cut

Verb

• cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
  • the vet gelded the young horse
    

• grow through the gums
  • The new tooth is cutting
    

• have grow through the gums
  • The baby cut a tooth
    

• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
  • cut bourbon
    

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
  • The manuscript must be shortened
    

• cease, stop
  • cut the noise
    
  • We had to cut short the conversation
    

• have a reducing effect
  • This cuts into my earnings
    

• dissolve by breaking down the fat of
  • soap cuts grease
    

• weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
  • We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet
    

• shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
  • cut my hair
    

• refuse to acknowledge
  • She cut him dead at the meeting
    

• penetrate injuriously
  • The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead
    

• fell by sawing; hew
  • The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia
    

• reap or harvest
  • cut grain
    

• cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
  • Turn off the stereo, please
    
  • cut the engine
    
  • turn out the lights
    

• divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
  • Wayne cut
    
  • She cut the deck for a long time
    

• allow incision or separation
  • This bread cuts easily
    

• function as a cutting instrument
  • This knife cuts well
    

• perform or carry out
  • cut a caper
    

• form or shape by cutting or incising
  • cut paper dolls
    

• create by duplicating data
  • cut a disk
    
  • burn a CD
    

• record a performance on (a medium)
  • cut a record
    

• make a recording of
  • cut the songs
    
  • She cut all of her major titles again
    

• stop filming
  • cut a movie scene
    

• make an abrupt change of image or sound
  • cut from one scene to another
    

• pass through or across
  • The boat cut the water
    

• pass directly and often in haste
  • We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner
    

• move (one's fist)
  • his opponent cut upward toward his chin
    

• give the appearance or impression of
  • cut a nice figure
    

• be able to manage or manage successfully
  • I can't hack it anymore
    
  • she could not cut the long days in the office
    

• intentionally fail to attend
  • cut class
    

• cut and assemble the components of
  • edit film
    
  • cut recording tape
    

• make out and issue
  • write out a check
    
  • cut a ticket
    
  • Please make the check out to me
    

• hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
  • cut a Ping-Pong ball
    

• style and tailor in a certain fashion
  • cut a dress
    

• form by probing, penetrating, or digging
  • cut a hole
    
  • cut trenches
    
  • The sweat cut little rivulets into her face
    

• discharge from a group
  • The coach cut two players from the team
    

• make an incision or separation
  • cut along the dotted line
    

• turn sharply; change direction abruptly
  • The car cut to the left at the intersection
    
  • The motorbike veered to the right
    

• cut down on; make a reduction in
  • reduce your daily fat intake
    
  • The employer wants to cut back health benefits
    

• separate with or as if with an instrument
  • Cut the rope
    

Adjective

• mixed with water
  • sold cut whiskey
    
  • a cup of thinned soup
    

• (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
  • the slashed prices attracted buyers
    

• (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
  • a cut horse
    

• (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
  • the cut pages of the book
    

• (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
  • the smell of newly mown hay
    

• made neat and tidy by trimming
  • his neatly trimmed hair
    

• with parts removed
  • the drastically cut film
    

• fashioned or shaped by cutting
  • a well-cut suit
    
  • cut diamonds
    
  • cut velvet
    

• 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
    

Noun

• an unexcused absence from class
  • he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class
    

• the act of reducing the amount or number
  • the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget
    

• the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
  • the barber gave him a good cut
    

• the act of cutting something into parts
  • his cuts were skillful
    
  • his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess
    

• the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
  • his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels
    

• 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
    

• (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
  • cuts do not bother a good tennis player
    

• in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
  • he took a vicious cut at the ball
    

• a refusal to recognize someone you know
  • the snub was clearly intentional
    

• a canal made by erosion or excavation

• the style in which a garment is cut
  • a dress of traditional cut
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• a remark capable of wounding mentally
  • the unkindest cut of all
    

• a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass

• a wound made by cutting
  • he put a bandage over the cut
    

• a step on some scale
  • he is a cut above the rest
    

• a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation

• (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
  • the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt
    

• a share of the profits
  • everyone got a cut of the earnings
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  geld , dilute , thin , thin out , reduce , abridge , foreshorten , abbreviate , shorten , contract , cut off , prune , rationalize , rationalise , ignore , disregard , snub , switch off , turn off , turn out , burn , hack , skip , edit , edit out , write out , issue , make out , tailor , swerve , sheer , curve , trend
• Antonyms: 
  elaborate , lucubrate , expatiate , exposit , enlarge , flesh out , expand , expound , dilate , switch on , turn on , uncut , unmown , untrimmed , rough