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Meaning cut meaning

What does cut mean?
Definitions in simple English

cut Verb

— If you make something shorter or divide it in pieces, you cut it. Jared cut the meat using his knife and fork. In the lumber mill, the logs are then cut into boards. — To hurt with a blade. I cut my hand. — To stop something. They cut the electricity. — To edit, shorten, or censor (a film). The film was cut by ten minutes. — If you remove something to put it somewhere else, you cut it. Ben cut the text from the Word document and pasted it into another. — If the picture changes from one scene to another, the scene cuts to another.

cut Noun

— A scratch, opening in the skin or a surface. She had a cut on her arm. — A reduction; lessening. There was a cut in prices. — A small piece removed by cutting is a cut. I will take a cut of beef.

cut

— verb separate with or as if with an instrument Cut the rope — verb (= reduce, cut down, cut back) cut down on; make a reduction in reduce your daily fat intake The employer wants to cut back health benefits — adjective 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 — verb (= veer) turn sharply; change direction abruptly The car cut to the left at the intersection The motorbike veered to the right — verb make an incision or separation cut along the dotted line — verb form by probing, penetrating, or digging cut a hole cut trenches The sweat cut little rivulets into her face — verb (= tailor) style and tailor in a certain fashion cut a dress — verb discharge from a group The coach cut two players from the team — verb hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction cut a Ping-Pong ball — adjective fashioned or shaped by cutting a well-cut suit cut diamonds cut velvet — adjective with parts removed the drastically cut film — noun a share of the profits everyone got a cut of the earnings — noun a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation — noun (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt — verb (= edit) cut and assemble the components of edit film cut recording tape — verb (= write out, issue, make out) make out and issue write out a check cut a ticket Please make the check out to me — adjective (of a male animal) having the testicles removed a cut horse — verb penetrate injuriously The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead — verb reap or harvest cut grain — verb fell by sawing; hew The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia — verb shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of cut my hair — verb move (one's fist) his opponent cut upward toward his chin — verb give the appearance or impression of cut a nice figure — verb perform or carry out cut a caper — verb form or shape by cutting or incising cut paper dolls — verb record a performance on (a medium) cut a record — verb make a recording of cut the songs She cut all of her major titles again — verb (= burn) create by duplicating data cut a disk burn a CD — verb allow incision or separation This bread cuts easily — verb function as a cutting instrument This knife cuts well — verb divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult Wayne cut She cut the deck for a long time — verb pass through or across The boat cut the water — verb pass directly and often in haste We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner — verb stop filming cut a movie scene — verb make an abrupt change of image or sound cut from one scene to another — verb intentionally fail to attend cut class — adjective (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit the cut pages of the book — adjective (= thinned) mixed with water sold cut whiskey a cup of thinned soup — adjective (= slashed) (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply the slashed prices attracted buyers — verb have grow through the gums The baby cut a tooth — verb grow through the gums The new tooth is cutting — verb have a reducing effect This cuts into my earnings — verb dissolve by breaking down the fat of soap cuts grease — verb weed out unwanted or unnecessary things We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet — verb cease, stop cut the noise We had to cut short the conversation — noun a step on some scale he is a cut above the rest — noun a wound made by cutting he put a bandage over the cut — noun (= track) 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 — noun a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass — noun the style in which a garment is cut a dress of traditional cut — noun a canal made by erosion or excavation — noun (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball cuts do not bother a good tennis player — noun (= cutting) the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels — noun (= cutting) the act of cutting something into parts his cuts were skillful his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess — noun (= cutting) the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends the barber gave him a good cut — noun the act of reducing the amount or number the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget — noun (= cutting) 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 — noun an unexcused absence from class he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class — adjective (= trimmed) made neat and tidy by trimming his neatly trimmed hair — noun (= snub) a refusal to recognize someone you know the snub was clearly intentional — noun a remark capable of wounding mentally the unkindest cut of all — verb (= geld) cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses) the vet gelded the young horse — adjective (= mown) (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine the smell of newly mown hay — verb (= hack) be able to manage or manage successfully I can't hack it anymore she could not cut the long days in the office — verb (= turn off, turn out) cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch Turn off the stereo, please cut the engine turn out the lights — noun (= deletion, excision) 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 — noun in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball he took a vicious cut at the ball — verb refuse to acknowledge She cut him dead at the meeting — verb lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture cut bourbon — verb (= shorten, reduce) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements The manuscript must be shortened

Synonyms cut synonyms

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cut English » English

slice chop hack wound slash carve break sever trim gash incision cut off reduce split cutting divide clip mow hew scratch shear reap injury slit tear prune notch stab shorten fell bruise reduction lop incise hurt divided abridge shave scar cut up cut out snap shape curtail snip section pare harvest fashion cut down

CUT English » English

control unit terminal

Topics cut topics

What do people use cut to talk about?
Physical actions Divide into pieces

Cut
States Quantity More

Decrease
Person Healthy

Injure
Daily life Adornment Care for hair

Hairstyle
States Quality Texture

Furrow
Daily life Adornment Care for hair

Cut hair
Daily life Adornment

Care for the fingernails
Work and occupation Agriculture Growing crops Growing grass

Growing tobacco
Physical actions Move Not moving

Wait
States Quantity Whole, complete

Piece
Physical actions Arrange Join, attach

Remove, take apart
Work and occupation Occupation Working with wood

Lumbering
States Time Relative time Right time

On time
Person Sense, perceive See

Visible
Person Healthy Injure

Poison
Person Life

Birth
Person Life

Die
Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Ignore
Language and thought Communication Mass communication

Recorded music
Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Proud
Social behavior Behavior Do good to

Do evil to
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Trouble

Separate, alone
Daily life Food Food preparation

Steps in food preparation
Work and occupation Agriculture Land preparation

Clear a field
Work and occupation Agriculture Tend a field

Cut grass
Work and occupation Agriculture Tend a field

Trim plants
Work and occupation Agriculture

Harvest
Work and occupation Occupation

Working with cloth
States Big Long

Short, not long
States Quality Good

Right, proper
States Quality Good Right, proper

Wrong, unsuitable
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Certainly, definitely

Conjugation cut conjugation

How do you conjugate cut?

cut · verb

Examples cut examples

How do I use cut in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I can't cut my nails and do the ironing at the same time!
Cut it out!
Cut them with a knife.
The hardness of diamond is such that it can cut glass.
I cut a branch from the tree.
These scissors cut well.
This knife is used to cut meat.
We must cut down our expenses.
We can cut down on our use of energy.
You've cut my hair too short.
I cut myself while shaving.
Cut, wash and dry, please.
We are cut from the same cloth.
You should get your hair cut.
You smoke far too much. You should cut back.
Did you cut the paper?
You'd better have your hair cut at once.
We must cut our expenses to save money.
Take a short cut.
Let's take a short cut.
The strong wind cut the electric wires in several places.
You must cut down on extra expenses in order to live within your means.
Please cut short your vacation and return.
The cold wind cut me to the bone.

Movie subtitles

They cut the feed!
Why can't you cut this off?
They'll cut the broadcast soon.
Gotswana is going to cut off his daughter's clitoris.
In ancient New York three men were about to cut off a Mormon woman's cli- toris.
It doesn't matter now 'cause she's gonna get clit cut off and it's all my fault!
She's all cut up and shit.
I should just cut it off!
Cut it.
Okay, we will cut a piece of her aorta, use it to make an arterial cuff around the renal arteries, and then we'll have one in anastomosis instead of three.
As soon as they open the ballroom, let's cut a rug?
We have a mayor with his throat cut.
He had his throat cut!
Cut down in his prime.
Cut down the trees!
Don't worry. The barber will give your willy a clean cut.
These savages cut our compatriots' throats!
They wage wars on us, cut our settlers' throats, burn our farms, dream of throwing us in the sea.
Some guy let me cut.
First you cut the line, now you get free cotton candy.
I'll go talk to them, cut a deal.
Cut their teeth on Milosevic's protective detail during the ethnic cleansing of the Yugoslav wars.
Amsler often cut through Jeanne Dutois' fields.
Again the working-cIass quarters are cut off from the center.
Why would he have cut it?
I have to see the conductor about the cut we made.
I need to tell the orchestra about the cut we made.
Tell him I don't like to see a friend of mine so unhappy, so one more catch, I'll cut him loose.
We'll cut him loose.
We'll cut him loose like a fart.
It must be killing him. Now his whole crew is like a chicken with one of its wings cut off.
So we cut their water supply down to a trickle.
When Scott sees Gerard cut the other werewolf in half, it makes him realize how real the situation is. You know, these guys aren't screwing around.
I have to cut it off.
Even if he doesn't listen, or even if he acts proud or says things too bluntly, cut him some slack and always stay by his side.
You've got your work cut out getting a wedding together in just three weeks.
Cut it and give her a half.

News and current affairs

Indeed, during the past 20 years, they actually cut aid for agriculture programs, and only now are reversing course.
Newspapers in most advanced countries are struggling or folding, and investigative reporting is often the first thing they cut.
With EU expansion coming next spring, all Ukrainians fear that a new wall will cut their country off from the Union's easternmost border in Poland.
Although the job of maintaining Ukraine's democracy is primarily one for Ukrainians, the EU can help if it takes practical steps to reassure Ukrainians that they won't be cut off from the rest of Europe.
But, even as Europe's leaders promised that help was on the way, they doubled down on the belief that non-crisis countries must cut spending.
But Obama also knows that if the existing nuclear states want others to accept tougher restrictions, they will have to cut back their nuclear arsenals.
But this does not mean that we should just cut all emissions.
Only in mid-August did the Fed hint that interest rates might be cut.
One prescription that is bandied about with increasing frequency certainly sounds sensible: the world should drastically cut the amount of greenhouse gases that it pumps into the atmosphere each day.
So, in order to cut global carbon emissions in half by the middle of the century, we would obviously have to start getting a lot more of our energy from sources that don't emit carbon.
Senior government officials take their cut of opium revenues or bribes in return for keeping quiet.
States with balanced-budget frameworks are forced to cut spending as tax revenues fall - an automatic destabilizer that Europe seems mindlessly bent on adopting.
The carrot is needed because there is great social value in discovering, for example, that cut flowers, or soccer balls, or computer software can be produced at low cost, because this knowledge can orient the investments of other entrepreneurs.
Malaria deaths in children in Africa were cut from a peak of around one million in 2004 to around 700,000 by 2010, and, worldwide, deaths of pregnant women declined by almost half between 1990 and 2010, from an estimated 543,000 to 287,000.
That leaves only about one-third of total federal spending from which to cut, and much of that goes to the defense budget, which Republicans will attempt to protect in the future.
The government can (and has) cut wages in the public sector, but this is not sufficient.
The husband of another young woman, Aisha, cut off her nose and ears when she ran away.
And a massive default, together with a very large sustained cut in the annual budget deficit, is, in fact, needed to restore Greek fiscal sustainability.
Prices for cotton were so low last year that Madi cut his acreage.
Technically, reducing a deficit is a straightforward matter: one must either cut expenditures or raise taxes.
Second, military expenditures must be cut - not just funding for the fruitless wars, but also for the weapons that don't work against enemies that don't exist.
There are arguments which make the choice far less clear-cut than it may seem.
And some in the US Congress want to cut food stamps - on which some 23 million American households depend, threatening the poorest children with hunger.
A compromise would allow both parties to declare partial victory, for it would likely entail commitments to cut spending and some steps to make taxation more socially just.
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