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83 Definitions of: cut

1. verb, to open up or incise (a person or thing) with a sharp edge or instrument; gash
2. verb, (of a sharp instrument) to penetrate or incise (a person or thing)
3. verb, to divide or be divided with or as if with a sharp instrument
4. verb, to use a sharp-edged instrument or an instrument that cuts
5. verb, to trim or prune by or as if by clipping
6. verb, to reap or mow (a crop, grass, etc)
7. verb, to geld or castrate
8. verb, to make, form, or shape by cutting
9. verb, to hollow or dig out; excavate
10. verb, to strike (an object) sharply
11. verb, sport to hit (a ball) with a downward slicing stroke so as to impart spin or cause it to fall short
12. verb, cricket to hit (the ball) to the off side, usually between cover and third man, with a roughly horizontal bat
13. verb, to hurt or wound the feelings of (a person), esp by malicious speech or action
14. verb, to refuse to recognize; snub
15. verb, to absent oneself from (an activity, location, etc), esp without permission or in haste
16. verb, to abridge, shorten, or edit by excising a part or parts
17. verb, to lower, reduce, or curtail
18. verb, to dilute or weaken
19. verb, to dissolve or break up
20. verb, to cross or traverse
21. verb, to make a sharp or sudden change in direction; veer
22. verb, to grow (teeth) through the gums or (of teeth) to appear through the gums
23. verb, films a) to call a halt to a shooting sequence b) to move quickly to another scene
24. verb, films to edit (film)
25. verb, to switch off (a light, car engine, etc)
26. verb, (of a performer, recording company, etc) to make (a record or tape of a song, concert, performance, etc)
27. verb, cards a) to divide (the pack) at random into two parts after shuffling b) to pick cards from a spread pack to decide dealer, partners, etc
28. verb, to remove (material) from an object by means of a chisel, lathe, etc
29. verb, (of a tool) to bite into (an object)
30. verb, (of a horse) to injure the leg just above the hoof by a blow from the opposite foot
31. verb, cut a caper or capers a) to skip or jump playfully b) to act or behave playfully; frolic
32. verb, cut both ways a) to have both good and bad effects b) to affect both sides of something, as two parties in an argument, etc
33. verb, cut a dash to behave or dress showily or strikingly; make a stylish impression
34. verb, cut (a person) dead to ignore (a person) completely
35. verb, cut a (good, poor, etc) figure to appear or behave in a specified manner
36. verb, cut and run to make a rapid escape
37. verb, cut it slang be successful in doing something
38. verb, cut it fine to allow little margin of time, space, etc
39. verb, cut corners to do something in the easiest or shortest way, esp at the expense of high standards
40. verb, cut loose to free or become freed from restraint, custody, anchorage, etc
41. verb, cut no ice to fail to make an impression
42. verb, cut one's losses to give up spending time, money, or energy on an unprofitable or unsuccessful activity
43. verb, cut one's teeth on a) to use at an early age or stage b) to practise on
44. adjective, detached, divided, or separated by cutting
45. adjective, botany incised or divided
46. adjective, made, shaped, or fashioned by cutting
47. adjective, reduced or diminished by or as if by cutting
48. adjective, gelded or castrated
49. adjective, weakened or diluted
50. adjective, a slang word for drunk
51. adjective, hurt; resentful
52. adjective, cut and dried settled or arranged in advance
53. adjective, cut lunch a sandwich lunch carried from home to work, school, etc
54. noun, the act of cutting
55. noun, a stroke or incision made by cutting; gash
56. noun, a piece or part cut off, esp a section of food cut from the whole
57. noun, the edge of anything cut or sliced
58. noun, a passage, channel, path, etc, cut or hollowed out
59. noun, an omission or deletion, esp in a text, film, or play
60. noun, a reduction in price, salary, etc
61. noun, a decrease in government finance in a particular department or area, usually leading to a reduction of services, staff numbers, etc
62. noun, short for power cut
63. noun, a quantity of timber cut during a specific time or operation
64. noun, a portion or share
65. noun, a straw, slip of paper, etc, used in drawing lots
66. noun, the manner or style in which a thing, esp a garment, is cut; fashion
67. noun, a) a person's general appearance b) derogatory a dirty or untidy condition
68. noun, a direct route; short cut
69. noun, the US name for block
70. noun, sport the spin of a cut ball
71. noun, cricket a stroke made with the bat in a roughly horizontal position
72. noun, films an immediate transition from one shot to the next, brought about by splicing the two shots together
73. noun, an individual piece of music on a record; track
74. noun, words or an action that hurt another person's feelings
75. noun, a refusal to recognize an acquaintance; snub
76. noun, an unauthorized absence, esp from a school class
77. noun, chem a fraction obtained in distillation, as in oil refining
78. noun, the metal removed in a single pass of a machine tool
79. noun, a) the shape of the teeth of a file b) their coarseness or fineness
80. noun, a stretch of water, esp a canal
81. noun, a cut above superior (to); better (than)
82. noun, make the cut golf to better or equal the required score after two rounds in a strokeplay tournament, thus avoiding elimination from the final two rounds
83. noun, miss the cut golf to achieve a greater score after the first two rounds of a strokeplay tournament than that required to play in the remaining two rounds ▷ See also cut across ▷ See also, cut along ▷ See also, cutback ▷ See also, cut down ▷ See also, cut in ▷ See also, cut off ▷ See also, cut out ▷ See also, cut up
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Synonyms:	fashion, style, fall, shape, score, sculpture, shave, pain, divide, Informal piece	And more...
Antonyms:	increase, extend, greet

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