
Malay: potong	Dutch: opensnijden	Norwegian: skjære, kutte, klippe, av
Polish: ciąć	Persian: بریدن؛ شکافتن	Pashto: پریکول، غوڅول
Portuguese: cortar	Romanian: a tăia	Russian: разрезать
Slovak: strihať; rezať	Slovenian: razrezati	Serbian: seći
Swedish: skära, klippa	Thai: ตัด	Turkish: kesmek
Taiwanese: 切，割，剪	Ukrainian: різати; розрізувати	Urdu: کاٹ‍نا
Vietnamese: cắt	Chinese: 切，割，剪
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