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cut       [kuht] Pronunciation Key verb, cut, cut·ting, adjective, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
2.to divide with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever; carve: to cut a rope.
3.to detach with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; separate from the main body; lop off: to cut a slice from a loaf of bread.
4.to hew or saw down; fell: to cut timber.
5.to trim by clipping, shearing, paring, or pruning: to cut hair.
6.to mow; reap; harvest: to cut grain.
7.to abridge or shorten; edit by omitting a part or parts: to cut a speech.
8.to lower, reduce, diminish, or curtail (sometimes fol. by down): to cut prices.
9.to dilute; make less thick: to cut wine.
10.to dissolve: That detergent cuts grease effectively.
11.to intersect; cross: One line cuts another at right angles.
12.Informal. to cease; discontinue (often fol. by out): Cut the kidding. Let's cut out the pretense.
13.to stop; halt the running of, as a liquid or an engine (often fol. by off): The pilot cut the engines and glided in for a landing. Cut off the hot water.
14.to dilute or adulterate (a drug) by mixing it with other substances.
15.to grow (a tooth or teeth) through the gum: The baby is cutting his teeth.
16.to type, write, or draw on (a stencil) for mimeographing.
17.to make or fashion by cutting, as a statue, jewel, or garment.
18.Glassmaking. to produce a pattern (in glass) by grinding and polishing.
19.to refuse to recognize socially; shun ostentatiously: Her friends began to cut her as the season progressed.
20.to strike sharply, as with a whip.
21.to absent oneself from: allowed to cut three classes per semester.
22.Movies, Television.
a.to stop (a scene or shot being filmed).
b.to edit (a film).
23.to wound the feelings of severely.
24.Cards.
a.to divide (a pack of cards) at random into two or more parts, by removing cards from the top.
b.to take (a card) from a deck.
25.to record a selection on (a phonograph record or tape); make a recording of.
26.to castrate or geld.
27.Sports. to hit (a ball) with either the hand or some instrument so as to change its course and often to cause it to spin.
28.to hollow out; excavate; dig: to cut a trench.
29.Cricket. to strike and send off (a ball) in front of the batsman, and parallel to the wicket.
30.Slang. to be a nonplaying dealer, manager, or supervisor of (a card game, crap game, or other gambling game) in return for a percentage of the money bet or sometimes for a fee.
–verb (used without object)
31.to penetrate or divide something, as with a sharp-edged instrument; make an incision: The scissors cut well.
32.to admit of being cut: Butter cuts easily.
33.to pass, go, or come, esp. in the most direct way (usually fol. by across, through, in, etc.): to cut across an empty lot.
34.Movies, Television.
a.to shift suddenly from one shot to another: Cut to the barroom interior.
b.to stop the action of a scene: used as a command by a director.
35.to make a sudden or sharp turn in direction; change direction suddenly; swerve: We cut to the left to avoid hitting the child.
36.to strike a person, animal, etc., sharply, as with a whip.
37.to wound the feelings severely: His criticism cut deep.
38.(of the teeth) to grow through the gums.
39.Cards. to cut the cards.
40.Informal. to leave hastily: to cut for the hills.
41.(of a horse) to interfere.
–adjective
42.that has been subjected to cutting; divided into pieces by cutting; detached by cutting: cut flowers.
43.fashioned by cutting; having the surface shaped or ornamented by grinding, polishing, or the like: cut diamonds.
44.reduced by or as if by cutting: cut whiskey; cut prices.
45.Botany. incised; cleft.
46.castrated; gelded.
47.Slang. drunk.
–noun
48.the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
49.the result of cutting, as an incision, wound, passage, or channel.
50.a piece cut off: a cut of a pie.
51.Informal. a share, esp. of earnings or profits: His agent's cut is 20 percent.
52.a haircut, often with a styling.
53.a reduction in price, salary, etc.
54.the manner or fashion in which anything is cut: the cut of a dress.
55.style; manner; kind: We need a man of his cut in this firm.
56.a passage or course straight across or through: a cut through the woods.
57.an excision or omission of a part.
58.a part or quantity of text deleted or omitted.
59.a quantity cut, esp. of lumber.
60.a refusal to recognize an acquaintance.
61.an act, speech, etc., that wounds the feelings.
62.an engraved plate or block of wood used for printing.
63.a printed picture or illustration.
64.an absence, as from a school class, at which attendance is required.
65.Butchering. part of an animal usually cut as one piece.
66.Cards. a cutting of the cards.
67.Sports.
a.the act of cutting a ball.
b.the spin imparted.
68.Fencing. a blow with the edge of the blade instead of the tip.
69.one of several pieces of straw, paper, etc., used in drawing lots.
70.Movies, Television.
a.the instantaneous or gradual transition from one shot or scene to another in an edited film.
b.an edited version of a film. Compare rough cut, final cut.
c.an act or instance of editing a film.
71.an individual song, musical piece, or other similar material on a record or tape.
72.any product of the fractional distillation of petroleum.
—Verb phrases
73.cut across, to precede or go beyond considerations of; transcend: The new tax program cuts across party lines.
74.cut down,
a.Also, cut down on. to lessen; decrease: to cut down on between-meal snacks.
b.to strike and cause to fall: The first force to attempt an advance was swiftly cut down.
c.to destroy, kill, or disable: The hurricane cut down everything in its path.
d.to remodel, remake, or reduce in size, as a garment: She had her old coat cut down to fit her daughter.
75.cut in,
a.to move or thrust oneself, a vehicle, etc., abruptly between others: A speeding car cut in and nearly caused an accident.
b.to interpose; interrupt: to cut in with a remark.
c.Informal. to interrupt a dancing couple in order to dance with one of them.
d.to blend (shortening) into flour by means of a knife.
76.cut off,
a.to intercept.
b.to interrupt.
c.to stop suddenly; discontinue.
d.to halt the operation of; turn off.
e.to shut off or shut out.
f.to disinherit.
g.to sever; separate.
77.cut out,
a.to omit; delete; excise.
b.to oust and replace a rival; supplant.
c.to part an animal from a herd.
d.to plan; arrange: He has his work cut out for him.
e.to move out of one's lane of traffic.
f.Also, cut on out. Slang. to leave suddenly.
g.Informal. to refrain from; stop: to cut out smoking.
h.(of an engine, machine, etc.) to stop running.
78.cut up,
a.to cut into pieces or sections.
b.to lacerate; wound.
c.to distress mentally; injure.
d.Informal. to play pranks; misbehave: They got scolded for cutting up in church.
—Idioms
79.a cut above, somewhat superior to another (thing, person, etc.) in some respect: Her work is a cut above anyone else's.
80.cut a caper or figure, to perform a spirited, brief, outlandish dance step, esp. as a result of euphoria.
81.cut a figure,
a.cut a caper.
b.to give a certain impression of oneself: He cut a distinguished figure in his tuxedo.
82.cut and run,
a.Nautical. to cut the anchor cable and set sail, as in an emergency.
b.to leave as hurriedly as possible; flee.
83.cut back,
a.to shorten by cutting off the end.
b.to curtail or discontinue: Steel production has been cut back in recent months.
c.to return to an earlier episode or event, as in the plot of a novel.
d.Football. to reverse direction suddenly by moving in the diagonally opposite course.
84.cut both ways, to have, produce, or result in advantages as well as disadvantages: This decision will inevitably cut both ways.
85.cut or chop down to size, to reduce the stature or importance of: The novelist had a big ego until the critics cut him down to size.
86.cut it, Informal.
a.to achieve or maintain a desired level of performance: The aging football player decided he couldn't cut it any longer and retired.
b.to be effective or successful; satisfy a need.
87.cut it out, Informal. to stop doing something: That hurts! Cut it out!
88.cut no ice. ice (def. 25).
89.cut out for, fitted for; capable of: He wasn't cut out for military service.
[Origin: 1175–1225; ME cutten, kytten, kitten, OE *cyttan; akin to OSw kotta to cut, ON kuti little knife]

—Synonyms 1. gash, slash, slit, lance. 2. cleave, sunder, bisect. Cut, chop, hack, hew refer to giving a sharp blow or stroke. Cut is a general word for this: to cut the grass. To chop is to cut by giving repeated blows with something sharp, as an ax. To chop and to hew are practically interchangeable, but hew suggests keeping to a definite purpose: to chop or hew down a tree; to hew out a clearing. To hack is to cut or chop roughly and unevenly: to hack off a limb. 7. abbreviate, curtail.
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cut       (kŭt)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   cut, cut·ting, cuts

v.   tr.
  1. To penetrate with a sharp edge; strike a narrow opening in.
  2. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever: cut cloth with scissors.
  3. To sever the edges or ends of; shorten: cut one's hair.
  4. To mow, reap, or harvest: cut grain; cut grass.
  5. To fell by sawing; hew.
  6. To have (a new tooth) grow through the gums.
    1. To form or shape by severing or incising: a doll that was cut from paper.
    2. To form or shape by grinding: cut a diamond.
    3. To form by penetrating, probing, or digging: cut a trench.
    4. To exhibit the appearance or give the impression of: cuts a fine figure on the dance floor.
    5. To separate from a main body; detach: cut a limb from a tree.
    6. To separate from a group: cut a calf from a herd.
    7. To discharge from a group or number: had to cut six players from the team.
    8. To remove or delete: cut a line from a poem.
    9. Computer Science To remove (a segment) from a document or graphics file for storage in a buffer.
    10. To perform: cut a caper.
    11. To make out and issue: cut a check to cover travel expenses.
    12. To record a performance on (a phonograph record or other medium).
    13. To make a recording of.
    1. To form by penetrating, probing, or digging: cut a trench.
    2. To exhibit the appearance or give the impression of: cuts a fine figure on the dance floor.
    3. To separate from a main body; detach: cut a limb from a tree.
    4. To separate from a group: cut a calf from a herd.
    5. To discharge from a group or number: had to cut six players from the team.
    6. To remove or delete: cut a line from a poem.
    7. Computer Science To remove (a segment) from a document or graphics file for storage in a buffer.
    8. To perform: cut a caper.
    9. To make out and issue: cut a check to cover travel expenses.
    10. To record a performance on (a phonograph record or other medium).
    11. To make a recording of.
    1. To separate from a main body; detach: cut a limb from a tree.
    2. To separate from a group: cut a calf from a herd.
    3. To discharge from a group or number: had to cut six players from the team.
    4. To remove or delete: cut a line from a poem.
    5. Computer Science To remove (a segment) from a document or graphics file for storage in a buffer.
    6. To perform: cut a caper.
    7. To make out and issue: cut a check to cover travel expenses.
    8. To record a performance on (a phonograph record or other medium).
    9. To make a recording of.
  10. To pass through or across; cross: a sailboat cutting the water.
  11. Games To divide (a deck of cards) into two parts, as in completing a shuffle or in exposing a card at random.
  12. To reduce the size, extent, or duration of; curtail or shorten: cut a payroll; cut a budget; cut the cooking time in half.
    1. To remove or delete: cut a line from a poem.
    2. Computer Science To remove (a segment) from a document or graphics file for storage in a buffer.
    3. To perform: cut a caper.
    4. To make out and issue: cut a check to cover travel expenses.
    5. To record a performance on (a phonograph record or other medium).
    6. To make a recording of.
  14. To lessen the strength of; dilute: cut whiskey with water.
  15. To dissolve by breaking down the fat of: Soap cuts grease.
  16. To injure the feelings of; hurt keenly.
  17. To refuse to speak to or recognize; snub: cut me dead at the party.
  18. To fail to attend purposely: cut a class.
  19. Informal To cease; stop: cut the noise; cut an engine.
  20. Sports To strike (a ball) so that it spins in a reverse direction.
    1. To perform: cut a caper.
    2. To make out and issue: cut a check to cover travel expenses.
    3. To record a performance on (a phonograph record or other medium).
    4. To make a recording of.
  22. Slang To be able to manage; handle successfully: couldn't cut the long hours anymore.
  23. To stop filming (a movie scene).
    1. To record a performance on (a phonograph record or other medium).
    2. To make a recording of.
  25. To edit (film or recording tape).
  26. Vulgar Slang To expel (a discharge of intestinal gas).

v.   intr.
  1. To make an incision or a separation: Cut along the dotted line.
  2. To allow incision or severing: Butter cuts easily.
  3. To function as a sharp-edged instrument.
    1. To remove part of something, such as a text or film.
    2. Computer Science To remove a part of a document or graphics file and store it in a buffer.
  5. To grow through the gums. Used of teeth.
  6. To injure someone's feelings: a remark that cut without mercy.
  7. To change direction abruptly: Cut to the left at the next intersection.
  8. To go directly and often hastily: cut across a field.
  9. Games To divide a pack of cards into two parts, especially in order to make a chance decision or selection.
  10. To make an abrupt change of image or sound, as in filming: cut from one shot to another.
  11. To be very astute and penetrating: an analysis that cuts deep.

n.  
  1. The act of cutting.
  2. The result of cutting, especially an opening or wound made by a sharp edge.
  3. A part that has been cut from a main body: a cut of beef; a cut of cloth.
  4. A passage made by digging or probing.
  5. The elimination or removal of a part: a cut in a speech.
  6. A reduction: a cut in salary.
  7. Sports The remainder of contestants in a competition, especially in golf, after some have been eliminated: did very well but still missed the cut.
  8. The style in which a garment is cut: a suit of traditional cut.
  9. A haircut.
  10. Informal A portion of profits or earnings; a share.
  11. A wounding remark; an insult.
  12. An unexcused absence, as from school or a class.
  13. A step in a scale of value or quality; degree: a cut above the average.
  14. Printing
    1. An engraved block or plate.
    2. A print made from such a block.
  15. Sports A stroke that causes a ball to spin in a reverse direction.
  16. Baseball A swing of a bat.
  17. Games The act of dividing a deck of cards into two parts, as before dealing.
  18. One of the objects used in drawing lots.
  19. An abrupt change of image or sound, as between shots in a film.
  20. A transition from one scene to another in a film, video, or television program.
  21. A movie at a given stage in its editing: approved the final cut for distribution.
  22. A single selection of music from a recording, especially a phonograph recording.

adj.  
  1. Having the ends or edges cut: admired his newly cut hair.
  2. Having been cut or clipped off: cut grass that blew in the wind.
  3. Printing Having the page edge slit or trimmed. Used of a book.
  4. Ground to a specific shape: cut gemstones.
  5. Slang Circumcised. Used of a man or boy.
  6. To shorten by cutting; prune.
  7. To reduce or decrease: cut back production.
  8. To kill or strike down.
  9. To alter by removing extra or additional fittings: cut down a car for racing.
  10. To reduce the amount taken or used: cutting down on one's intake of rich foods.
  11. To move into a line of people or things out of turn.
  12. To interrupt: During the debate my opponent kept cutting in.
  13. To interrupt a dancing couple in order to dance with one of them.
  14. To connect or become connected into an electrical circuit.
  15. To mix in with or as if with cutting motions: Measure out the flour and use a pair of knives to cut the shortening in.
  16. To include, especially among those profiting.
  17. To separate from others; isolate.
  18. To stop suddenly; discontinue.
  19. To shut off; bar.
  20. To interrupt the course or passage of: The infielder cut off the throw to the plate.
  21. To interrupt or break the line of communication of: The telephone operator cut us off.
  22. To disinherit: cut their heirs off without a cent.
  23. To remove by or as if by cutting.
  24. To form or shape by or as if by cutting.
  25. To take the place of; supplant.
  26. To suit or fit by nature: I'm not cut out to be a hero.
  27. To assign beforehand or by necessity; predetermine: We've got our work cut out for us.
  28. To deprive: felt cut out of all the fun.
  29. To stop; cease.
  30. Informal To depart hastily.
  31. Chiefly Southern U.S. To turn off (a light or television set).
  32. To behave in a playful, comic, or boisterous way; clown.
  33. To criticize severely.

Phrasal Verb(s):
cut back
  1. To shorten by cutting; prune.
  2. To reduce or decrease: cut back production.
cut down
  1. To kill or strike down.
  2. To alter by removing extra or additional fittings: cut down a car for racing.
  3. To reduce the amount taken or used: cutting down on one's intake of rich foods.
cut in
  1. To move into a line of people or things out of turn.
  2. To interrupt: During the debate my opponent kept cutting in.
  3. To interrupt a dancing couple in order to dance with one of them.
  4. To connect or become connected into an electrical circuit.
  5. To mix in with or as if with cutting motions: Measure out the flour and use a pair of knives to cut the shortening in.
  6. To include, especially among those profiting.
cut off
  1. To separate from others; isolate.
  2. To stop suddenly; discontinue.
  3. To shut off; bar.
  4. To interrupt the course or passage of: The infielder cut off the throw to the plate.
  5. To interrupt or break the line of communication of: The telephone operator cut us off.
  6. To disinherit: cut their heirs off without a cent.
cut out
  1. To remove by or as if by cutting.
  2. To form or shape by or as if by cutting.
  3. To take the place of; supplant.
  4. To suit or fit by nature: I'm not cut out to be a hero.
  5. To assign beforehand or by necessity; predetermine: We've got our work cut out for us.
  6. To deprive: felt cut out of all the fun.
  7. To stop; cease.
  8. Informal To depart hastily.
  9. Chiefly Southern U.S. To turn off (a light or television set).
cut up Informal
  1. To behave in a playful, comic, or boisterous way; clown.
  2. To criticize severely.

Idiom(s):
cut a fat hog Texas
To take on more than one is able to accomplish: "Boy, has he cut a fat hog, as they say down home" (Hughes Rudd).

Idiom(s):
cut a wide swath
To make a big display; draw much attention.

Idiom(s):
cut both ways
To have both favorable and unfavorable results or implications.

Idiom(s):
cut corners
To do something in the easiest or most inexpensive way.

Idiom(s):
cut down to size
To deflate the self-importance of.

Idiom(s):
cut it Informal
To perform up to expectations or a required standard; be acceptable.

Idiom(s):
cut loose
To speak or act without restraint: cut loose with a string of curses.

Idiom(s):
cut no ice
To make no effect or impression: an objection that cut no ice with management.

Idiom(s):
cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face
To injure oneself in taking revenge against another.

Idiom(s):
cut (one's) losses
To withdraw from a losing situation.

Idiom(s):
cut (one's) teeth on
To learn or do as a beginner or at the start of one's career.

Idiom(s):
cut short
To stop before the end; abbreviate.

Idiom(s):
cut the cheese Vulgar Slang
To expel intestinal gas.

Idiom(s):
cut the mustard
To perform up to expectations or to a required standard.

Idiom(s):
cut to the chase
To get to the matter at hand.

[Middle English cutten.]

cut'ta·ble adj.
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cut  (v.)
c.1275, possibly Scand., from N.Gmc. *kut-, or from O.Fr. couteau "knife." Replaced O.E. ceorfan "carve," sniþan, and scieran "shear." Meaning "to be absent without excuse" is British university slang from 1794. The noun meaning "gash, incision" is attested from 1530; meaning "piece cut off" is from 1591; sense of "a wounding sarcasm" is from 1568. To cut a pack of cards is from 1598. Cutthroat (n.) is first recorded 1535. Cutter "boat belonging to a ship of war" is attested from 1745, possibly so called from the way it "cuts" through the water. Cutting edge (adj.) in fig. sense first recorded 1985.

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adjective
1. 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" [ant: uncut] 
2. fashioned or shaped by cutting; "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet" [ant: rough] 
3. with parts removed; "the drastically cut film" 
4. made neat and tidy by trimming; "his neatly trimmed hair" [syn: trimmed] [ant: uncut] 
5. (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of newly mown hay" [syn: mown] [ant: uncut] 
6. (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit; "the cut pages of the book" [ant: uncut] 
7. (of a male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut horse" 
8. (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the slashed prices attracted buyers" 
9. mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup" 

noun
1. a share of the profits; "everyone got a cut of the earnings" 
2. (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next; "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt" 
3. a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation 
4. a step on some scale; "he is a cut above the rest" 
5. a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut" 
6. a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass 
7. a remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all" [syn: stinger] 
8. 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" 
9. 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" [syn: deletion] 
10. the style in which a garment is cut; "a dress of traditional cut" 
11. a canal made by erosion or excavation 
12. a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional" [syn: snub] 
13. in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball" [syn: baseball swing] 
14. (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball; "cuts do not bother a good tennis player" 
15. 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" 
16. the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels" 
17. the act of cutting something into parts; "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess" 
18. the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut" 
19. the act of reducing the amount or number; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget" 
20. an unexcused absence from class; "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class" 

verb
1. separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" 
2. cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" [syn: reduce] 
3. turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" [syn: swerve] 
4. make an incision or separation; "cut along the dotted line" 
5. discharge from a group; "The coach cut two players from the team" 
6. form by probing, penetrating, or digging; "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face" 
7. style and tailor in a certain fashion; "cut a dress" 
8. hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction; "cut a Ping-Pong ball" 
9. make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me" [syn: write out] 
10. cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape" [syn: edit] 
11. intentionally fail to attend; "cut class" 
12. be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" [syn: hack] 
13. give the appearance or impression of; "cut a nice figure" 
14. move (one's fist); "his opponent cut upward toward his chin" 
15. pass directly and often in haste; "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner" 
16. pass through or across; "The boat cut the water" 
17. make an abrupt change of image or sound; "cut from one scene to another" 
18. stop filming; "cut a movie scene" 
19. make a recording of; "cut the songs"; "She cut all of her major titles again" 
20. record a performance on (a medium); "cut a record" 
21. create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" 
22. form or shape by cutting or incising; "cut paper dolls" 
23. perform or carry out; "cut a caper" 
24. function as a cutting instrument; "This knife cuts well" 
25. allow incision or separation; "This bread cuts easily" 
26. divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult; "Wayne cut"; "She cut the deck for a long time" 
27. cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights" [syn: switch off] [ant: switch on] 
28. reap or harvest; "cut grain" 
29. fell by sawing; hew; "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia" 
30. penetrate injuriously; "The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead" 
31. refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting" [syn: ignore] 
32. shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of; "cut my hair" 
33. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" 
34. dissolve by breaking down the fat of; "soap cuts grease" 
35. have a reducing effect; "This cuts into my earnings" 
36. cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation" 
37. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge] [ant: dilate] 
38. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" [syn: dilute] 
39. have grow through the gums; "The baby cut a tooth" 
40. grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" 
41. cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse" [syn: geld] 

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cut

In addition to the idioms beginning with cut, also see (cut) down to size; fish or cut bait; have one's work cut out; like a chicken with its head cut off; make (cut) a long story short; unkindest cut; you could cut it with a knife.


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cut (kŭt)
v. cut, cut·ting, cuts

  1. To penetrate with a sharp edge; strike a narrow opening in.
  2. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever.
  3. To make an incision or a separation.
  4. To have a new tooth grow through the gums.
  5. To form or shape by severing or incising.
  6. To separate from a body; detach.
  7. To lessen the strength of; dilute.
n.
  1. The act of cutting.
  2. The result of cutting, especially an opening or wound made by a sharp edge.

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CUT
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Cut Bank, MT (city, FIPS 18775) Location: 48.63482 N, 112.33021 W
Population (1990): 3329 (1532 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 59427

Cut Off, LA (CDP, FIPS 18930) Location: 29.52941 N, 90.33464 W
Population (1990): 5325 (1857 housing units)
Area: 33.2 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 70345

Cut And Shoot, TX Zip code(s): 77303

Cut and Shoot, TX (town, FIPS 18260) Location: 30.33860 N, 95.35290 W
Population (1990): 903 (337 housing units)
Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Cut\ (k[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cut; p. pr. & vb. n. Cutting.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach short, docked, cut a bobtail, piece, Ir. cut a short tail, cutach bobtailed. Cf. Coot.]

1. To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide.

You must cut this flesh from off his breast. --Shak.

Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way. --Pope.

2. To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.

Thy servants can skill to cut timer. --2. Chron. ii. 8

3. To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.

4. To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.

5. To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out.

Why should a man. whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster? --Shak.

Loopholes cut through thickest shade. --Milton.

6. To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick.

The man was cut to the heart. --Addison.

7. To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles.

8. To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance. [Colloq.]

9. To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc. [Colloq.]

An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop whenever he can do so with impunity. --Thomas Hamilton.

To cut a caper. See under Caper.

To cut the cards, to divide a pack of cards into portions, in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change the cards to be dealt.

To cut a dash or a figure, to make a display. [Colloq.]

To cut down. (a) To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate. "Timber . . . cut down in the mountains of Cilicia." --Knolles. (b) To put down; to abash; to humble. [Obs] "So great is his natural eloquence, that he cuts doun the finest orator." --Addison (c) To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down expenses. (d) (Naut.) To raze; as, to cut down a frigate into a sloop.

To cut the knot or the Gordian knot, to dispose of a difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary action, rather than by skill or patience.

To cut lots, to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw lots.

To cut off. (a) To sever; to separate.

I would to God, . . . The king had cut off my brother's. --Shak. (b) To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to destroy. "Iren[ae]us was likewise cut off by martyrdom." --Addison. (c) To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut off (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam engine. (d) To intercept; as,, to cut off an enemy's retreat. (e) To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate.

To cut out. (a) To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a piece from a board. (b) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment. " A large forest cut out into walks." --Addison. (c) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out work for another day. "Every man had cut out a place for himself." --Addison. (d) To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, to cut out a rival. [Colloq.] (e) To debar. "I am cut out from anything but common acknowledgments." --Pope. (f) To seize and carry off (a vessel) from a harbor, or from under the guns of an enemy.

To cut to pieces. (a) To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces. (b) To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces.

To cut a play (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out passages, to adapt it for the stage.

To cut rates (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for transportation below the rates established between competing lines.

To cut short, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a sudden termination. "Achilles cut him short, and thus replied." --Dryden.

To cut stick, to make off clandestinely or precipitately. [Slang]

To cut teeth, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce through the gum and appear.

To have cut one's eyeteeth, to be sharp and knowing. [Colloq.]

To cut one's wisdom teeth, to come to years of discretion.

To cut under, to undersell; as, to cut under a competitor in trade.

To cut up. (a) To cut to pieces; as, to cut up an animal, or bushes. (b) To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; as, to cut up a book or its author by severe criticism. "This doctrine cuts up all government by the roots." --Locke. (c) To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.

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Cut\ (k[u^]t), v. i. 1. To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.

2. To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.

Panels of white wood that cuts like cheese. --Holmes.

3. To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument.

He saved the lives of thousands by manner of cutting for the stone. --Pope.

4. To make a stroke with a whip.

5. To interfere, as a horse.

6. To move or make off quickly. [Colloq.]

7. To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the deal or trump, or to change the order of the cards to be dealt.

To cut across, to pass over or through in the most direct way; as, to cut across a field.

To cut and run, to make off suddenly and quickly; -- from the cutting of a ship's cable, when there is not time to raise the anchor. [Colloq.]

To cut in or into, to interrupt; to join in anything suddenly.

To cut up. (a) To play pranks. [Colloq.] (b) To divide into portions well or ill; to have the property left at one's death turn out well or poorly when divided among heirs, legatees, etc. [Slang.] "When I die, may I cut up as well as Morgan Pendennis." --Thackeray.

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Cut\, n. 1. An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.

2. A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.

3. That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight.

Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, snapped his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed. --W. Irving.

4. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad.

This great cut or ditch Secostris . . . purposed to have made a great deal wider and deeper. --Knolles.

5. The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut.

6. A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber.

It should be understood, moreover, . . . that the group are not arbitrary cuts, but natural groups or types. --Dana.

7. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts.

8. (a) The act of dividing a pack cards. (b) The right to divide; as, whose cut is it?

9. Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment.

With eyes severe and beard of formal cut. --Shak.

10. A common work horse; a gelding. [Obs.]

He'll buy me a cut, forth for to ride. --Beau. & Fl.

11. The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise. [College Cant]

12. A skein of yarn. --Wright.

A cut in rates (Railroad), a reduction in fare, freight charges, etc., below the established rates.

A short cut, a cross route which shortens the way and cuts off a circuitous passage.

The cut of one's jib, the general appearance of a person. [Colloq.]

To draw cuts, to draw lots, as of paper, etc., cut unequal lengths.

Now draweth cut . . . The which that hath the shortest shall begin. --Chaucer.

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Cut\ (k[u^]t), a. 1. Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.

2. Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved.

3. Overcome by liquor; tipsy. [Slang]

Cut and dried, prepered beforehand; not spontaneous.

Cut glass, glass having a surface ground and polished in facets or figures.

Cut nail, a nail cut by machinery from a rolled plate of iron, in distinction from a wrought nail.

Cut stone, stone hewn or chiseled to shape after having been split from the quarry.

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Cut\, v. t. 1. (Cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.

2. (Billiards, etc.) To drive (an object ball) to either side by hitting it fine on the other side with the cue ball or another object ball.

3. (Lawn Tennis, etc.) To strike (a ball) with the racket inclined or struck across the ball so as to put a certain spin on the ball.

4. (Croqu?t) To drive (a ball) to one side by hitting with another ball.

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