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Verb
  • cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
    • the vet gelded the young horse
  • grow through the gums
    • The new tooth is cutting
  • have grow through the gums
    • The baby cut a tooth
  • lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
    • cut bourbon
  • reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
    • The manuscript must be shortened
  • cease, stop
    • cut the noise
    • We had to cut short the conversation
  • have a reducing effect
    • This cuts into my earnings
  • dissolve by breaking down the fat of
    • soap cuts grease
  • weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
    • We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet
  • shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
    • cut my hair
  • refuse to acknowledge
    • She cut him dead at the meeting
  • penetrate injuriously
    • The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead
  • fell by sawing; hew
    • The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia
  • reap or harvest
    • cut grain
  • cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
    • Turn off the stereo, please
    • cut the engine
    • turn out the lights
  • divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
    • Wayne cut
    • She cut the deck for a long time
  • allow incision or separation
    • This bread cuts easily
  • function as a cutting instrument
    • This knife cuts well
  • perform or carry out
    • cut a caper
  • form or shape by cutting or incising
    • cut paper dolls
  • create by duplicating data
    • cut a disk
    • burn a CD
  • record a performance on (a medium)
    • cut a record
  • make a recording of
    • cut the songs
    • She cut all of her major titles again
  • stop filming
    • cut a movie scene
  • make an abrupt change of image or sound
    • cut from one scene to another
  • pass through or across
    • The boat cut the water
  • pass directly and often in haste
    • We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner
  • move (one's fist)
    • his opponent cut upward toward his chin
  • give the appearance or impression of
    • cut a nice figure
  • be able to manage or manage successfully
    • I can't hack it anymore
    • she could not cut the long days in the office
  • intentionally fail to attend
    • cut class
  • cut and assemble the components of
    • edit film
    • cut recording tape
  • make out and issue
    • write out a check
    • cut a ticket
    • Please make the check out to me
  • hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
    • cut a Ping-Pong ball
  • style and tailor in a certain fashion
    • cut a dress
  • form by probing, penetrating, or digging
    • cut a hole
    • cut trenches
    • The sweat cut little rivulets into her face
  • discharge from a group
    • The coach cut two players from the team
  • make an incision or separation
    • cut along the dotted line
  • turn sharply; change direction abruptly
    • The car cut to the left at the intersection
    • The motorbike veered to the right
  • cut down on; make a reduction in
    • reduce your daily fat intake
    • The employer wants to cut back health benefits
  • separate with or as if with an instrument
    • Cut the rope
Adjective
  • mixed with water
    • sold cut whiskey
    • a cup of thinned soup
  • (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
    • the slashed prices attracted buyers
  • (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
    • a cut horse
  • (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
    • the cut pages of the book
  • (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
    • the smell of newly mown hay
  • made neat and tidy by trimming
    • his neatly trimmed hair
  • with parts removed
    • the drastically cut film
  • fashioned or shaped by cutting
    • a well-cut suit
    • cut diamonds
    • cut velvet
  • 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
Noun
  • an unexcused absence from class
    • he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class
  • the act of reducing the amount or number
    • the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget
  • the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
    • the barber gave him a good cut
  • the act of cutting something into parts
    • his cuts were skillful
    • his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess
  • the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
    • his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels
  • 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
  • (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
    • cuts do not bother a good tennis player
  • in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
    • he took a vicious cut at the ball
  • a refusal to recognize someone you know
    • the snub was clearly intentional
  • a canal made by erosion or excavation
  • the style in which a garment is cut
    • a dress of traditional 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
  • 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
  • a remark capable of wounding mentally
    • the unkindest cut of all
  • a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
  • a wound made by cutting
    • he put a bandage over the cut
  • a step on some scale
    • he is a cut above the rest
  • a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
  • (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
    • the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt
  • a share of the profits
    • everyone got a cut of the earnings
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