CUT
/kĘt/ ► audio Scrabble 5 Words With Friends 7
Definition
- adjective separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument.
- adjective fashioned or shaped by cutting.
- adjective with parts removed.
— synonyms: shortened
- adjective made neat and tidy by trimming.
— synonyms: trimmed
- adjective (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine.
— synonyms: mown
- adjective (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit.
- adjective (of a male animal) having the testicles removed.
— synonyms: emasculated, gelded
- adjective (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply.
— synonyms: slashed
- adjective mixed with water.
— synonyms: thinned, weakened
- noun a share of the profits.
- noun (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next.
- noun a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation.
— synonyms: gash
- noun a step on some scale.
- noun a wound made by cutting.
— synonyms: gash, slash, slice
- noun a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass.
— synonyms: cut_of_meat
- noun a remark capable of wounding mentally.
— synonyms: stinger
- noun a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc.
— synonyms: track
- noun the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage.
— synonyms: deletion, excision
- noun the style in which a garment is cut.
- noun a canal made by erosion or excavation.
- noun a refusal to recognize someone you know.
— synonyms: snub, cold_shoulder
- noun in baseball.
— synonyms: baseball_swing, swing
- noun (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball.
— synonyms: undercut
- noun the division of a deck of cards before dealing.
— synonyms: cutting
- noun the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge.
— synonyms: cutting
- noun the act of cutting something into parts.
— synonyms: cutting
- noun the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends.
— synonyms: cutting, cutting_off
- noun the act of reducing the amount or number.
- noun an unexcused absence from class.
- verb separate with or as if with an instrument.
- verb cut down on.
— synonyms: reduce, cut_down, cut_back, trim, trim_down, trim_back, bring_down
- verb turn sharply.
— synonyms: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew
- verb make an incision or separation.
- verb discharge from a group.
- verb form by probing, penetrating, or digging.
- verb style and tailor in a certain fashion.
— synonyms: tailor
- verb hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction.
- verb make out and issue.
— synonyms: write_out, issue, make_out
- verb cut and assemble the components of.
— synonyms: edit, edit_out
- verb intentionally fail to attend.
— synonyms: skip
- verb be able to manage or manage successfully.
— synonyms: hack
- verb give the appearance or impression of.
- verb move (one's fist).
- verb pass directly and often in haste.
- verb pass through or across.
- verb make an abrupt change of image or sound.
- verb stop filming.
- verb make a recording of.
- verb record a performance on (a medium).
- verb create by duplicating data.
— synonyms: burn
- verb form or shape by cutting or incising.
- verb perform or carry out.
- verb function as a cutting instrument.
- verb allow incision or separation.
- verb divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult.
- verb cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch.
— synonyms: switch_off, turn_off, turn_out
- verb reap or harvest.
- verb fell by sawing.
- verb penetrate injuriously.
- verb refuse to acknowledge.
— synonyms: ignore, disregard, snub
- verb shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of.
- verb weed out unwanted or unnecessary things.
— synonyms: prune, rationalize, rationalise
- verb dissolve by breaking down the fat of.
- verb have a reducing effect.
- verb cease, stop.
— synonyms: cut_off
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.
— synonyms: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, contract, reduce
- verb lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture.
— synonyms: dilute, thin, thin_out, reduce
- verb have grow through the gums.
- verb grow through the gums.
- verb cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses).
— synonyms: geld
Examples
- “He made a fine cut with his sword.”
- “a smooth or clear cut”
- “Look at this cut on my finger!”
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