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crosscut

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cross⋅cut

  [kraws-kuht, kros-] adjective, noun, verb, -cut, -cut⋅ting.
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–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   (krôs'kŭt', krŏs'-)   
v.   cross·cut, cross·cut·ting, cross·cuts

v.   tr.

  1. To cut or run across or through.

  2. To cut using a crosscut saw.

  3. To interweave (two separate, usually concurrent scenes) in a film.

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

  1. Constructed or used for cutting crosswise: crosscut teeth on a saw.

  2. Cut across or crosswise: a crosscut slice of beef; a crosscut incision.

n.  

  1. A course or cut going crosswise.

  2. A path more direct than the main path; a shortcut.

  3. A level in a mine driven so that it intersects a vein of ore.

  4. A crosscut saw.

  5. An example of the cinematic technique of crosscutting.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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