What is the meaning of the word "cut"?
Definitions:
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(film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next noun
- the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt
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(of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit adjective
- the cut pages of the book
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(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball noun
- cuts do not bother a good tennis player
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a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc noun
- I played the first cut on the cd.
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a male animal, whose testicles are removed adjective
- The cut horse was more docile.
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a remark capable of wounding mentally noun
- the unkindest cut of all
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a share of the profits noun
- everyone got a cut of the earnings
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a step on some scale noun
- They are a cut above the rest.
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a wound made by cutting noun
- I put a bandage over the cut.
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an unexcused absence from class noun
- I was punished for taking too many cuts in my math class.
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fashioned or shaped by cutting adjective
- a wellcut suit
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mixed with water adjective
- sold cut whiskey
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separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument adjective
- the cut surface was mottled
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the act of cutting something into parts noun
- Their cuts were skillful.
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the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge noun
- The cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels.
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the act of reducing the amount or number noun
- the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget
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the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends noun
- The barber gave me a good cut.
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the division of a deck of cards before dealing noun
- They insisted that we give them the last cut before every deal.
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the style in which a garment is cut noun
- a dress of traditional cut
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to allow incision or separation verb
- This bread cuts easily
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to cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch verb
- Cut the lights!
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to cease, stop verb
- cut the noise
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to create by duplicating data verb
- We cut a disk.
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to discharge from a group verb
- The coach cut two players from the team.
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to dissolve by breaking down the fat of verb
- soap cuts grease
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to divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult verb
- Wayne cut
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to form by probing, penetrating, or digging verb
- We cut a hole.
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to form or shape by cutting or incising verb
- They cut paper dolls for the children.
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to function as a cutting instrument verb
- This knife cuts well
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to give the appearance or impression of verb
- cut a nice figure
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to grow through the gums verb
- The new tooth is cutting, which causes the baby pain.
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to have a reducing effect verb
- This cuts into my earnings
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to have grow through the gums verb
- The baby cut a tooth
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to hit a ball with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction verb
- I cut a pingpong ball, catching my opponent offguard.
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to intentionally fail to attend verb
- I cut gym class all year.
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to lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture verb
- cut bourbon
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to make a recording of verb
- We cut the record in three days.
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to make an abrupt change of image or sound verb
- They cut from one scene to another.
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to make an incision or separation verb
- cut along the dotted line
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to move one's fist verb
- The boxer cut upward toward their opponent's chin.
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to pass directly and often in haste verb
- We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner
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to pass through or across verb
- The boat cut the water
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to penetrate injuriously verb
- The glass from the shattered windshield cut deep into the skin.
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to perform or carry out verb
- cut a caper
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to reap or harvest verb
- cut grain
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to record a performance on a medium verb
- cut a record
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to refuse to acknowledge verb
- I cut them dead at the meeting.
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to shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of verb
- cut my hair
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to stop filming something verb
- The director told me to cut filming.
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to style and tailor in a certain fashion verb
- cut a dress
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to weed out unwanted or unnecessary things verb
- We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet
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with parts removed adjective
- the drastically cut film
Synonyms:
- bring down
- burn
- cold shoulder
- contract
- curve
- cut back
- cut down
- cut of meat
- cut off
- cutting
- cutting off
- disregard
- edit
- edit out
- emasculated
- excision
- gash
- geld
- gelded
- hack
- issue
- make
- mown
- prune
- rationalise
- rationalize
- reduce
- shortened
- skip
- slash
- slashed
- stinger
- swing
- switch off
- tailor
- thin
- thinned
- track
- trim
- trim back
- trim down
- trimmed
- turn off
- turn out
- undercut
- weakened
NearBy Words:
- cut-and-dried
- cut-and-dry
- cut-and-thrust
- cut-in
- cut-price
- cut-rate
- cut-up
- cutaneal
- cutaneous
- cutaway
- cutback
- cutch
- cute
- cutely
- cuteness
- cuterebra
- cuterebridae
- cuticle
- cuticula
- cuticular
- cutin
- cutinise
- cutinize
- cutis
- cutlas
- cutlass
- cutlassfish
- cutler
- cutlery
- cutlet
- cutoff
- cutout
- cutpurse
- cuttable
- cutter
- cutthroat
- cutting
- cutting-edge
- cuttingly
- cuttle
- cuttlefish
- cutwork
- cutworm