English Dictionary

CUT (cutting)

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IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected form: cutting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does cut mean? 

CUT (noun)
  The noun CUT has 20 senses:

1. a share of the profitsplay

2. (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the nextplay

3. a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavationplay

4. a step on some scaleplay

5. a wound made by cuttingplay

6. a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcassplay

7. a remark capable of wounding mentallyplay

8. a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact discplay

9. the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passageplay

10. the style in which a garment is cutplay

11. a canal made by erosion or excavationplay

12. a refusal to recognize someone you knowplay

13. in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ballplay

14. (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ballplay

15. the division of a deck of cards before dealingplay

16. the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edgeplay

17. the act of cutting something into partsplay

18. the act of shortening something by chopping off the endsplay

19. the act of reducing the amount or numberplay

20. an unexcused absence from classplay

  Familiarity information: CUT used as a noun is very familiar.


CUT (adjective)
  The adjective CUT has 9 senses:

1. separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrumentplay

2. fashioned or shaped by cuttingplay

3. with parts removedplay

4. made neat and tidy by trimmingplay

5. (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machineplay

6. (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slitplay

7. (of a male animal) having the testicles removedplay

8. (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharplyplay

9. mixed with waterplay

  Familiarity information: CUT used as an adjective is familiar.


CUT (verb)
  The verb CUT has 41 senses:

1. separate with or as if with an instrumentplay

2. cut down on; make a reduction inplay

3. turn sharply; change direction abruptlyplay

4. make an incision or separationplay

5. discharge from a groupplay

6. form by probing, penetrating, or diggingplay

7. style and tailor in a certain fashionplay

8. hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite directionplay

9. make out and issueplay

10. cut and assemble the components ofplay

11. intentionally fail to attendplay

12. be able to manage or manage successfullyplay

13. give the appearance or impression ofplay

14. move (one's fist)play

15. pass directly and often in hasteplay

16. pass through or acrossplay

17. make an abrupt change of image or soundplay

18. stop filmingplay

19. make a recording ofplay

20. record a performance on (a medium)play

21. create by duplicating dataplay

22. form or shape by cutting or incisingplay

23. perform or carry outplay

24. function as a cutting instrumentplay

25. allow incision or separationplay

26. divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficultplay

27. cause to stop operating by disengaging a switchplay

28. reap or harvestplay

29. fell by sawing; hewplay

30. penetrate injuriouslyplay

31. refuse to acknowledgeplay

32. shorten as if by severing the edges or ends ofplay

33. weed out unwanted or unnecessary thingsplay

34. dissolve by breaking down the fat ofplay

35. have a reducing effectplay

36. cease, stopplay

37. reduce in scope while retaining essential elementsplay

38. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixtureplay

39. have grow through the gumsplay

40. grow through the gumsplay

41. cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)play

  Familiarity information: CUT used as a verb is very familiar.


 Dictionary entry details 


CUT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A share of the profits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

everyone got a cut of the earnings

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

part; percentage; portion; share (assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cut"):

rake-off; vigorish (a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster)

Holonyms ("cut" is a part of...):

booty; dirty money; loot; pillage; plunder; prize; swag (goods or money obtained illegally)


Sense 2

Meaning:

(film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

transition (a passage that connects a topic to one that follows)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cut"):

jump cut (an immediate transition from one scene to another)


Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cut; gash

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

furrow (a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow))


Sense 4

Meaning:

A step on some scale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

he is a cut above the rest

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

gradation; step (relative position in a graded series)


Sense 5

Meaning:

A wound made by cutting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

cut; gash; slash; slice

Context example:

he put a bandage over the cut

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

lesion; wound (an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin))


Sense 6

Meaning:

A piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

cut; cut of meat

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

meat (the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cut"):

joint; roast (a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion)

confit (a piece of meat (especially a duck) cooked slowly in its own fat)

chop (a small cut of meat including part of a rib)

chine (cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone)

leg (the limb of an animal used for food)

side; side of meat (a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food)

forequarter (the front half of a side of meat)

hindquarter (the back half of a side of meat)

cut of beef (cut of meat from beef cattle)

rib (cut of meat including one or more ribs)

entrecote (cut of meat taken from between the ribs)

shank (a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg)

shin; shin bone (a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg)

brisket (a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef)

steak (a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish)

loin (a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump)

sirloin (the portion of the loin (especially of beef) just in front of the rump)

tenderloin; undercut (the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column)

neck (a cut of meat from the neck of an animal)

shoulder (a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg)

cut of veal (cut of meat from a calf)

cut of mutton (cut of meat from a mature sheep)

cut of lamb (cut of meat from a lamb)

saddle (cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins)

rack (rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton)

cut of pork (cut of meat from a hog or pig)


Sense 7

Meaning:

A remark capable of wounding mentally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

cut; stinger

Context example:

the unkindest cut of all

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

abuse; contumely; insult; revilement; vilification (a rude expression intended to offend or hurt)


Sense 8

Meaning:

A distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

cut; track

Context example:

the title track of the album

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

excerpt; excerption; extract; selection (a passage selected from a larger work)


Sense 9

Meaning:

The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

cut; deletion; excision

Context example:

both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

editing; redaction (putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form)


Sense 10

Meaning:

The style in which a garment is cut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

a dress of traditional cut

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

fashion (the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior)


Sense 11

Meaning:

A canal made by erosion or excavation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

canal (long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation)


Sense 12

Meaning:

A refusal to recognize someone you know

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cold shoulder; cut; snub

Context example:

the snub was clearly intentional

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

rebuff; slight (a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval))


Sense 13

Meaning:

In baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

baseball swing; cut; swing

Context example:

he took a vicious cut at the ball

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

shot; stroke ((sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand)


Sense 14

Meaning:

(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cut; undercut

Context example:

cuts do not bother a good tennis player

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

shot; stroke ((sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand)

Domain category:

squash; squash rackets; squash racquets (a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets)

badminton (a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net)

lawn tennis; tennis (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)


Sense 15

Meaning:

The division of a deck of cards before dealing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cut; cutting

Context example:

the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

division (the act or process of dividing)

Holonyms ("cut" is a part of...):

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)


Sense 16

Meaning:

The act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cut; cutting

Context example:

his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

opening (becoming open or being made open)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cut"):

nick; notch; snick (a small cut)

gash; slash (a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument)

incision; section; surgical incision (the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation))


Sense 17

Meaning:

The act of cutting something into parts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cut; cutting

Context example:

his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

division (the act or process of dividing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cut"):

severance; severing (the act of severing)

dissection (cutting so as to separate into pieces)

scission (the act of dividing by cutting or splitting)

slicing (the act of cutting into slices)

undercut (a cut made underneath to remove material)


Sense 18

Meaning:

The act of shortening something by chopping off the ends

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cut; cutting; cutting off

Context example:

the barber gave him a good cut

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

shortening (act of decreasing in length)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cut"):

clip; clipping; snip (the act of clipping or snipping)

haircut (the act of cutting the hair)

clipping; trim; trimming (cutting down to the desired size or shape)

shearing (removing by cutting off or clipping)


Sense 19

Meaning:

The act of reducing the amount or number

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

decrease; diminution; reduction; step-down (the act of decreasing or reducing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cut"):

budget cut (the act of reducing budgeted expenditures)

pay cut; salary cut (the act of reducing a salary)

cost cutting (the act of cutting costs)

price cut; price cutting (cutting the price of merchandise to one lower than the usual or advertised price)

spending cut (the act of reducing spending)

tax cut (the act of reducing taxation)


Sense 20

Meaning:

An unexcused absence from class

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class

Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):

absence (failure to be present)


CUT (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument

Context example:

bandages on her cut wrists

Similar:

chopped; shredded; sliced (prepared by cutting)

cut up (cut into pieces)

incised (cut into with a sharp instrument)

perforated (having a number or series of holes)

perforate; perforated; pierced; punctured (having a hole cut through)

cut off; severed (detached by cutting)

split ((especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain)

Antonym:

uncut (not cut)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Fashioned or shaped by cutting

Context example:

cut velvet

Similar:

cut out (having been cut out)

hand-hewn; hewn (cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel)

sheared ((used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length)

slashed (having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric)

Antonym:

uncut (not shaped by cutting or trimming)


Sense 3

Meaning:

With parts removed

Synonyms:

cut; shortened

Context example:

the drastically cut film

Similar:

abridged ((used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting)


Sense 4

Meaning:

Made neat and tidy by trimming

Synonyms:

cut; trimmed

Context example:

his neatly trimmed hair

Similar:

clipped (cut or trimmed by clipping)


Sense 5

Meaning:

(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine

Synonyms:

cut; mown

Context example:

the smell of newly mown hay

Similar:

new-mown (newly mown)

Domain category:

botany; flora; vegetation (all the plant life in a particular region or period)


Sense 6

Meaning:

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

Context example:

the cut pages of the book

Antonym:

uncut ((of pages of a book) having adjacent leaves still joined at the fore edge)


Sense 7

Meaning:

(of a male animal) having the testicles removed

Synonyms:

cut; emasculated; gelded

Context example:

a cut horse

Similar:

castrated; unsexed (deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes)


Sense 8

Meaning:

(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply

Synonyms:

cut; slashed

Context example:

the slashed prices attracted buyers

Similar:

decreased; reduced (made less in size or amount or degree)


Sense 9

Meaning:

Mixed with water

Synonyms:

cut; thinned; weakened

Context example:

a cup of thinned soup

Similar:

dilute; diluted (reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity)


CUT (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they cut  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it cuts  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: cut  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: cut  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: cutting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Separate with or as if with an instrument

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

Cut the rope

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

disunite; divide; part; separate (force, take, or pull apart)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut"):

manicure (trim carefully and neatly)

scissor (cut with or as if with scissors)

plane; shave (cut or remove with or as if with a plane)

slice; slice up (cut into slices)

pink (cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing)

jag (cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge)

carve; cut up (cut to pieces)

carve (form by carving)

carve; chip at (engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface)

cube; dice (cut into cubes)

julienne (cut into long thin strips)

chop; hack (cut with a hacking tool)

undercut (cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall)

hack (cut away)

chop; chop up (cut into pieces)

cut down; drop; fell; strike down (cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow)

chip; nick (cut a nick into)

nick; snick (cut slightly, with a razor)

break off; chip; cut off; knap (break a small piece off from)

pare; trim (remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size)

circumcise (cut the skin over the clitoris)

chamfer; chase; furrow (cut a furrow into a columns)

indent (cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication)

mortice; mortise (cut a hole for a tenon in)

cut down; mow (cut with a blade or mower)

shear (cut or cut through with shears)

gash; slash (cut open)

cut down; slash (cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete)

tap (cut a female screw thread with a tap)

hob (cut with a hob)

bore; drill (make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool)

clip; nip; nip off; snip; snip off (sever or remove by pinching or snipping)

dissect (cut open or cut apart)

bisect (cut in half or cut in two)

transect (cut across or divide transversely)

trisect (cut in three)

pare; whittle (cut small bits or pare shavings from)

chatter (cut unevenly with a chattering tool)

cut away (remove by cutting off or away)

tomahawk (cut with a tomahawk)

saber; sabre (cut or injure with a saber)

rebate (cut a rebate in (timber or stone))

cradle (cut grain with a cradle scythe)

incise (make an incision into by carving or cutting)

trench (cut or carve deeply into)

bob; dock; tail (remove or shorten the tail of an animal)

slice; slit (make a clean cut through)

saw (cut with a saw)

discerp; lop; sever (cut off from a whole)

chase (cut a groove into)

bevel; chamfer (cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel)

crosscut; cut across (cut using a diagonal line)

rip (cut (wood) along the grain)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They cut the newspapers

Also:

cut away (remove by cutting off or away)

cut into (turn up, loosen, or remove earth)

cut off (break a small piece off from)

cut out (strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out)

cut out (form and create by cutting out)

cut up (cut to pieces)

Derivation:

cutter (a cutting implement; a tool for cutting)

cutting (the act of cutting something into parts)

cutter (someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments))


Sense 2

Meaning:

Cut down on; make a reduction in

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bring down; cut; cut back; cut down; reduce; trim; trim back; trim down

Context example:

The employer wants to cut back health benefits

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)

Verb group:

cut (have a reducing effect)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut"):

shorten (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration)

spill (reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail))

quench (reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance)

retrench (make a reduction, as in one's workforce)

slash (cut drastically)

thin out (make sparse)

thin (make thin or thinner)

detract; take away (take away a part from; diminish)

deflate (reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices)

inflate (increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value)

downsize ((of a company) reduce in size or number of employees)

subtract (take off or away)

knock off; shave (cut the price of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They will cut the duet


Sense 3

Meaning:

Turn sharply; change direction abruptly

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

curve; cut; sheer; slew; slue; swerve; trend; veer

Context example:

The motorbike veered to the right

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut"):

peel off (leave a formation)

yaw (swerve off course momentarily)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP


Sense 4

Meaning:

Make an incision or separation

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

cut along the dotted line

Verb group:

cut (allow incision or separation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

cutting (the act of cutting something into parts)

cutting (the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge)


Sense 5

Meaning:

Discharge from a group

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

The coach cut two players from the team

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

discharge; free (free from obligations or duties)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody


Sense 6

Meaning:

Form by probing, penetrating, or digging

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

The sweat cut little rivulets into her face

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Verb group:

cut (form or shape by cutting or incising)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut"):

blast (make with or as if with an explosion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


Sense 7

Meaning:

Style and tailor in a certain fashion

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

cut; tailor

Context example:

cut a dress

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

design (create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner)

Domain category:

fashion (the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut"):

gore (cut into gores)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They cut the cape


Sense 8

Meaning:

Hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

cut a Ping-Pong ball

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 9

Meaning:

Make out and issue

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

cut; issue; make out; write out

Context example:

Please make the check out to me

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

write (communicate or express by writing)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut"):

check (write out a check on a bank account)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The banks cut the check


Sense 10

Meaning:

Cut and assemble the components of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

cut; edit; edit out

Context example:

cut recording tape

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

abbreviate; abridge; contract; cut; foreshorten; reduce; shorten (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They will cut the duet

Derivation:

cutting (the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film)


Sense 11

Meaning:

Intentionally fail to attend

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

cut; skip

Context example:

cut class

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

miss (fail to attend an event or activity)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut"):

bunk off; play hooky (play truant from work or school)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 12

Meaning:

Be able to manage or manage successfully

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

cut; hack

Context example:

she could not cut the long days in the office

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

contend; cope; deal; get by; grapple; make do; make out; manage (succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 13

Meaning:

Give the appearance or impression of

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Context example:

cut a nice figure

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

appear; look; seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 14

Meaning:

Move (one's fist)

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

his opponent cut upward toward his chin

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Domain category:

boxing; fisticuffs; pugilism (fighting with the fists)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP


Sense 15

Meaning:

Pass directly and often in haste

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

pass (go across or through)

Verb group:

cut (pass through or across)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP


Sense 16

Meaning:

Pass through or across

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The boat cut the water

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

move through; pass across; pass over; pass through; transit (make a passage or journey from one place to another)

Verb group:

cut (pass directly and often in haste)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody


Sense 17

Meaning:

Make an abrupt change of image or sound

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

cut from one scene to another

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

change; shift; switch (lay aside, abandon, or leave for another)

Verb group:

cut (stop filming)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut"):

cut away (move quickly to another scene or focus when filming)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Also:

cut to (move to another scene when filming)

Derivation:

cutting (the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film)


Sense 18

Meaning:

Stop filming

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

cut a movie scene

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

stop (cause to stop)

Verb group:

cut (make an abrupt change of image or sound)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 19

Meaning:

Make a recording of

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

She cut all of her major titles again

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

record; tape (register electronically)

Verb group:

cut (record a performance on (a medium))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They will cut the duet


Sense 20

Meaning:

Record a performance on (a medium)

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

cut a record

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

record; tape (register electronically)

Verb group:

burn; cut (create by duplicating data)

cut (make a recording of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 21

Meaning:

Create by duplicating data

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

burn; cut

Context example:

burn a CD

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Verb group:

cut (record a performance on (a medium))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 22

Meaning:

Form or shape by cutting or incising

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

cut paper dolls

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Verb group:

cut (form by probing, penetrating, or digging)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

cutting (the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends)

cutting (removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape)


Sense 23

Meaning:

Perform or carry out

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

cut a caper

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 24

Meaning:

Function as a cutting instrument

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

This knife cuts well

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

function; go; operate; run; work (perform as expected when applied)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s


Sense 25

Meaning:

Allow incision or separation

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

This bread cuts easily

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Verb group:

cut (make an incision or separation)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s


Sense 26

Meaning:

Divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

She cut the deck for a long time

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

mix; ruffle; shuffle (mix so as to make a random order or arrangement)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

cutting (the division of a deck of cards before dealing)


Sense 27

Meaning:

Cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

cut; switch off; turn off; turn out

Context example:

turn out the lights

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

flip; switch; throw (cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut"):

kill (cause to cease operating)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 28

Meaning:

Reap or harvest

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

cut grain

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

glean; harvest; reap (gather, as of natural products)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They cut rye in the field


Sense 29

Meaning:

Fell by sawing; hew

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

cut down; drop; fell; strike down (cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 30

Meaning:

Penetrate injuriously

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sentence example:

They cut themselves


Sense 31

Meaning:

Refuse to acknowledge

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

cut; disregard; ignore; snub

Context example:

She cut him dead at the meeting

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

do by; handle; treat (interact in a certain way)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE


Sense 32

Meaning:

Shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

cut my hair

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

shorten (make short or shorter)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut"):

shave; trim (cut closely)

French (cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking)

crop (cut short)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 33

Meaning:

Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

cut; prune; rationalise; rationalize

Context example:

We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

do away with; eliminate; extinguish; get rid of (terminate, end, or take out)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Also:

cut back (place restrictions on)

cut back (cut down on; make a reduction in)

cut out (delete or remove)


Sense 34

Meaning:

Dissolve by breaking down the fat of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

soap cuts grease

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

break up; dissolve; resolve (cause to go into a solution)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something


Sense 35

Meaning:

Have a reducing effect

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

This cuts into my earnings

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)

Verb group:

bring down; cut; cut back; cut down; reduce; trim; trim back; trim down (cut down on; make a reduction in)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP


Sense 36

Meaning:

Cease, stop

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

cut; cut off

Context example:

We had to cut short the conversation

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

break up; cut off; disrupt; interrupt (make a break in)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Also:

cut off (make a break in)


Sense 37

Meaning:

Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

abbreviate; abridge; contract; cut; foreshorten; reduce; shorten

Context example:

The manuscript must be shortened

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)

Verb group:

cut; edit; edit out (cut and assemble the components of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut"):

bowdlerise; bowdlerize; castrate; expurgate; shorten (edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate)

concentrate; condense; digest (make more concise)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


Sense 38

Meaning:

Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

cut; dilute; reduce; thin; thin out

Context example:

cut bourbon

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

weaken (lessen the strength of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut"):

water down (make less strong or intense)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

cutting (the act of diluting something)


Sense 39

Meaning:

Have grow through the gums

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

The baby cut a tooth

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

acquire; develop; get; grow; produce (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes))

Verb group:

cut (grow through the gums)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 40

Meaning:

Grow through the gums

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

The new tooth is cutting

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

grow (increase in size by natural process)

Verb group:

cut (have grow through the gums)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s


Sense 41

Meaning:

Cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

cut; geld

Context example:

the vet gelded the young horse

Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):

castrate; demasculinise; demasculinize; emasculate (remove the testicles of a male animal)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody


 Context examples 


He’ll be cut up over this, for the man has been in his service for years and was a good servant.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Wait a bit! There is a fellow cutting peat up yonder. Bring him over here, and he will guide the police.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The son was to join in cutting off the entail, as soon as he should be of age, and the widow and younger children would by that means be provided for.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

He found time to admire the ease with which she sat down, then lurched toward a chair facing her, overwhelmed with consciousness of the awkward figure he was cutting.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The malefactor was fixed in a chair upon a scaffold erected for that purpose, and his head cut off at one blow, with a sword of about forty feet long.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Here is what’s going on this Sunday date: Mars will oppose Uranus and cut through your two sectors of friendship and love.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Holmes cut the cord and removed the transverse bar.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That they’d come aboard and cut our throats?

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The sharp rocks cut through his pants' legs till his knees left a trail of blood; but the hurt was lost in the hurt of his hunger.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Not being able to smoke, he cut himself a good-sized plug of tobacco and began to chew.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
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"Listening to a liar is like drinking warm water." (Native American proverb, tribe unknown)

"Visit rarely, and you will be more loved." (Arabic proverb)

"The blacksmith's horse has no horseshoes." (Czech proverb)



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