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CUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: cutting

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unexcused absence from class

Example:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

absence (failure to be present)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of reducing the amount or number

Example:

the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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 3

Meaning:

The act of shortening something by chopping off the ends

Example:

the barber gave him a good cut

Synonyms:

cut; cutting; cutting off

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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 4

Meaning:

The act of cutting something into parts

Example:

his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess

Synonyms:

cut; cutting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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 5

Meaning:

The act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge

Example:

his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels

Synonyms:

cut; cutting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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 6

Meaning:

The division of a deck of cards before dealing

Example:

the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual

Synonyms:

cut; cutting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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 7

Meaning:

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

Example:

cuts do not bother a good tennis player

Synonyms:

cut; undercut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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 8

Meaning:

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

Example:

he took a vicious cut at the ball

Synonyms:

baseball swing; cut; swing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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 9

Meaning:

A refusal to recognize someone you know

Example:

the snub was clearly intentional

Synonyms:

cold shoulder; cut; snub

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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

Sense 10

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

cut; gash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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

Sense 11

Meaning:

A canal made by erosion or excavation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

cut; cut of meat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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 18

Meaning:

A share of the profits

Example:

everyone got a cut of the earnings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

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 19

Meaning:

A wound made by cutting

Example:

he put a bandage over the cut

Synonyms:

cut; gash; slash; slice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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 20

Meaning:

A step on some scale

Example:

he is a cut above the rest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

gradation; step (relative position in a graded series)

II. (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With parts removed

Example:

the drastically cut film

Synonyms:

cut; shortened

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Example:

bandages on her cut wrists

Classified under:

Adjectives

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 3

Meaning:

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

Example:

the cut pages of the book

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

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

Sense 4

Meaning:

Fashioned or shaped by cutting

Example:

cut velvet

Classified under:

Adjectives

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 5

Meaning:

Mixed with water

Example:

a cup of thinned soup

Synonyms:

cut; thinned; weakened

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

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

Sense 6

Meaning:

(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply

Example:

the slashed prices attracted buyers

Synonyms:

cut; slashed

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

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

Sense 7

Meaning:

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

Example:

the smell of newly mown hay

Synonyms:

cut; mown

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

new-mown (newly mown)

Domain category:

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

Sense 8

Meaning:

(of a male animal) having the testicles removed

Example:

a cut horse

Synonyms:

cut; emasculated; gelded

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

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

Sense 9

Meaning:

Made neat and tidy by trimming

Example:

his neatly trimmed hair

Synonyms:

cut; trimmed

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

clipped (cut or trimmed by clipping)

III. (verb)

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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 5

Meaning:

Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

Example:

cut bourbon

Synonyms:

cut; dilute; reduce; thin; thin out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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:

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

Derivation:

cutting (the act of diluting something)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

Example:

The manuscript must be shortened

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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 7

Meaning:

Cease, stop

Example:

We had to cut short the conversation

Synonyms:

cut; cut off

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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 8

Meaning:

Cut down on; make a reduction in

Example:

The employer wants to cut back health benefits

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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 9

Meaning:

Have a reducing effect

Example:

This cuts into my earnings

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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 10

Meaning:

Dissolve by breaking down the fat of

Example:

soap cuts grease

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

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

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 11

Meaning:

Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things

Example:

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

Synonyms:

cut; prune; rationalise; rationalize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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 12

Meaning:

Shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of

Example:

cut my hair

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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 13

Meaning:

Refuse to acknowledge

Example:

She cut him dead at the meeting

Synonyms:

cut; disregard; ignore; snub

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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 14

Meaning:

Make out and issue

Example:

Please make the check out to me

Synonyms:

cut; issue; make out; write out

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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 15

Meaning:

Penetrate injuriously

Example:

The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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:

Meaning:

Cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch

Example:

turn out the lights

Synonyms:

cut; switch off; turn off; turn out

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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 20

Meaning:

Separate with or as if with an instrument

Example:

Cut the rope

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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:

cutting (the act of cutting something into parts)

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

cutter (a cutting implement; a tool for cutting)

Sense 21

Meaning:

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

Example:

She cut the deck for a long time

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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 22

Meaning:

Make an incision or separation

Example:

cut along the dotted line

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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 23

Meaning:

Allow incision or separation

Example:

This bread cuts easily

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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 24

Meaning:

Function as a cutting instrument

Example:

This knife cuts well

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

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

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 25

Meaning:

Style and tailor in a certain fashion

Example:

cut a dress

Synonyms:

cut; tailor

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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 26

Meaning:

Perform or carry out

Example:

cut a caper

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 27

Meaning:

Form or shape by cutting or incising

Example:

cut paper dolls

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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 28

Meaning:

Form by probing, penetrating, or digging

Example:

The sweat cut little rivulets into her face

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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 29

Meaning:

Create by duplicating data

Example:

burn a CD

Synonyms:

burn; cut

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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 30

Meaning:

Record a performance on (a medium)

Example:

cut a record

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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 31

Meaning:

Make a recording of

Example:

She cut all of her major titles again

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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 32

Meaning:

Stop filming

Example:

cut a movie scene

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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 33

Meaning:

Make an abrupt change of image or sound

Example:

cut from one scene to another

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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 34

Meaning:

Pass through or across

Example:

The boat cut the water

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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 35

Meaning:

Pass directly and often in haste

Example:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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 36

Meaning:

Turn sharply; change direction abruptly

Example:

The motorbike veered to the right

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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 37

Meaning:

Move (one's fist)

Example:

his opponent cut upward toward his chin

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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 38

Meaning:

Give the appearance or impression of

Example:

cut a nice figure

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

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 39

Meaning:

Discharge from a group

Example:

The coach cut two players from the team

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

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

discharge; free (free from obligations or duties)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 40

Meaning:

Be able to manage or manage successfully

Example:

she could not cut the long days in the office

Synonyms:

cut; hack

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

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 41

Meaning:

Intentionally fail to attend

Example:

cut class

Synonyms:

cut; skip

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

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

Credits

Context examples:

When I began chopping again, my axe slipped and cut off my right leg.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

They began by using him as a short-cut, a convenience; now he has made himself an essential.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At last the breeze came; the schooner sidled and drew nearer in the dark; I felt the hawser slacken once more, and with a good, tough effort, cut the last fibres through.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He had thrown off his green jerkin, and his chest was covered only by a pink silk jupon, or undershirt, cut low in the neck and sleeveless.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The rivers were covered with ice, and no fish could be procured; and thus I was cut off from my chief article of maintenance.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

It has cut us off from travel, and there is nothing to match travel for expanding the mind.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They were perfectly cut and deposited in containers of varying sizes that were made of different materials (metal, leather and even wood), which were then hidden in specific parts of the cave.

(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)

Grafting is done by cutting a plant off near the root, shaping its stalk into a wedge and fitting this into a matching groove on the severed stem of another plant.

(Grafting helps pepper plants deal with drought, SciDev.Net)

Your stepsister has long deserved death; tonight when she is asleep I will come and cut her head off.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Jama says our growing dependence on mobile devices requires patient injury prevention education in order to cut back on cell phone-related injuries.

(Mobile phone could cause physical pain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

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