What is the meaning of cut?

noun

• A share of the profits.
  • usage: "everyone got a cut of the earnings"
• Film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next. (
  • usage: "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt"
• A trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation.
  • synonyms: gash
• A step on some scale.
  • usage: "he is a cut above the rest"
• A wound made by cutting.
  • usage: "he put a bandage over the cut"
  • synonyms: gash, slash, slice
• A piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass.
  • synonyms: cut of meat
• A remark capable of wounding mentally.
  • usage: "the unkindest cut of all"
  • synonyms: stinger
• A distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc.
  • usage: "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album"
  • synonyms: track
• The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage.
  • usage: "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause"
  • synonyms: deletion, excision
• The style in which a garment is cut.
  • usage: "a dress of traditional cut"
• A canal made by erosion or excavation.
• A refusal to recognize someone you know.
  • usage: "the snub was clearly intentional"
  • synonyms: snub, cold shoulder
• In baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball.
  • usage: "he took a vicious cut at the ball"
  • synonyms: baseball swing, swing
• Sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball. (
  • usage: "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"
  • synonyms: undercut
• The division of a deck of cards before dealing.
  • usage: "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"; "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual"
  • synonyms: cutting
• The act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge.
  • usage: "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
  • synonyms: cutting
• The act of cutting something into parts.
  • usage: "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"
  • synonyms: cutting
• The act of shortening something by chopping off the ends.
  • usage: "the barber gave him a good cut"
  • synonyms: cutting, cutting off
• The act of reducing the amount or number.
  • usage: "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"
• An unexcused absence from class.
  • usage: "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"

verb

• Separate with or as if with an instrument.
  • usage: "Cut the rope"
• Cut down on; make a reduction in.
  • usage: "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
  • synonyms: reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, bring down
• Turn sharply; change direction abruptly.
  • usage: "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
  • synonyms: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew
• Make an incision or separation.
  • usage: "cut along the dotted line"
• Discharge from a group.
  • usage: "The coach cut two players from the team"
• Form by probing, penetrating, or digging.
  • usage: "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face"
• Style and tailor in a certain fashion.
  • usage: "cut a dress"
  • synonyms: tailor
• Hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction.
  • usage: "cut a Ping-Pong ball"
• Make out and issue.
  • usage: "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"
  • synonyms: write out, issue, make out
• Cut and assemble the components of.
  • usage: "edit film"; "cut recording tape"
  • synonyms: edit, edit out
• Intentionally fail to attend.
  • usage: "cut class"
  • synonyms: skip
• Be able to manage or manage successfully.
  • usage: "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
  • synonyms: hack
• Give the appearance or impression of.
  • usage: "cut a nice figure"
• Move (one's fist. )
  • usage: "his opponent cut upward toward his chin"
• Pass directly and often in haste.
  • usage: "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner"
• Pass through or across.
  • usage: "The boat cut the water"
• Make an abrupt change of image or sound.
  • usage: "cut from one scene to another"
• Stop filming.
  • usage: "cut a movie scene"
• Make a recording of.
  • usage: "cut the songs"; "She cut all of her major titles again"
• Record a performance on (a medium. )
  • usage: "cut a record"
• Create by duplicating data.
  • usage: "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"
  • synonyms: burn
• Form or shape by cutting or incising.
  • usage: "cut paper dolls"
• Perform or carry out.
  • usage: "cut a caper"
• Function as a cutting instrument.
  • usage: "This knife cuts well"
• Allow incision or separation.
  • usage: "This bread cuts easily"
• Divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult.
  • usage: "Wayne cut"; "She cut the deck for a long time"
• Cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch.
  • usage: "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"
  • synonyms: switch off, turn off, turn out
• Reap or harvest.
  • usage: "cut grain"
• Fell by sawing; hew.
  • usage: "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia"
• Penetrate injuriously.
  • usage: "The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead"
• Refuse to acknowledge.
  • usage: "She cut him dead at the meeting"
  • synonyms: ignore, disregard, snub
• Shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of.
  • usage: "cut my hair"
• Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things.
  • usage: "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
  • synonyms: prune, rationalize, rationalise
• Dissolve by breaking down the fat of.
  • usage: "soap cuts grease"
• Have a reducing effect.
  • usage: "This cuts into my earnings"
• Cease, stop.
  • usage: "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"
  • synonyms: cut off
• Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.
  • usage: "The manuscript must be shortened"
  • synonyms: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, contract, reduce
• Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture.
  • usage: "cut bourbon"
  • synonyms: dilute, thin, thin out, reduce
• Have grow through the gums.
  • usage: "The baby cut a tooth"
• Grow through the gums.
  • usage: "The new tooth is cutting"
• Cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses. )
  • usage: "the vet gelded the young horse"
  • synonyms: geld

adjective

• Separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument.
  • usage: "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists"
• Fashioned or shaped by cutting.
  • usage: "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet"
• With parts removed.
  • usage: "the drastically cut film"
  • synonyms: shortened
• Made neat and tidy by trimming.
  • usage: "his neatly trimmed hair"
  • synonyms: trimmed
• Used of grass or vegetation. ( cut down with a hand implement or machine)
  • usage: "the smell of newly mown hay"
  • synonyms: mown
• Of pages of a book. ( having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit)
  • usage: "the cut pages of the book"
• Of a male animal. ( having the testicles removed)
  • usage: "a cut horse"
  • synonyms: emasculated, gelded
• Used of rates or prices. ( reduced usually sharply)
  • usage: "the slashed prices attracted buyers"
  • synonyms: slashed
• Mixed with water.
  • usage: "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup"
  • synonyms: thinned, weakened