cut (kʌt
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: cuts, cutting, cut
- to open up or incise (a person or thing) with a sharp edge or instrument; gash
- (of a sharp instrument) to penetrate or incise (a person or thing)
- to divide or be divided with or as if with a sharp instrument ⇒
cut a slice of bread
- (intr) to use a sharp-edged instrument or an instrument that cuts
- (tr) to trim or prune by or as if by clipping ⇒
to cut hair
- (tr) to reap or mow (a crop, grass, etc)
- (tr) to geld or castrate
- (tr) out to make, form, or shape by cutting ⇒
to cut a suit
- (tr) to hollow or dig out; excavate ⇒
to cut a tunnel through the mountain
- to strike (an object) sharply
- (tr) sport to hit (a ball) with a downward slicing stroke so as to impart spin or cause it to fall short
- cricket to hit (the ball) to the off side, usually between cover and third man, with a roughly horizontal bat
- to hurt or wound the feelings of (a person), esp by malicious speech or action
- (tr) informal to refuse to recognize; snub
- (tr) informal to absent oneself from (an activity, location, etc), esp without permission or in haste ⇒
to cut class
- (tr) to abridge, shorten, or edit by excising a part or parts
- (tr) down to lower, reduce, or curtail ⇒
to cut losses
- (tr) to dilute or weaken ⇒
heroin that was cut with nontoxic elements
- (tr) to dissolve or break up ⇒
to cut fat
- intr, foll by across or through to cross or traverse ⇒
the footpath cuts through the field
- (intr) to make a sharp or sudden change in direction; veer
- to grow (teeth) through the gums or (of teeth) to appear through the gums
- (intr) cinema
- to call a halt to a shooting sequence
- (foll by to) to move quickly to another scene
- cinema to edit (film)
- (tr) to switch off (a light, car engine, etc)
- (tr) (of a performer, recording company, etc) to make (a record or tape of a song, concert, performance, etc)
- cards
- to divide (the pack) at random into two parts after shuffling
- (intr) to pick cards from a spread pack to decide dealer, partners, etc
- (tr) to remove (material) from an object by means of a chisel, lathe, etc
- (tr) (of a tool) to bite into (an object)
- (intr) (of a horse) to injure the leg just above the hoof by a blow from the opposite foot
- See cut a caper
- See cut both ways
- See cut a dash
- See cut a person dead
- See cut a good figure
- See cut a poor figure
- See cut and run
- See cut it
- See cut it fine
- See cut corners
- See cut loose
- See cut no ice
- See cut one's losses
- See cut one's teeth on
adjective
- detached, divided, or separated by cutting
- botany incised or divided ⇒
cut leaves
- made, shaped, or fashioned by cutting
- reduced or diminished by or as if by cutting ⇒
cut prices
- gelded or castrated
- weakened or diluted
- British a slang word for drunk
- hurt; resentful
- See cut and dried
- See cut lunch
noun
- the act of cutting
- a stroke or incision made by cutting; gash
- a piece or part cut off, esp a section of food cut from the whole ⇒
a cut of meat
- the edge of anything cut or sliced
- a passage, channel, path, etc, cut or hollowed out
- an omission or deletion, esp in a text, film, or play
- a reduction in price, salary, etc
- a decrease in government finance in a particular department or area, usually leading to a reduction of services, staff numbers, etc
- short for power cut
- mainly US Canadian a quantity of timber cut during a specific time or operation
- informal a portion or share
- informal a straw, slip of paper, etc, used in drawing lots
- the manner or style in which a thing, esp a garment, is cut; fashion
- Irish informal a person's general appearance ⇒
I didn't like the cut of him
- Irish derogatory a dirty or untidy condition ⇒
look at the cut of your shoes
- Irish informal a person's general appearance ⇒
- a direct route; short cut
- the US name for block (sense 15)
- sport the spin of a cut ball
- cricket a stroke made with the bat in a roughly horizontal position
- cinema an immediate transition from one shot to the next, brought about by splicing the two shots together
- informal an individual piece of music on a record; track
- words or an action that hurt another person's feelings
- a refusal to recognize an acquaintance; snub
- informal mainly US an unauthorized absence, esp from a school class
- chemistry a fraction obtained in distillation, as in oil refining
- the metal removed in a single pass of a machine tool
- the shape of the teeth of a file
- their coarseness or fineness
- British a stretch of water, esp a canal
- See a cut above
- See make the cut
- See miss the cut
Word Origin
C13: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian kutte to cut, Icelandic kuti small knifeSynonyms
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shape,
carve,
engrave,
chisel,
form,
score,
fashion,
chip,
sculpture,
whittle,
sculpt,
inscribe,
hew,
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reduce,
lower,
slim (down)
diminish,
slash,
decrease,
cut back,
rationalize,
ease up on
downsize,
kennet
jeff,
Translations
- British English:
cut
A cut is a place on your skin where something sharp has gone through it.He had a cut on his cheek.kʌt NOUN He had a cut on his cheek.
- Spanish:
corte
nm
- French:
coupure
nf
- German:
Schnitt
nm
- Chinese: 切口 n
- Arabic: جُرْح n
- Portuguese: corte nm
- Russian: порез nm
- Croatian: rez nm
- Czech: stříhání nnt
- Danish: klip nnt
- Dutch: snee n
- Finnish: leikkaus n
- Greek: κόψιμο nnt
- Italian: taglio nm
- Japanese: 切断 n
- Korean: 절단 n
- Norwegian: kutt nnt
- Polish: cięcie nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: corte nm
- European Spanish:
corte
nm
- Swedish: skärsår nnt
- Thai: การลดลง n
- Turkish: kesme n
- Vietnamese: sự cắt n
- British English:
cut
If you cut something, you use a knife or scissors to divide it into pieces.We cut the cake. You can hear the saw as it cuts through the wood.kʌt VERB We cut the cake. You can hear the saw as it cuts through the wood.
- Spanish:
cortar
v
- French:
couper
vt
- German:
schneiden
v
- Chinese: 切 v
- Arabic: يُقَطِّعُ v
- Portuguese: cortar v
- Russian: резать v
- Croatian: sjeći v
- Czech: střihnout v stříhat
- Danish: skære v
- Dutch: snijden v
- Finnish: leikata v
- Greek: κόβω v
- Italian: tagliare v
- Japanese: 切る v
- Korean: 절단하다 v
- Norwegian: skjære v
- Polish: uciąć v ciąć
- Brazilian Portuguese: cortar v
- European Spanish:
cortar
v
- Swedish: skära v
- Thai: ตัด v
- Turkish: kesmek v
- Vietnamese: cắt v
Usage examples
He had cut their throats, catching their blood in his golden cup.
, LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)After we had cut Henry free and replaced the slats on the bridge, we then had the hard task of telling his wife.
Country Life (2004)These committees will work out how to manage each hospital's beds in order to cut down on the queues in A&E departments.
Irish Times (2002)The European Tour event is playing catch up after the weather cut the second round short yesterday.
Glasgow Herald (2001)There was a constant call for new and sharper blades so rigging and the mast section could be cut.
, FATAL STORM (2001)