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cross·cut

Audio Help [kraws-kuht, kros-] Pronunciation Key adjective, noun, verb, -cut, -cut·ting.

–adjective

1.	made or used for cutting crosswise.

2.	cut across the grain or on the bias.

–noun

3.	a transverse cut or course.

4.	a shortcut by way of an area not ordinarily traversed, as grass or open country; a route that cuts diagonally across a road or path network.

5.	Mining. an underground passageway, usually from a shaft to a vein of ore or crosswise of a vein of ore.

6.	Movies, Television. an act or instance of crosscutting.

7.	a crosscut saw.

–verb (used with object)

8.	to cut or go across.

9.	Movies, Television. to insert into a scene or sequence (portions of another scene), as to heighten suspense or suggest simultaneous action.

–verb (used without object)

10.	Movies, Television. to employ the technique of crosscutting.

[Origin: 1580–90; cross- + cut

]

—Related forms

crosscutter, noun

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cross·cut Audio Help   (krôs'kŭt', krŏs'-) Pronunciation Key
v.   cross·cut, cross·cut·ting, cross·cuts

v.   tr.

To cut or run across or through.
To cut using a crosscut saw.
To interweave (two separate, usually concurrent scenes) in a film.

v. intr.
To use the cinematic technique of crosscutting.

adj.

Constructed or used for cutting crosswise: crosscut teeth on a saw.
Cut across or crosswise: a crosscut slice of beef; a crosscut incision.

A course or cut going crosswise.
A path more direct than the main path; a shortcut.
A level in a mine driven so that it intersects a vein of ore.
A crosscut saw.
An example of the cinematic technique of crosscutting.

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crosscut
noun
1.	a diagonal path
2.	a route shorter than the usual one [syn: shortcut]
verb
1.	cut using a diagonal line

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Crosscut

Cross"cut`\ (-k[u^]t`), v. t. To cut across or through; to intersect.

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Crosscut

Cross"cut`\, n. 1. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.

2. (Mining) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.

Crosscut saw. (a) A saw, the teeth of which are so set as to adapt it for sawing wood crosswise of the grain rather than lengthwise. (b) A saw managed by two men, one at each end, for cutting large logs crosswise.

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