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cut
Verb
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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.
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To hurt with a blade.
I cut my hand.
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To stop something.
They cut the electricity.
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To edit, shorten, or censor (a film).
The film was cut by ten minutes.
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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.
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If the picture changes from one scene to another, the scene cuts to another.
cut
Noun
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A scratch, opening in the skin or a surface.
She had a cut on her arm.
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A reduction; lessening.
There was a cut in prices.
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A small piece removed by cutting is a cut.
I will take a cut of beef.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
drug
Noun
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Drugs are substances such as alcohol, cocaine, or aspirin, that people take to make changes in their body.
He's in jail for 3 to 15 years for drug trafficking.
You no longer require a doctor's prescription for some drugs.
The Canadian Government launched an investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs by athletes.
When children have a fever, avoid giving them any over-the-counter drugs that contain aspirin.
The government is trying to stop traffic in illegal guns and drugs.
Can you pick up some toilet paper at the drug store?
drug
Verb
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If you drug somebody, you give them a drug, usually to put them to sleep.
They put me in hospital, drugged me up and left me in there for two years.