'CUT' definitions:

Definition of 'cut'

(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [ant: uncut]
adjective
Fashioned or shaped by cutting; "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet" [ant: rough, uncut]
adjective
With parts removed; "the drastically cut film" [syn: cut, shortened]
adjective
Made neat and tidy by trimming; "his neatly trimmed hair" [syn: trimmed, cut] [ant: uncut, untrimmed]
adjective
(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of newly mown hay" [syn: mown, cut] [ant: uncut, unmown]
adjective
(of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit; "the cut pages of the book" [ant: uncut]
adjective
(of a male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut horse" [syn: cut, emasculated, gelded]
adjective
(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the slashed prices attracted buyers" [syn: cut, slashed]
adjective
Mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup" [syn: cut, thinned, weakened]
noun
A share of the profits; "everyone got a cut of the earnings"
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 trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation [syn: cut, gash]
noun
A step on some scale; "he is a cut above the rest"
noun
A wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut" [syn: cut, gash, slash, slice]
noun
A piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass [syn: cut, cut of meat]
noun
A remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all" [syn: stinger, 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" [syn: cut, track]
noun
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" [syn: deletion, excision, cut]
noun
The style in which a garment is cut; "a dress of traditional cut"
noun
A canal made by erosion or excavation
noun
A refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional" [syn: snub, cut, cold shoulder]
noun
In baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball" [syn: baseball swing, swing, cut]
noun
(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball; "cuts do not bother a good tennis player" [syn: cut, undercut]
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" [syn: cut, cutting]
noun
The act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels" [syn: cut, cutting]
noun
The act of cutting something into parts; "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess" [syn: cut, cutting]
noun
The act of shortening something by chopping off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut" [syn: cut, cutting, cutting off]
noun
The act of reducing the amount or number; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"
noun
An unexcused absence from class; "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"
verb
Separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
verb
Cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" [syn: reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down]
verb
Turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" [syn: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut]
verb
Make an incision or separation; "cut along the dotted line"
verb
Discharge from a group; "The coach cut two players from the team"
verb
Form by probing, penetrating, or digging; "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face"
verb
Style and tailor in a certain fashion; "cut a dress" [syn: cut, tailor]
verb
Hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction; "cut a Ping-Pong ball"
verb
Make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me" [syn: write out, issue, make out, cut]
verb
Cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape" [syn: edit, cut, edit out]
verb
Intentionally fail to attend; "cut class" [syn: cut, skip]
verb
Be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" [syn: hack, cut]
verb
Give the appearance or impression of; "cut a nice figure"
verb
Move (one's fist); "his opponent cut upward toward his chin"
verb
Pass directly and often in haste; "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner"
verb
Pass through or across; "The boat cut the water"
verb
Make an abrupt change of image or sound; "cut from one scene to another"
verb
Stop filming; "cut a movie scene"
verb
Make a recording of; "cut the songs"; "She cut all of her major titles again"
verb
Record a performance on (a medium); "cut a record"
verb
Create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" [syn: cut, burn]
verb
Form or shape by cutting or incising; "cut paper dolls"
verb
Perform or carry out; "cut a caper"
verb
Function as a cutting instrument; "This knife cuts well"
verb
Allow incision or separation; "This bread cuts easily"
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
Cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights" [syn: switch off, cut, turn off, turn out] [ant: switch on, turn on]
verb
Reap or harvest; "cut grain"
verb
Fell by sawing; hew; "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia"
verb
Penetrate injuriously; "The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead"
verb
Refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting" [syn: ignore, disregard, snub, cut]
verb
Shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of; "cut my hair"
verb
Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" [syn: cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise]
verb
Dissolve by breaking down the fat of; "soap cuts grease"
verb
Have a reducing effect; "This cuts into my earnings"
verb
Cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation" [syn: cut, cut off]
verb
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate]
verb
Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" [syn: dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut]
verb
Have grow through the gums; "The baby cut a tooth"
verb
Grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
verb
Cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse" [syn: geld, cut]

Definition of 'Cut'

From: GCIDE
  • Cut \Cut\ (k[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cut; p. pr. & vb. n. Cutting.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach short, docked, cut a bobtail, piece, Ir. cut a short tail, cutach bobtailed. Cf. Coot.]
  • 1. To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide. [1913 Webster]
  • You must cut this flesh from off his breast. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap. [1913 Webster]
  • Thy servants can skill to cut timer. --2. Chron. ii. 8 [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out. [1913 Webster]
  • Why should a man. whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Loopholes cut through thickest shade. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick. [1913 Webster]
  • The man was cut to the heart. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • 9. To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop whenever he can do so with impunity. --Thomas Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. (Cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 11. (Billiards, etc.) To drive (an object ball) to either side by hitting it fine on the other side with the cue ball or another object ball. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 12. (Lawn Tennis, etc.) To strike (a ball) with the racket inclined or struck across the ball so as to put a certain spin on the ball. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 13. (Croquet) To drive (a ball) to one side by hitting with another ball. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • To cut a caper. See under Caper.
  • To cut the cards, to divide a pack of cards into portions, in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change the cards to be dealt.
  • To cut both ways, to have effects both advantageous and disadvantageous.
  • To cut corners, to deliberately do an incomplete or imperfect job in order to save time or money.
  • To cut a dash or To cut a figure, to make a display of oneself; to give a conspicuous impression. [Colloq.]
  • To cut down. (a) To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate. "Timber . . . cut down in the mountains of Cilicia." --Knolles. (b) To put down; to abash; to humble. [Obs] "So great is his natural eloquence, that he cuts down the finest orator." --Addison (c) To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down expenses. (d) (Naut.) To raze; as, to cut down a frigate into a sloop.
  • To cut the knot or To cut the Gordian knot, to dispose of a difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary action, rather than by skill or patience.
  • To cut lots, to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw lots.
  • To cut off. (a) To sever; to separate. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • I would to God, . . . The king had cut off my brother's. --Shak. (b) To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to destroy. "Iren[ae]us was likewise cut off by martyrdom." --Addison. (c) To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut off (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam engine. (d) To intercept; as,, to cut off an enemy's retreat. (e) To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate.
  • To cut out. (a) To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a piece from a board. (b) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment. " A large forest cut out into walks." --Addison. (c) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out work for another day. "Every man had cut out a place for himself." --Addison. (d) To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, to cut out a rival. [Colloq.] (e) To debar. "I am cut out from anything but common acknowledgments." --Pope. (f) To seize and carry off (a vessel) from a harbor, or from under the guns of an enemy. (g) to separate from the midst of a number; as, to cut out a steer from a herd; to cut out a car from a train. (h) to discontinue; as, to cut out smoking.
  • To cut to pieces. (a) To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces. (b) To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces.
  • To cut a play (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out passages, to adapt it for the stage.
  • To cut rates (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for transportation below the rates established between competing lines.
  • To cut short, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a sudden termination. "Achilles cut him short, and thus replied." --Dryden.
  • To cut stick, to make off clandestinely or precipitately. [Slang]
  • To cut teeth, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce through the gum and appear.
  • To have cut one's eyeteeth, to be sharp and knowing. [Colloq.]
  • To cut one's wisdom teeth, to come to years of discretion.
  • To cut under, to undersell; as, to cut under a competitor in trade; more commonly referred to as undercut.
  • To cut up. (a) To cut to pieces; as, to cut up an animal, or bushes. (b) To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; as, to cut up a book or its author by severe criticism. "This doctrine cuts up all government by the roots." --Locke. (c) To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Definition of 'Cut'

From: GCIDE
  • Cut \Cut\ (k[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cut; p. pr. & vb. n. Cutting.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach short, docked, cut a bobtail, piece, Ir. cut a short tail, cutach bobtailed. Cf. Coot.]
  • 1. To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide. [1913 Webster]
  • You must cut this flesh from off his breast. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap. [1913 Webster]
  • Thy servants can skill to cut timer. --2. Chron. ii. 8 [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out. [1913 Webster]
  • Why should a man. whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Loopholes cut through thickest shade. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick. [1913 Webster]
  • The man was cut to the heart. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • 9. To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop whenever he can do so with impunity. --Thomas Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. (Cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 11. (Billiards, etc.) To drive (an object ball) to either side by hitting it fine on the other side with the cue ball or another object ball. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 12. (Lawn Tennis, etc.) To strike (a ball) with the racket inclined or struck across the ball so as to put a certain spin on the ball. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 13. (Croquet) To drive (a ball) to one side by hitting with another ball. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • To cut a caper. See under Caper.
  • To cut the cards, to divide a pack of cards into portions, in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change the cards to be dealt.
  • To cut both ways, to have effects both advantageous and disadvantageous.
  • To cut corners, to deliberately do an incomplete or imperfect job in order to save time or money.
  • To cut a dash or To cut a figure, to make a display of oneself; to give a conspicuous impression. [Colloq.]
  • To cut down. (a) To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate. "Timber . . . cut down in the mountains of Cilicia." --Knolles. (b) To put down; to abash; to humble. [Obs] "So great is his natural eloquence, that he cuts down the finest orator." --Addison (c) To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down expenses. (d) (Naut.) To raze; as, to cut down a frigate into a sloop.
  • To cut the knot or To cut the Gordian knot, to dispose of a difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary action, rather than by skill or patience.
  • To cut lots, to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw lots.
  • To cut off. (a) To sever; to separate. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • I would to God, . . . The king had cut off my brother's. --Shak. (b) To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to destroy. "Iren[ae]us was likewise cut off by martyrdom." --Addison. (c) To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut off (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam engine. (d) To intercept; as,, to cut off an enemy's retreat. (e) To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate.
  • To cut out. (a) To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a piece from a board. (b) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment. " A large forest cut out into walks." --Addison. (c) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out work for another day. "Every man had cut out a place for himself." --Addison. (d) To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, to cut out a rival. [Colloq.] (e) To debar. "I am cut out from anything but common acknowledgments." --Pope. (f) To seize and carry off (a vessel) from a harbor, or from under the guns of an enemy. (g) to separate from the midst of a number; as, to cut out a steer from a herd; to cut out a car from a train. (h) to discontinue; as, to cut out smoking.
  • To cut to pieces. (a) To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces. (b) To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces.
  • To cut a play (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out passages, to adapt it for the stage.
  • To cut rates (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for transportation below the rates established between competing lines.
  • To cut short, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a sudden termination. "Achilles cut him short, and thus replied." --Dryden.
  • To cut stick, to make off clandestinely or precipitately. [Slang]
  • To cut teeth, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce through the gum and appear.
  • To have cut one's eyeteeth, to be sharp and knowing. [Colloq.]
  • To cut one's wisdom teeth, to come to years of discretion.
  • To cut under, to undersell; as, to cut under a competitor in trade; more commonly referred to as undercut.
  • To cut up. (a) To cut to pieces; as, to cut up an animal, or bushes. (b) To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; as, to cut up a book or its author by severe criticism. "This doctrine cuts up all government by the roots." --Locke. (c) To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Definition of 'Cut'

From: GCIDE
  • Cut \Cut\, n.
  • 1. An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, snapped his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad. [1913 Webster]
  • This great cut or ditch Secostris . . . purposed to have made a great deal wider and deeper. --Knolles. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber. [1913 Webster]
  • It should be understood, moreover, . . . that the group are not arbitrary cuts, but natural groups or types. --Dana. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. (a) The act of dividing a pack cards. (b) The right to divide; as, whose cut is it? [1913 Webster]
  • 9. Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment. [1913 Webster]
  • With eyes severe and beard of formal cut. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. A common work horse; a gelding. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • He'll buy me a cut, forth for to ride. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
  • 11. The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise. [College Cant] [1913 Webster]
  • 12. A skein of yarn. --Wright. [1913 Webster]
  • 13. (Lawn Tennis, etc.) A slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin so given to the ball. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 14. (Cricket) A stroke on the off side between point and the wicket; also, one who plays this stroke. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • A cut in rates (Railroad), a reduction in fare, freight charges, etc., below the established rates.
  • A short cut, a cross route which shortens the way and cuts off a circuitous passage.
  • The cut of one's jib, the general appearance of a person. [Colloq.]
  • To draw cuts, to draw lots, as of paper, etc., cut unequal lengths. [1913 Webster]
  • Now draweth cut . . . The which that hath the shortest shall begin. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cut'

From: GCIDE
  • Cut \Cut\ (k[u^]t), v. i.
  • 1. To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument. [1913 Webster]
  • Panels of white wood that cuts like cheese. --Holmes. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument. [1913 Webster]
  • He saved the lives of thousands by his manner of cutting for the stone. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To make a stroke with a whip. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To interfere, as a horse. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To move or make off quickly. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • 7. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • To cut across, to pass over or through in the most direct way; as, to cut across a field.
  • To cut and run, to make off suddenly and quickly; -- from the cutting of a ship's cable, when there is not time to raise the anchor. [Colloq.]
  • To cut in or To cut into, to interrupt; to join in anything suddenly.
  • To cut up. (a) To play pranks. [Colloq.] (b) To divide into portions well or ill; to have the property left at one's death turn out well or poorly when divided among heirs, legatees, etc. [Slang.] "When I die, may I cut up as well as Morgan Pendennis." --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cut'

From: GCIDE
  • Cut \Cut\ (k[u^]t), a.
  • 1. Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Overcome by liquor; tipsy. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
  • Cut and dried, prepered beforehand; not spontaneous.
  • Cut glass, glass having a surface ground and polished in facets or figures.
  • Cut nail, a nail cut by machinery from a rolled plate of iron, in distinction from a wrought nail.
  • Cut stone, stone hewn or chiseled to shape after having been split from the quarry. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'cut'

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Acronyms for 'cut'

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