cut
pronunciation
How to pronounce cut in British English:
UK [kʌt]
How to pronounce cut in American English:
US [kʌt]
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- Noun:
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- a wound made by cutting
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- a share of the profits
- a step on some scale
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- the style in which a garment is cut
- the act of shortening something by cutting off the ends
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- an unexcused absence from class
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- Verb:
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- make an incision or separation
- discharge from a group
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- make out and issue
- cut and assemble the components of
- intentionally fail to attend
- informal: be able to manage or manage successfully
- give the appearance or impression of
- move (one's fist)
- pass directly and often in haste
- pass through or across
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- stop filming
- make a recording of
- record a performance on (a medium)
- create by duplicating data
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- perform or carry out
- function as a cutting instrument
- allow incision or separation
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- reap or harvest
- fell by sawing; hew
- penetrate injuriously
- refuse to acknowledge
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- have a reducing effect
- cease, stop
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- have grow through the gums
- grow through the gums
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
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- Adjective:
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
- with parts removed
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
- (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
- having a long rip or tear
- wounded by cutting deeply
- cut down
- (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
- mixed with water
Word Origin
- cut
- cut: [13] There is no direct evidence that Old English had the word cut – the Old English terms were sceran ‘shear’, ceorfan ‘carve’, and hēawan ‘hew’ – but many etymologists have speculated that a pre-Conquest *cyttan did exist. Forms such as Norwegian kutte ‘cut’, Swedish kåta ‘whittle’, and Icelandic kuta ‘cut with a knife’ suggest an origin in a North Germanīc base *kut-.
- cut (v.)
- late 13c., possibly Scandinavian, from North Germanic *kut- (cognates: Swedish dialectal kuta "to cut," kuta "knife," Old Norse kuti "knife"), or from Old French couteau "knife." Replaced Old English ceorfan (see carve (v.)), sniþan, and scieran (see shear). Meaning "to be absent without excuse" is British university slang from 1794. To cut a pack of cards is from 1590s. Related: Cutting.
- cut (n.)
- 1520s, "gash, incision," from cut (v.); meaning "piece cut off" is from 1590s; sense of "a wounding sarcasm" is from 1560s.
Example
- 1. I would cut overseas spending .
- 2. Will consumers cut spending further ?
- 3. Other things may be cut .
- 4. I cut all ties with the children in the neighborhood .
- 5. But I really don 't intend to cut my ties here .