CUT AWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cut away mean? 

• CUT AWAY (verb)
  The verb CUT AWAY has 2 senses:

1. move quickly to another scene or focus when filming

2. remove by cutting off or away

  Familiarity information: CUT AWAY used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUT AWAY (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move quickly to another scene or focus when filming

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

'cut away now!' the director shouted

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

cut (make an abrupt change of image or sound)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Remove by cutting off or away

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

cut away the branch that sticks out

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

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

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

undercut (cut away the underpart of)

undercut (cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief)

Sentence frames:

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

 Context examples 

The remains scattered about were fragments of the victims, which had been cut away in order to clear the stake for the next who might blunder in.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Kelly, come aft and slack off the main-sheet! You, Kerfoot, go for’ard and see what’s become of Cooky! Mr. Van Weyden, run aloft again, and cut away any stray stuff on your way!”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)