Noun
an unexcused absence from class; "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"

Noun
the act of reducing the amount or number; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"

Noun
the act of shortening something by cutting off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut"

Noun
the act of cutting something into parts; "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"

Noun
the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"

Noun
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
(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball; "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"

Noun
in baseball; a batter''s attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball"

Noun
a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional"

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

Noun
a canal made by erosion or excavation

Noun
the style in which a garment is cut; "a dress of traditional cut"

Noun
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
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
(film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next; "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt"

Noun
a remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all"

Noun
a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass

Noun
a share of the profits; "everyone got a cut of the earnings"

Noun
a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"

Noun
a step on some scale; "he is a cut above the the rest"

Verb
cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse"

Verb
grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"

Verb
have grow through the gums; "The baby cut a tooth"

Verb
cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape"

Verb
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"

Verb
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

Verb
cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"

Verb
cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

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
shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of; "cut my hair"

Verb
refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"

Verb
make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"

Verb
penetrate injuriously; "The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead"

Verb
fell by sawing; hew; "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia"

Verb
reap or harvest; "cut grain"

Verb
hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction; "cut a pingpong ball"

Verb
cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"

Verb
separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

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
make an incision or separation; "cut along the dotted line"

Verb
allow incision or separation; "This bread cuts easily"

Verb
function as a cutting instrument; "This knife cuts well"

Verb
style and tailor in a certain fashion; "cut a dress"

Verb
perform or carry out; "cut a caper"

Verb
form or shape by cutting or incising; "cut paper dolls"

Verb
form by probing, penetrating, or digging; "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face"

Verb
create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"

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
stop filming; "cut a movie scene"

Verb
make an abrupt change of image or sound; "cut from one scene to another"

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
turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

Verb
move (one''s fist); "his opponent cut upward toward his chin"

Verb
give the appearance or impression of; "cut a nice figure"

Verb
discharge from a group; "The coach cut two players from the team"

Verb
informal: be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can''t hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"

Verb
intentionally fail to attend; "cut class"

Adjective S.
with parts removed; "the drastically cut film"

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"

Adjective
(of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit; "the cut pages of the book"

Adjective
fashioned or shaped by cutting; "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet"

Adjective S.
mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup"

Adjective S.
(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the slashed prices attracted buyers"

Adjective S.
cut down; "the tree is down"

Adjective S.
wounded by cutting deeply; "got a gashed arm in a knife fight"; "had a slashed cheek from the broken glass"

Adjective S.
having a long rip or tear; "a split lip"

Adjective
(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of new-mown hay"

Adjective S.
(of a male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut horse"

Adjective
made neat and tidy by trimming; "his neatly trimmed hair"

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imp. & p. p.
of Cut

v. t.
To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide.

v. t.
To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.

v. t.
To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.

v. t.
To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.

v. t.
To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out.

v. t.
To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick.

v. t.
To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles.

v. t.
To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance.

v. t.
To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc.

v. i.
To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.

v. i.
To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.

v. i.
To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument.

v. i.
To make a stroke with a whip.

v. i.
To interfere, as a horse.

v. i.
To move or make off quickly.

v. i.
To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the deal or trump, or to change the order of the cards to be dealt.

n.
An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.

n.
A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.

n.
That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight.

n.
A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad.

n.
The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut.

n.
A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber.

n.
An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts.

n.
The act of dividing a pack cards.

n.
The right to divide; as, whose cut is it?

n.
Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment.

n.
A common work horse; a gelding.

n.
The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.

n.
A skein of yarn.

a.
Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.

a.
Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved.

a.
Overcome by liquor; tipsy.

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Cut

Cut (k?t), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cut; p.pr. & vb. n. Cutting.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach short, docked, cut a bobtail, piece, Ir. cut a short tail, cutach bobtailed. Cf. Coot.] 1. To sparate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide.

You must cut this flesh from off his breast.

Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way.

2. To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.

Thy servants can skill to cut timer.

3. To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails. 4. To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse. 5. To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out.

Why should a man. whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster?

Loopholes cut through thickest shade.

6. To wound or hurt deeply the snsibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick.

The man was cut to the heart.

7. To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles. 8. To refuse to recognize; to ignorre; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance. [Colloq.] 9. To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc. [Colloq.]

An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop whenever he can do so with impunity.

To cut a caper. See under Caper. -- To cut the cards, to divide a pack of cards into portions, in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change the cards to be dealt. -- To cut a dash ∨ a figure, to make a display. [Colloq.] -- To cut down. (a) To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate. "Timber . . . cut down in the mountains of Cilicia." Knolles. (b) To put down; to abash; to humble, [Obs] "So great is his natural eloquence, that he cuts doun the finest orator." Addison (c) To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down expenses. (d) (Naut.) To raze; as, to cut down a frigate into a sloop. -- To cut the knot ∨ the Gordian knot, to dispose of a difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary action, rather than by skill or patience. -- To cut lots, to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw lots. -- To cut off. (a) To sever; to separate.

I would to God, . . . The king had cut off my brother's.

(b) To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to destroy. "Irenus was likewise cut off by martyrdom." Addison. (c) To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut off (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam engine. (d) To intercept; as,, to cut off an enemy's retreat. (e) To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate. -- To cut out. (a) To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a piece from a board. (b) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment. " A large forest cut out into walks." Addison. (c) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out work for another day. "Every man had cut out a place for himself." Addison. (d) To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, to cut out a rival. [Colloq.] (e) To debar. "I am cut out from anything but common acknowledgments." Pope. (f) To seize and carry off (a vessel) from a harbor, or from under the guns of an enemy. -- To cut to pieces. (a) To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces. (b) To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces. -- To cut a play (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out passages, to adapt it for the stage. -- To cut rates (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for transportation below the rates established between competing lines. -- To cut short, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a sudden termination. "Achilles cut him short, and thus replied." Dryden. -- To cut stick, to make off clandestinely or precipitately. [Slang] -- To cut teeth, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce through the gum and appear. -- To have cut one's eyeteeth, to be sharp and knowing. [Colloq.] -- To cut one's wisdom teeth, to come to years of discretion. -- To cut under, to undersell; as, to cut under a competitor in trade. -- To cut up. (a) To cut to pieces; as, to cut up an animal, or bushes. (b) To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; as, to cut up a book or its author by severe criticism. "This doctrine cuts up all government by the roots." Locke. (c) To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Cut

Cut (k?t), v. i. 1. To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well. 2. To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.

Panels of white wood that cuts like cheese.

3. To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument.

He saved the lives of thousands by manner of cutting for the stone.

4. To make a stroke with a whip. 5. To interfere, as a horse. 6. To move or make off quickly. [Colloq.] 7. To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the deal or trump, or to schange the order of the cards to be dealt. To cut across, to pass over or through in the most direct way; as, to cut across a field. -- To cut and run, to make off suddenly and quickly; -- from the cutting of a ship's cable, when there is not time to raise the anchor. [Colloq.] -- To cut in ∨ into, to interrupt; to jont an anything suddenly. -- To cut up. (a) To play pranks. [Colloq.] (b) To divide into portions well or ill; to have the property left at one's death turn out well or poorly when divided among heirs, legatees, etc. [Slang.] "When I die, may I cut up as well as Morgan Pendennis." Thackeray.

Cut

Cut, n. 1. An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut. 2. A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip. 3. That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight.

Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, snapped his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed.

4. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad.

This great cut or ditch Secostris . . . purposed to have made a great deal wider and deeper.

5. The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut. 6. A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber.

It should be understood, moreover, . . . that the group are not arbitrary cuts, but natural groups or types.

7. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts. 8. (a) The act of dividing a pack cards. (b) The right to divide; as, whose cut is it? 9. Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment.

With eyes severe and beard of formal cut.

10. A common work horse; a gelding. [Obs.]

He'll buy me a cut, forth for to ride.

11. The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise. [College Cant] 12. A skein of yarn. Wright. A cut in rates (Railroad), a reduction in fare, freight charges, etc., below the established rates. -- A short cut, a cross route which shortens the way and cuts off a circuitous passage. -- The cut of one's jib, the general appearance of a person. [Colloq.] -- To draw cuts, to draw lots, as of paper, etc., cut unequal lengths.

Now draweth cut . . . The which that hath the shortest shall begin.

Cut

Cut (k?t), a. 1. Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument. 2. Formed or shaped as by cuttting; carved. 3. Overcome by liquor; tipsy. [Slang] Cut and dried, prepered beforehand; not spontaneous. -- Cut glass, glass having a surface ground and polished in facets or figures. -- Cut nail, a nail cut by machinery from a rolled plate of iron, in distinction from a wrought nail. -- Cut stone, stone hewn or chiseled to shape after having been split from the quarry.

To sparate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide.

To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.

An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.

Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.