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1. | [ verb ] separate with or as if with an instrument | |
Examples: | "Cut the rope" |
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Related terms: | separate bore carve pare slash tap fell bevel carve sever slash carve nip slit plane rip chop slice nick incise chop chatter dissect saw mow bisect nick trisect cut_away chip scissor circumcise furrow cube trench whittle dock cut_out tomahawk sabre rebate cradle indent pink chase mortise shear indent hack undercut trench crosscut jag manicure hob julienne dig carve cut_out chip cut_away scratch_out cut_out cutter | |
2. | [ noun ] (music,fine art,writing) a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc | |
Synonyms: | track | |
Examples: | "he played the first cut on the cd" "the title track of the album" |
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Related terms: | excerpt | |
3. | [ verb ] cut down on; make a reduction in | |
Synonyms: | reduce cut_down trim trim_down cut_back bring_down trim_back | |
Examples: | "reduce your daily fat intake" "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
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Related terms: | decrease shorten slash take_away thin_out shave deflate inflate thin quench retrench trim | |
4. | [ adjective ] separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument | |
Examples: | "the cut surface was mottled" "cut tobacco" "blood from his cut forehead" "bandages on her cut wrists" |
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Related terms: | uncut pierced severed incised perforated crosscut split cut_up chopped | |
5. | [ verb ] (transportation) turn sharply; change direction abruptly | |
Synonyms: | veer swerve curve sheer slue slew trend | |
Examples: | "The car cut to the left at the intersection" "The motorbike veered to the right" |
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Related terms: | turn peel_off yaw bend swerve yaw | |
6. | [ verb ] make an incision or separation | |
Examples: | "cut along the dotted line" |
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7. | [ adjective ] with parts removed | |
Synonyms: | shortened | |
Examples: | "the drastically cut film" |
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Related terms: | abridged | |
8. | [ verb ] form by probing, penetrating, or digging | |
Examples: | "cut a hole" "cut trenches" "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face" |
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Related terms: | make | |
9. | [ noun ] (business) a share of the profits | |
Examples: | "everyone got a cut of the earnings" |
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Related terms: | share rake-off loot | |
10. | [ noun ] a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation | |
Synonyms: | gash | |
Related terms: | furrow | |
11. | [ verb ] cut and assemble the components of | |
Synonyms: | edit_out edit | |
Examples: | "edit film" "cut recording tape" |
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Related terms: | change abridge | |
12. | [ noun ] (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next | |
Examples: | "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt" |
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Related terms: | transition jump_cut | |
13. | [ verb ] (clothing) style and tailor in a certain fashion | |
Synonyms: | tailor style | |
Examples: | "cut a dress" "style a wedding dress" |
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Related terms: | design gore fashion | |
14. | [ verb ] discharge from a group | |
Examples: | "The coach cut two players from the team" |
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Related terms: | free | |
15. | [ verb ] (writing) make out and issue | |
Synonyms: | make_out issue write_out | |
Examples: | "write out a check" "cut a ticket" "Please make the check out to me" |
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Related terms: | write check | |
16. | [ verb ] hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction | |
Examples: | "cut a pingpong ball" |
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Related terms: | hit sport | |
17. | [ adjective ] fashioned or shaped by cutting | |
Examples: | "a well-cut suit" "cut diamonds" "cut velvet" |
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Related terms: | uncut slashed hewn slit sheared cut_out | |
18. | [ noun ] (chemistry,food) a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass | |
Synonyms: | cut_of_meat | |
Related terms: | meat steak side sirloin hindquarter rib tenderloin cut_of_beef shank leg chine cut_of_pork brisket shin loin forequarter neck cut_of_veal cut_of_mutton cut_of_lamb saddle rack chop roast | |
19. | [ verb ] fell by sawing; hew | |
Examples: | "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia" |
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Related terms: | fell | |
20. | [ noun ] (baseball,sport) in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball | |
Synonyms: | swing baseball_swing | |
Examples: | "he took a vicious cut at the ball" |
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Related terms: | stroke | |
21. | [ noun ] (medicine) a wound made by cutting | |
Synonyms: | slice slash gash | |
Examples: | "he put a bandage over the cut" |
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Related terms: | wound slash slit | |
22. | [ noun ] a step on some scale | |
Examples: | "he is a cut above the rest" |
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Related terms: | gradation | |
23. | [ noun ] a refusal to recognize someone you know | |
Synonyms: | cold_shoulder snub | |
Examples: | "the snub was clearly intentional" |
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Related terms: | rebuff cold-shoulder | |
24. | [ noun ] the act of cutting something into parts | |
Synonyms: | cutting | |
Examples: | "his cuts were skillful" "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess" |
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Related terms: | division dissection severance slicing undercut scission | |
25. | [ verb ] (cards) divide a deck of cards into two parts to make selection difficult | |
Examples: | "Wayne cut" |
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Related terms: | shuffle | |
26. | [ verb ] have grow through the gums | |
Examples: | "The baby cut a tooth" |
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Related terms: | grow | |
27. | [ verb ] grow through the gums | |
Examples: | "The new tooth is cutting" |
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Related terms: | grow | |
28. | [ verb ] perform or carry out | |
Examples: | "cut a caper" |
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Related terms: | perform | |
29. | [ verb ] lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture | |
Synonyms: | dilute reduce thin_out thin | |
Examples: | "cut bourbon" |
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Related terms: | weaken water_down dilution dilution cutting diluent | |
30. | [ noun ] a canal made by erosion or excavation | |
Related terms: | canal | |
31. | [ adjective ] mixed with water | |
Synonyms: | weakened thinned | |
Examples: | "sold cut whiskey" "a cup of thinned soup" |
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Related terms: | diluted | |
32. | [ verb ] penetrate injuriously | |
Examples: | "The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead" |
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Related terms: | penetrate | |
33. | [ adjective ] wounded by cutting deeply | |
Synonyms: | slashed gashed | |
Examples: | "got a gashed arm in a knife fight" "had a slashed cheek from the broken glass" |
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Related terms: | injured | |
34. | [ verb ] (agriculture) reap or harvest | |
Examples: | "cut grain" |
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Related terms: | reap | |
35. | [ adjective ] made neat and tidy by trimming | |
Synonyms: | trimmed | |
Examples: | "his neatly trimmed hair" |
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Related terms: | untrimmed clipped | |
36. | [ verb ] cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch | |
Synonyms: | turn_off switch_off turn_out | |
Examples: | "Turn off the stereo, please" "cut the engine" "turn out the lights" |
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Related terms: | switch_on throw kill | |
37. | [ noun ] the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge | |
Synonyms: | cutting | |
Examples: | "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels" |
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Related terms: | opening incision slash notch | |
38. | [ verb ] (cards) divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult | |
Examples: | "Wayne cut" "She cut the deck for a long time" |
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Related terms: | shuffle | |
39. | [ noun ] the act of reducing the amount or number | |
Examples: | "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget" |
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Related terms: | decrease price_cutting pay_cut cost_cutting spending_cut taxcut budget_cut | |
40. | [ verb ] reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | |
Synonyms: | shorten foreshorten abridge contract reduce abbreviate | |
Examples: | "The manuscript must be shortened" |
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Related terms: | elaborate decrease condense bowdlerize condensation contraction abridger | |
41. | [ verb ] allow incision or separation | |
Examples: | "This bread cuts easily" |
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Related terms: | be | |
42. | [ verb ] function as a cutting instrument | |
Examples: | "This knife cuts well" |
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Related terms: | go | |
43. | [ verb ] make a recording of | |
Examples: | "cut the songs" "She cut all of her major titles again" |
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Related terms: | record | |
44. | [ verb ] stop filming | |
Examples: | "cut a movie scene" |
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Related terms: | stop | |
45. | [ verb ] form or shape by cutting or incising | |
Synonyms: | cut_out | |
Examples: | "cut out paper dolls" |
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Related terms: | make carving | |
46. | [ verb ] cease, stop | |
Synonyms: | cut_off | |
Examples: | : "cut the noise" "We had to cut short the conversation" |
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Related terms: | interrupt interrupt | |
47. | [ verb ] create by recording electronically | |
Examples: | "cut a disk" "cut a CD" |
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Related terms: | produce | |
48. | [ verb ] record a performance on | |
Synonyms: | burn | |
Examples: | "cut a record" |
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Related terms: | produce record | |
49. | [ noun ] (psychology,clothing) the style in which a garment is cut | |
Examples: | "a dress of traditional cut" |
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Related terms: | fashion | |
50. | [ verb ] pass through or across | |
Examples: | "The boat cut the water" |
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Related terms: | transit | |
51. | [ verb ] make an abrupt change of image or sound | |
Examples: | "cut from one scene to another" |
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Related terms: | switch cut_away cut_to | |
52. | [ verb ] pass directly and often in haste | |
Examples: | "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner" |
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Related terms: | pass | |
53. | [ verb ] reduce in amount | |
Examples: | "This cuts into my earnings" |
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Related terms: | reduce decrease reduce | |
54. | [ noun ] (writing) the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage | |
Synonyms: | excision deletion | |
Examples: | "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors" "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause" |
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Related terms: | editing strike | |
55. | [ noun ] (cards) the division of a deck of cards before dealing | |
Synonyms: | cutting | |
Examples: | "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal" "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual" |
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Related terms: | division card_game | |
56. | [ verb ] give the appearance or impression of | |
Examples: | "cut a nice figure" |
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Related terms: | look | |
57. | [ verb ] (boxing) move, as of a fist in boxing | |
Examples: | "his opponent cut upward toward his chin" |
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Related terms: | move boxing | |
58. | [ verb ] informal: be able to manage or manage successfully | |
Synonyms: | hack | |
Examples: | "I can't hack it anymore" "she could not cut the long days in the office" |
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Related terms: | cope | |
59. | [ verb ] weed out unwanted or unnecessary things | |
Synonyms: | rationalize rationalise prune | |
Examples: | "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" |
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Related terms: | eliminate reduce restrict cut_out | |
60. | [ verb ] dissolve by breaking down the fat of | |
Examples: | "soap cuts grease" |
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Related terms: | dissolve | |
61. | [ verb ] intentionally fail to attend | |
Synonyms: | skip | |
Examples: | : "cut class" |
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Related terms: | miss bunk_off omission | |
62. | [ verb ] shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of | |
Examples: | "cut my hair" |
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Related terms: | shorten crop shave | |
63. | [ adjective ] (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit | |
Examples: | "the cut pages of the book" |
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Related terms: | uncut | |
64. | [ verb ] refuse to acknowledge | |
Synonyms: | ignore snub disregard | |
Examples: | "She cut him dead at the meeting" |
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Related terms: | treat snub | |
65. | [ adjective ] (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply | |
Synonyms: | slashed | |
Examples: | "the slashed prices attracted buyers" |
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Related terms: | decreased | |
66. | [ adjective ] cut down | |
Synonyms: | down cut_down | |
Examples: | "the tree is down" |
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Related terms: | felled | |
67. | [ noun ] a remark capable of wounding mentally | |
Synonyms: | stinger | |
Examples: | "the unkindest cut of all" |
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Related terms: | abuse sting | |
68. | [ adjective ] having a long rip or tear | |
Synonyms: | split | |
Examples: | "a split lip" |
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Related terms: | injured | |
69. | [ adjective ] (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine | |
Synonyms: | mown | |
Examples: | "the smell of new-mown hay" |
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Related terms: | unmown vegetation | |
70. | [ adjective ] (of a male animal) having the testicles removed | |
Synonyms: | gelded emasculated | |
Examples: | "a cut horse" |
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Related terms: | castrated | |
71. | [ noun ] (sport,tennis) a stroke (in tennis or badminton or squash) that puts reverse spin on the ball | |
Synonyms: | undercut | |
Examples: | "cuts do not bother a good tennis player" |
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Related terms: | stroke tennis squash badminton undercut | |
72. | [ noun ] the act of shortening something by cutting off the ends | |
Synonyms: | cutting_off cutting | |
Examples: | "the barber gave him a good cut" |
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Related terms: | shortening trim haircut shearing clip | |
73. | [ verb ] cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses) | |
Synonyms: | geld | |
Examples: | "the vet gelded the young horse" |
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Related terms: | emasculate gelding | |
74. | [ verb ] record a performance on (a medium) | |
Examples: | "cut a record" |
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Related terms: | record | |
75. | [ noun ] an unexcused absence from class | |
Examples: | "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class" |
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Related terms: | absence | |
Similar spelling: |
cute Cueto cut_to cud Cude Cudd cuddy |