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thumb
Noun
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A thumb is the part of your hand that looks like a short, fat finger. Most people have a thumb on each hand.
In many countries, pointing your thumb up means, "good".
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A thumb or thumbnail is a small picture on a computer that you can click on to see a larger picture.
thumb
Verb
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When someone thumbs, they are standing by a road waiting for someone to give them a ride.
I thumbed down a pickup truck to take me to San Antonio.
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.