:to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
:to divide with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever; carve: to cut a rope.
:to detach with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; separate from the main body; lop off: to cut a slice from a loaf of bread.
:to hew or saw down; fell: to cut timber.
:to hollow out; excavate; dig: to cut a trench.
:to trim by clipping, shearing, paring, or pruning: to cut hair.
:to mow; reap; harvest: to cut grain.
:to abridge or shorten; edit by omitting a part or parts: to cut a speech.
:to repeatedly inflict injury on by deliberately cutting the skin, as to cope with negative emotions: Some teenagers cut themselves in response to emotional pain.
:to lower, reduce, diminish, or curtail: to cut prices.
:to dilute; make less thick: to cut wine.
:to dissolve: That detergent cuts grease effectively.
For example, the Postal Service routinely mothballs sorting machines to cut out excess capacity, USPS officials have said.
The president, for his part, has described many of those critical as “disgruntled former employees” who were not cut out for his administration.
Tech’s coveted internships were some of the first roles to be cut as offices closed and businesses shuttered in response to the coronavirus.
A new app promises to use cutting-edge science and technology to tell you if you’re right.
The company, which employs about 2,800 people, plans to make a one-time payment of $20,000 to those who decide to leave San Francisco, New York, or Seattle, according to Bloomberg—though it also plans to cut their base salaries by as much as 10%.
In this cockamamie get-rich scheme, would they all issue an apology if he cut a check?
My understanding was that according to most Christian beliefs, being trans or gay was a sin, cut and dry.
Crew members had to cut through the ice on the streets to get shots.
In response to the screen quota cut, South Korea established a “cinema tax” on the box office.
Supported by Washington, the domestic quota was cut from 90 days to 30.
If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.
At the reserve bank they may borrow as a standing right and not as a favor which may be cut off.
It occurred to him then, for the first time, that a third resource was open—he might cut the rope, and let the kite go free!
My thought was to keep pushing in troops from "W" Beach until the enemy had fallen back to save themselves from being cut off.
:to intersect; cross: One line cuts another at right angles.
:Informal. to cease; discontinue: Cut the kidding.Let's cut out the pretense.
:to stop; halt the running of, as a liquid or an engine: The pilot cut the engines and glided in for a landing. Cut off the hot water.
:to dilute or adulterate by mixing it with other substances.
:to grow through the gum: The baby is cutting his teeth.
:to type, write, or draw on for mimeographing.
:to make or fashion by cutting, as a statue, jewel, or garment.
:Glassmaking. to produce a pattern by grinding and polishing.
:to refuse to recognize socially; shun ostentatiously: Her friends began to cut her as the season progressed.
:to strike sharply, as with a whip.
:to absent oneself from: allowed to cut three classes per semester.
:Movies, Television. to stop.to edit.
:Computers. to remove from a file to store in temporary memory until pasted elsewhere.Compare copy, paste.
:to wound the feelings of severely.
:Cards. to divide at random into two or more parts, by removing cards from the top.to take from a deck.
:to record a selection on; make a recording of.
:to castrate; geld.
:Sports. to hit with either the hand or some instrument so as to change its course and often to cause it to spin.
:Cricket. to strike and send off in front of the batsman, and parallel to the wicket.
:Slang. to be a nonplaying dealer, manager, or supervisor of in return for a percentage of the money bet or sometimes for a fee.
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cut, cut·ting.
:to penetrate or divide something, as with a sharp-edged instrument; make an incision: The scissors cut well.
:to admit of being cut: Butter cuts easily.
:to repeatedly inflict self-injury by deliberately cutting the skin.
:to pass, go, or come, especially in the most direct way: to cut across an empty lot.
:Movies, Television. to shift suddenly from one shot to another: Cut to the barroom interior.to stop the action of a scene: used as a command by a director.
:to make a sudden or sharp turn in direction; change direction suddenly; swerve: We cut to the left to avoid hitting the cyclist.
:to strike a person, animal, etc., sharply, as with a whip.
:to wound the feelings severely: His criticism cut deep.
: to grow through the gums.
:Computers. to remove selected text, images, etc., from a file for storage in temporary memory until pasted elsewhere.Compare copy, paste.
:Cards. to cut the cards.
:Informal. to leave hastily: to cut for the hills.
: interfere. to separate a specific animal from a herd of cattle.
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:that has been subjected to cutting; divided into pieces by cutting; detached by cutting: cut flowers.
:fashioned by cutting; having the surface shaped or ornamented by grinding, polishing, or the like: cut diamonds.
:reduced by or as if by cutting: cut whiskey; cut prices.
:Botany. incised; cleft.
:castrated; gelded.
:Slang. drunk.
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:the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
:the result of cutting, as an incision, wound, passage, or channel.
:a piece cut off: a cut of a pie.
:Informal. a share, especially of earnings or profits: His agent's cut is 20 percent.
:a haircut, often with a styling.
:a reduction in price, salary, etc.
:the manner or fashion in which anything is cut: the cut of a dress.
:style; manner; kind: We need a man of his cut in this firm.
:a passage or course straight across or through: a cut through the woods.
:an excision or omission of a part.
:a part or quantity of text deleted or omitted.
:a quantity cut, especially of lumber.
:a refusal to recognize an acquaintance.
:an act, speech, etc., that wounds the feelings.
:an engraved plate or block of wood used for printing.
:a printed picture or illustration.
:an absence, as from a school class, at which attendance is required.
:Butchering. part of an animal usually cut as one piece.
:Cards. a cutting of the cards.
:Sports. the act of cutting a ball.the spin imparted.
:Fencing. a blow with the edge of the blade instead of the tip.
:one of several pieces of straw, paper, etc., used in drawing lots.
:Movies, Television. the instantaneous or gradual transition from one shot or scene to another in an edited film.an edited version of a film.Compare rough cut, final cut. an act or instance of editing a film.
:an individual song, musical piece, or other similar material on a record or tape.
:any product of the fractional distillation of petroleum.
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:cut across, to precede or go beyond considerations of; transcend: The new tax program cuts across party lines.
:cut down, Also cut down on. to lessen; decrease: to cut down on between-meal snacks.to strike and cause to fall: The first force to attempt an advance was swiftly cut down.to destroy, kill, or disable: The hurricane cut down everything in its path.to remodel, remake, or reduce in size, as a garment: She had her old coat cut down to fit her daughter.
:cut in, to move or thrust oneself, a vehicle, etc., abruptly between others: A speeding car cut in and nearly caused an accident.to interpose; interrupt: to cut in with a remark.Informal.to interrupt a dancing couple in order to dance with one of them.to blend into flour by means of a knife.
:cut off, to intercept.to interrupt.to stop suddenly; discontinue.to halt the operation of; turn off.to shut off or shut out.to disinherit.to sever; separate.
:cut out, to omit; delete; excise.to oust and replace a rival; supplant.to part an animal from a herd.to plan; arrange: He has his work cut out for him.to move out of one's lane of traffic.Also cut on out. Slang.to leave suddenly.Informal.to refrain from; stop: to cut out smoking. to stop running.
:cut up, to cut into pieces or sections.to lacerate; wound.to distress mentally; injure.Informal.to play pranks; misbehave: They were scolded for cutting up in church.