cut.
To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
Meaning & usage
To incise, to cut into the surface of something. To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
To incise, to cut into the surface of something. To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
Would you please cut the cake?
To incise, to cut into the surface of something. To form or shape by cutting.
I have three diamonds to cut today.
To incise, to cut into the surface of something. To wound with a knife.
To incise, to cut into the surface of something. To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
The patient said she had been cutting since the age of thirteen.
To incise, to cut into the surface of something. To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
To incise, to cut into the surface of something. To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
Sarcasm cuts to the quick.
To incise, to cut into the surface of something. To castrate or geld.
to cut a horse
To incise, to cut into the surface of something. To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
To separate, remove, reject or reduce. To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
Travis was cut from the team.
To separate, remove, reject or reduce. To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
To separate, remove, reject or reduce. To reduce, especially intentionally.
They're going to cut salaries by fifteen percent.
To separate, remove, reject or reduce. To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
I cut fifth period to hang out with Angela.
To separate, remove, reject or reduce. To leave abruptly.
I gotta cut but I'll see you tomorrow, okay?
To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
After the incident at the dinner party, people started to cut him on the street.
To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
The camera then cut to the woman on the front row who was clearly overcome and crying tears of joy.
To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
Select the text, cut it, and then paste it in the other application.
To enter a queue in the wrong place.
One student kept trying to cut in front of the line.
To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
This road cuts right through downtown.
To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
To change direction suddenly.
The football player cut to his left to evade a tackle.
To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.
If you cut then I'll deal.
To make, negotiate; to finalise, conclude; to issue.
I'll cut a check for you.
I didn't deserve it, but he cut me a deal.
To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
The best malt whiskies are improved if they are cut with a dash of water.
The bartender cuts his beer to save money and now it's all watery.
To exhibit (a figure having some trait).
The Bender family cut a very distinct profile.
To stop, disengage, or cease.
The schoolchildren were told to cut the noise.
Cut the engines when the plane comes to a halt!
To renounce or give up.
To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
To perform (an elaborate dancing movement etc.).
To run or hurry.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cutten, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *kytja, *kutta, from Proto-Germanic *kutjaną, *kuttaną (“to cut”), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *kwetwą (“meat, flesh”) (compare Old Norse kvett (“meat”)). Sometimes instead compared to French couteau, itself from Latin culter (“knife”). Copmare Scots kut, kit (“to cut”)); also akin to Middle Swedish kotta (“to cut or carve with a knife”) (compare dialectal Swedish kåta, kuta (“to cut or chip with a knife”), Swedish kuta, kytti (“a knife”)), Norwegian Bokmål kutte (“to cut”), Norwegian Nynorsk kutte (“to cut”), Icelandic kuta (“to cut with a knife”), Old Norse kuti (“small knife”), Norwegian kyttel, kytel, kjutul (“pointed slip of wood used to strip bark”). Displaced Middle English snithen (from snīþan), still attested in dialectal snithe and snead. See snide. The adjective sense of "drunk" (now rare and now usually used in the originally humorous derivative form of half-cut) dates from the 17th century, from cut in the leg or to have cut your leg, a euphemism for being very drunk.
Having been cut.
Reduced.
The pitcher threw a cut fastball that was slower than his usual pitch.
Cut brandy is a liquor made of brandy and hard grain liquor.
Carved into a shape; not raw.
Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
Upset, angry; emotionally hurt.
Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cutten, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *kytja, *kutta, from Proto-Germanic *kutjaną, *kuttaną (“to cut”), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *kwetwą (“meat, flesh”) (compare Old Norse kvett (“meat”)). Sometimes instead compared to French couteau, itself from Latin culter (“knife”). Copmare Scots kut, kit (“to cut”)); also akin to Middle Swedish kotta (“to cut or carve with a knife”) (compare dialectal Swedish kåta, kuta (“to cut or chip with a knife”), Swedish kuta, kytti (“a knife”)), Norwegian Bokmål kutte (“to cut”), Norwegian Nynorsk kutte (“to cut”), Icelandic kuta (“to cut with a knife”), Old Norse kuti (“small knife”), Norwegian kyttel, kytel, kjutul (“pointed slip of wood used to strip bark”). Displaced Middle English snithen (from snīþan), still attested in dialectal snithe and snead. See snide. The adjective sense of "drunk" (now rare and now usually used in the originally humorous derivative form of half-cut) dates from the 17th century, from cut in the leg or to have cut your leg, a euphemism for being very drunk.
The act of cutting.
He made a fine cut with his sword.
The act of cutting. An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
The act of cutting. A time period when one attempts to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
The result of cutting.
a smooth or clear cut
The result of cutting. An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
The result of cutting. An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound. Such a wound through human skin.
Look at this cut on my finger!
The result of cutting. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
The result of cutting. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove. Such a passage dug for a roadway for a paved road or railroad, a canal, a runway, etc.
a cut through the hillside for a railroad
The result of cutting. An artificial channel for marine navigation, as distinguished from a navigable river.
The result of cutting. A share or portion of profits.
The taxman always gets his cut, and that's fine as long as it's a haircut and not an amputation.
The bank robbers disbanded after everyone got their cut of the money.
The result of cutting. A decrease or deletion.
The boss took a 5% pay cut.
The editors went a little crazy making so many cuts.
The result of cutting. The manner or style in which a garment, other article of clothing, or sail is fashioned.
I like the cut of that suit.
I like the cut of that jib.
The result of cutting. A slab or slice, especially of meat.
That’s our largest cut of meat.
The result of cutting. A standard type of meat portion in butchery.
The Vegas Strip is a supposedly new cut of beef.
The result of cutting. A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
The result of cutting. Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
The result of cutting. In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
The result of cutting. In a stroke play competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
The result of cutting. A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
The director asked the cast to note down the following cuts.
The result of cutting. A particular version or edit of a film.
the director's cut
The result of cutting. The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
The player next to the dealer makes a cut by placing the bottom half on top.
The result of cutting. The card obtained by dividing the pack.
The result of cutting. A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
The result of cutting. An unkind act; a cruelty.
The result of cutting. An insult.
The result of cutting. A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
The drummer on the last cut of their CD is not identified.
The result of cutting. A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
The result of cutting. A haircut.
The result of cutting. The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
The result of cutting. A dividing line in a Tumblr post, the content below which is hidden until the reader reveals it.
That's the TL;DR, anyway. You can find a more detailed version under the cut.
The result of cutting. A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
The result of cutting. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
a book illustrated with fine cuts
The result of cutting. A common workhorse; a gelding.
The result of cutting. The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
The result of cutting. A skein of yarn.
The result of cutting. That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
Don't buy his coke: it's full of cut.
The result of cutting. A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
The result of cutting. A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
The result of cutting. The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
The result of cutting. A sleeveless vest worn by members of a motorcycle club.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cutten, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *kytja, *kutta, from Proto-Germanic *kutjaną, *kuttaną (“to cut”), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *kwetwą (“meat, flesh”) (compare Old Norse kvett (“meat”)). Sometimes instead compared to French couteau, itself from Latin culter (“knife”). Copmare Scots kut, kit (“to cut”)); also akin to Middle Swedish kotta (“to cut or carve with a knife”) (compare dialectal Swedish kåta, kuta (“to cut or chip with a knife”), Swedish kuta, kytti (“a knife”)), Norwegian Bokmål kutte (“to cut”), Norwegian Nynorsk kutte (“to cut”), Icelandic kuta (“to cut with a knife”), Old Norse kuti (“small knife”), Norwegian kyttel, kytel, kjutul (“pointed slip of wood used to strip bark”). Displaced Middle English snithen (from snīþan), still attested in dialectal snithe and snead. See snide. The adjective sense of "drunk" (now rare and now usually used in the originally humorous derivative form of half-cut) dates from the 17th century, from cut in the leg or to have cut your leg, a euphemism for being very drunk.
An instruction to cease recording.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cutten, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *kytja, *kutta, from Proto-Germanic *kutjaną, *kuttaną (“to cut”), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *kwetwą (“meat, flesh”) (compare Old Norse kvett (“meat”)). Sometimes instead compared to French couteau, itself from Latin culter (“knife”). Copmare Scots kut, kit (“to cut”)); also akin to Middle Swedish kotta (“to cut or carve with a knife”) (compare dialectal Swedish kåta, kuta (“to cut or chip with a knife”), Swedish kuta, kytti (“a knife”)), Norwegian Bokmål kutte (“to cut”), Norwegian Nynorsk kutte (“to cut”), Icelandic kuta (“to cut with a knife”), Old Norse kuti (“small knife”), Norwegian kyttel, kytel, kjutul (“pointed slip of wood used to strip bark”). Displaced Middle English snithen (from snīþan), still attested in dialectal snithe and snead. See snide. The adjective sense of "drunk" (now rare and now usually used in the originally humorous derivative form of half-cut) dates from the 17th century, from cut in the leg or to have cut your leg, a euphemism for being very drunk.
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