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cut

/ cut /
adjective satellite/verb

Definitions & Examples

adjective satellite Sense 1
(of a male animal) having the testicles removed
"a cut horse"
Similar:
castrated unsexed
verb Sense 2
make a recording of
"cut the songs"
"She cut all of her major titles again"
Type of:
record tape
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
record a performance on (a medium)
"cut a record"
Type of:
record tape
Verb group:
burn
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 4
create by duplicating data
"cut a disk"
"burn a CD"
Type of:
produce make create
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
form by probing, penetrating, or digging
"cut a hole"
"cut trenches"
"The sweat cut little rivulets into her face"
Type of:
make create
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 6
form or shape by cutting or incising
"cut paper dolls"
Type of:
make create
Derived:
carving cutting cutting off
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 7
style and tailor in a certain fashion
"cut a dress"
Type of:
design
Kinds of:
gore
Derived:
tailor seamster sartor
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
fashion
verb Sense 8
function as a cutting instrument
"This knife cuts well"
Type of:
function work operate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 9
allow incision or separation
"This bread cuts easily"
Type of:
be
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 10
make an incision or separation
"cut along the dotted line"
Derived:
cutting
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 11
divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
"Wayne cut"
"She cut the deck for a long time"
Type of:
shuffle ruffle mix
Derived:
cutting
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 12
separate with or as if with an instrument
"Cut the rope"
Type of:
separate disunite divide
Kinds of:
manicure scissor plane shave slice
Derived:
cutter cutlery cutting tool cutting
See also:
cut away cut out carve cut up dig
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 13
hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
"cut a pingpong ball"
Type of:
hit
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
sport athletics
verb Sense 14
reap or harvest
"cut grain"
Type of:
reap harvest glean
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 15
fell by sawing; hew
"The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia"
Type of:
fell drop strike down
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 16
stop filming
"cut a movie scene"
Type of:
stop
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 17
make an abrupt change of image or sound
"cut from one scene to another"
Type of:
switch shift change
Kinds of:
cut away
Derived:
film editing cutting
See also:
cut to
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 18
pass through or across
"The boat cut the water"
Type of:
transit pass through pass across
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
adjective satellite Sense 19
having a long rip or tear
"a split lip"
Similar:
injured
adjective satellite Sense 20
wounded by cutting deeply
"got a gashed arm in a knife fight"
"had a slashed cheek from the broken glass"
Similar:
injured
adjective satellite Sense 21
cut down
"the tree is down"
Similar:
felled downed
adjective satellite Sense 22
(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
"the slashed prices attracted buyers"
Similar:
decreased reduced
adjective satellite Sense 23
mixed with water
"sold cut whiskey"
"a cup of thinned soup"
Similar:
diluted dilute
adjective Sense 24
fashioned or shaped by cutting
"a well-cut suit"
"cut diamonds"
"cut velvet"
Similar:
cut out hewn hand-hewn sheared slashed
Opposites:
uncut rough
adjective Sense 25
(of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
"the cut pages of the book"
Opposites:
uncut
adjective Sense 26
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"
Similar:
chopped shredded sliced cut up incised perforated pierced perforate
Opposites:
uncut
adjective satellite Sense 27
with parts removed
"the drastically cut film"
Similar:
abridged
verb Sense 28
intentionally fail to attend
"cut class"
Type of:
miss
Kinds of:
bunk off play hooky
Derived:
omission skip skipper
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 29
discharge from a group
"The coach cut two players from the team"
Type of:
free discharge
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 30
give the appearance or impression of
"cut a nice figure"
Type of:
look appear seem
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 31
move (one''s fist)
"his opponent cut upward toward his chin"
Type of:
move
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Domain:
boxing pugilism fisticuffs
verb Sense 32
pass directly and often in haste
"We cut through the neighbor''s yard to get home sooner"
Type of:
pass go through go across
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 33
penetrate injuriously
"The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead"
Type of:
penetrate perforate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
noun Sense 34
a canal made by erosion or excavation
Type of:
canal
verb Sense 35
grow through the gums
"The new tooth is cutting"
Type of:
grow
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
noun Sense 36
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"
Type of:
division
Has parts:
card game cards
noun Sense 37
a step on some scale
"he is a cut above the the rest"
Type of:
gradation step
noun Sense 38
a wound made by cutting
"he put a bandage over the cut"
Type of:
wound lesion
Derived:
slit slice slash gash cut down
noun Sense 39
a share of the profits
"everyone got a cut of the earnings"
Type of:
share portion part
Kinds of:
rake-off vigorish
Has parts:
loot booty pillage
noun Sense 40
a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
Type of:
meat
Kinds of:
roast joint chop chine leg
noun Sense 41
(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
"cuts do not bother a good tennis player"
Type of:
stroke shot
Derived:
undercut
Domain:
tennis lawn tennis badminton
noun Sense 42
(film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
"the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt"
Type of:
transition
Kinds of:
jump cut
noun Sense 43
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"
Type of:
excerpt extract selection
noun Sense 44
a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
Type of:
furrow
noun Sense 45
the style in which a garment is cut
"a dress of traditional cut"
Type of:
fashion
verb Sense 46
have grow through the gums
"The baby cut a tooth"
Type of:
grow develop produce
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 47
the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
"his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
Type of:
opening
Kinds of:
notch nick snick slash gash
verb Sense 48
shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
"cut my hair"
Type of:
shorten
Kinds of:
shave trim crop
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 49
dissolve by breaking down the fat of
"soap cuts grease"
Type of:
dissolve resolve break up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 50
an unexcused absence from class
"he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"
Type of:
absence
verb Sense 51
have a reducing effect
"This cuts into my earnings"
Type of:
decrease lessen minify
Verb group:
reduce cut down cut back trim trim down
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 52
perform or carry out
"cut a caper"
Type of:
perform execute do
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 53
cease, stop
"cut the noise"
"We had to cut short the conversation"
Type of:
interrupt disrupt break up
See also:
interrupt disrupt break up cut off
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 54
the act of reducing the amount or number
"the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"
Type of:
decrease diminution reduction
Kinds of:
budget cut pay cut salary cut cost cutting price cutting
noun Sense 55
the act of shortening something by cutting off the ends
"the barber gave him a good cut"
Type of:
shortening
Kinds of:
clip clipping snip haircut trim
noun Sense 56
the act of cutting something into parts
"his cuts were skillful"
"his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"
Type of:
division
Kinds of:
severance severing dissection scission slicing
verb Sense 57
weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
"We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
Type of:
eliminate get rid of do away with
See also:
restrict curtail curb cut back reduce
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 58
a refusal to recognize someone you know
"the snub was clearly intentional"
Type of:
rebuff slight
Derived:
slight cold-shoulder ignore disregard snub
adjective Sense 59
(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
"the smell of new-mown hay"
Opposites:
unmown uncut
Domain:
vegetation flora
adjective Sense 60
made neat and tidy by trimming
"his neatly trimmed hair"
Similar:
clipped
Opposites:
untrimmed uncut
verb Sense 61
informal: be able to manage or manage successfully
"I can''t hack it anymore"
"she could not cut the long days in the office"
Type of:
cope get by make out
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 62
a remark capable of wounding mentally
"the unkindest cut of all"
Type of:
abuse insult revilement
Derived:
sting
verb Sense 63
cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
"the vet gelded the young horse"
Type of:
emasculate castrate demasculinize
Derived:
gelding
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 64
cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
"Turn off the stereo, please"
"cut the engine"
"turn out the lights"
Opposites:
switch on turn on
Type of:
throw flip switch
Kinds of:
kill
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 65
cut and assemble the components of
"edit film"
"cut recording tape"
Type of:
change alter modify
Derived:
film editing cutting
Verb group:
abridge foreshorten abbreviate shorten contract
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 66
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"
Type of:
editing redaction
Derived:
strike expunge excise delete cancel
noun Sense 67
in baseball; a batter''s attempt to hit a pitched ball
"he took a vicious cut at the ball"
Type of:
stroke shot
verb Sense 68
refuse to acknowledge
"She cut him dead at the meeting"
Type of:
treat handle do by
Derived:
snub cold shoulder
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Something ----s somebody
verb Sense 69
make out and issue
"write out a check"
"cut a ticket"
"Please make the check out to me"
Type of:
write
Kinds of:
check
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 70
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
"cut bourbon"
Type of:
weaken
Kinds of:
water down
Derived:
cutting thinning dilutant diluent thinner
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 71
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened"
Opposites:
elaborate lucubrate expatiate exposit enlarge
Type of:
decrease lessen minify
Kinds of:
bowdlerize bowdlerise expurgate castrate shorten
Derived:
contraction shortener abridger abbreviator condensation
Verb group:
edit edit out
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 72
cut down on; make a reduction in
"reduce your daily fat intake"
"The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
Type of:
decrease lessen minify
Kinds of:
shorten quench retrench slash thin out
Derived:
trim trimming clipping cutback decrease
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 73
turn sharply; change direction abruptly
"The car cut to the left at the intersection"
"The motorbike veered to the right"
Type of:
turn
Kinds of:
peel off yaw
Derived:
swerve swerving veering course trend
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
73
Total Synonyms
25
Total Relationships
313
Times Searched
3
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