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CUT (cutting)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cut mean?
• CUT (noun)
The noun CUT has 20 senses:
1. a share of the profits
2. (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
3. a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
4. a step on some scale
5. a wound made by cutting
6. a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
7. a remark capable of wounding mentally
8. a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
9. the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
10. the style in which a garment is cut
11. a canal made by erosion or excavation
12. a refusal to recognize someone you know
13. in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
14. (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
15. the division of a deck of cards before dealing
16. the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
17. the act of cutting something into parts
18. the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
19. the act of reducing the amount or number
20. an unexcused absence from class
Familiarity information: CUT used as a noun is very familiar.
• CUT (adjective)
The adjective CUT has 9 senses:
1. separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
2. fashioned or shaped by cutting
3. with parts removed
4. made neat and tidy by trimming
5. (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
6. (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
7. (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
8. (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
9. mixed with water
Familiarity information: CUT used as an adjective is familiar.
• CUT (verb)
The verb CUT has 41 senses:
1. separate with or as if with an instrument
2. cut down on; make a reduction in
3. turn sharply; change direction abruptly
4. make an incision or separation
5. discharge from a group
6. form by probing, penetrating, or digging
7. style and tailor in a certain fashion
8. hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
9. make out and issue
10. cut and assemble the components of
11. intentionally fail to attend
12. be able to manage or manage successfully
13. give the appearance or impression of
14. move (one's fist)
15. pass directly and often in haste
16. pass through or across
17. make an abrupt change of image or sound
18. stop filming
19. make a recording of
20. record a performance on (a medium)
21. create by duplicating data
22. form or shape by cutting or incising
23. perform or carry out
24. function as a cutting instrument
25. allow incision or separation
26. divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
27. cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
28. reap or harvest
29. fell by sawing; hew
30. penetrate injuriously
31. refuse to acknowledge
32. shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
33. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
34. dissolve by breaking down the fat of
35. have a reducing effect
36. cease, stop
37. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
38. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
39. have grow through the gums
40. grow through the gums
41. cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
Familiarity information: CUT used as a verb is very familiar.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A share of the profits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Context example:
everyone got a cut of the earnings
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 2
Meaning:
(film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
transition (a passage that connects a topic to one that follows)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cut"):
jump cut (an immediate transition from one scene to another)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cut; gash
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
furrow (a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow))
Sense 4
Meaning:
A step on some scale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
he is a cut above the rest
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
gradation; step (relative position in a graded series)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A wound made by cutting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Context example:
he put a bandage over the cut
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 6
Meaning:
A piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
cut; cut of meat
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 7
Meaning:
A remark capable of wounding mentally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
cut; stinger
Context example:
the unkindest cut of all
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
abuse; contumely; insult; revilement; vilification (a rude expression intended to offend or hurt)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
cut; track
Context example:
the title track of the album
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
excerpt; excerption; extract; selection (a passage selected from a larger work)
Sense 9
Meaning:
The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Context example:
both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
editing; redaction (putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form)
Sense 10
Meaning:
The style in which a garment is cut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
a dress of traditional cut
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
fashion (the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior)
Sense 11
Meaning:
A canal made by erosion or excavation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
canal (long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation)
Sense 12
Meaning:
A refusal to recognize someone you know
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cold shoulder; cut; snub
Context example:
the snub was clearly intentional
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
rebuff; slight (a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval))
Sense 13
Meaning:
In baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
baseball swing; cut; swing
Context example:
he took a vicious cut at the ball
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 14
Meaning:
(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cut; undercut
Context example:
cuts do not bother a good tennis player
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 15
Meaning:
The division of a deck of cards before dealing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cut; cutting
Context example:
the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual
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 16
Meaning:
The act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cut; cutting
Context example:
his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels
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 17
Meaning:
The act of cutting something into parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cut; cutting
Context example:
his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess
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 18
Meaning:
The act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cut; cutting; cutting off
Context example:
the barber gave him a good cut
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 19
Meaning:
The act of reducing the amount or number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget
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 20
Meaning:
An unexcused absence from class
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
absence (failure to be present)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
Context example:
bandages on her cut wrists
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 2
Meaning:
Fashioned or shaped by cutting
Context example:
cut velvet
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 3
Meaning:
With parts removed
Synonyms:
cut; shortened
Context example:
the drastically cut film
Similar:
abridged ((used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Made neat and tidy by trimming
Synonyms:
cut; trimmed
Context example:
his neatly trimmed hair
Similar:
clipped (cut or trimmed by clipping)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
Synonyms:
cut; mown
Context example:
the smell of newly mown hay
Similar:
new-mown (newly mown)
Domain category:
botany; flora; vegetation (all the plant life in a particular region or period)
Sense 6
Meaning:
(of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
Context example:
the cut pages of the book
Antonym:
uncut ((of pages of a book) having adjacent leaves still joined at the fore edge)
Sense 7
Meaning:
(of a male animal) having the testicles removed
Synonyms:
cut; emasculated; gelded
Context example:
a cut horse
Similar:
castrated; unsexed (deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes)
Sense 8
Meaning:
(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
Synonyms:
cut; slashed
Context example:
the slashed prices attracted buyers
Similar:
decreased; reduced (made less in size or amount or degree)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Mixed with water
Synonyms:
Context example:
a cup of thinned soup
Similar:
dilute; diluted (reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity)
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it cuts Past simple: cut
Past participle: cut
-ing form: cutting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Separate with or as if with an instrument
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
Cut the rope
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 (form by carving)
carve; chip at (engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface)
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)
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)
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:
cutter (a cutting implement; a tool for cutting)
cutting (the act of cutting something into parts)
cutter (someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cut down on; make a reduction in
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
bring down; cut; cut back; cut down; reduce; trim; trim back; trim down
Context example:
The employer wants to cut back health benefits
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 3
Meaning:
Turn sharply; change direction abruptly
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
curve; cut; sheer; slew; slue; swerve; trend; veer
Context example:
The motorbike veered to the right
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 4
Meaning:
Make an incision or separation
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
cut along the dotted line
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 5
Meaning:
Discharge from a group
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
The coach cut two players from the team
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
discharge; free (free from obligations or duties)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 6
Meaning:
Form by probing, penetrating, or digging
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
The sweat cut little rivulets into her face
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 7
Meaning:
Style and tailor in a certain fashion
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
cut; tailor
Context example:
cut a dress
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 8
Meaning:
Hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
cut a Ping-Pong ball
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 9
Meaning:
Make out and issue
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
cut; issue; make out; write out
Context example:
Please make the check out to me
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 10
Meaning:
Cut and assemble the components of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
Context example:
cut recording tape
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 11
Meaning:
Intentionally fail to attend
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
cut; skip
Context example:
cut class
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
Sense 12
Meaning:
Be able to manage or manage successfully
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
cut; hack
Context example:
she could not cut the long days in the office
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 13
Meaning:
Give the appearance or impression of
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
cut a nice figure
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 14
Meaning:
Move (one's fist)
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
his opponent cut upward toward his chin
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 15
Meaning:
Pass directly and often in haste
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner
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 16
Meaning:
Pass through or across
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The boat cut the water
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 17
Meaning:
Make an abrupt change of image or sound
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
cut from one scene to another
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 18
Meaning:
Stop filming
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
cut a movie scene
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 19
Meaning:
Make a recording of
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
She cut all of her major titles again
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 20
Meaning:
Record a performance on (a medium)
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
cut a record
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 21
Meaning:
Create by duplicating data
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
burn; cut
Context example:
burn a CD
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 22
Meaning:
Form or shape by cutting or incising
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
cut paper dolls
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 23
Meaning:
Perform or carry out
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
cut a caper
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 24
Meaning:
Function as a cutting instrument
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
This knife cuts well
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
function; go; operate; run; work (perform as expected when applied)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 25
Meaning:
Allow incision or separation
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
This bread cuts easily
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 26
Meaning:
Divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
She cut the deck for a long time
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 27
Meaning:
Cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
cut; switch off; turn off; turn out
Context example:
turn out the lights
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 28
Meaning:
Reap or harvest
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
cut grain
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
glean; harvest; reap (gather, as of natural products)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They cut rye in the field
Sense 29
Meaning:
Fell by sawing; hew
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
cut down; drop; fell; strike down (cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 30
Meaning:
Penetrate injuriously
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead
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:
They cut themselves
Sense 31
Meaning:
Refuse to acknowledge
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
Context example:
She cut him dead at the meeting
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 32
Meaning:
Shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
cut my hair
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
shorten (make short or shorter)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut"):
French (cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking)
crop (cut short)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 33
Meaning:
Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
cut; prune; rationalise; rationalize
Context example:
We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet
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 34
Meaning:
Dissolve by breaking down the fat of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
soap cuts grease
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
break up; dissolve; resolve (cause to go into a solution)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 35
Meaning:
Have a reducing effect
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
This cuts into my earnings
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 36
Meaning:
Cease, stop
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
cut; cut off
Context example:
We had to cut short the conversation
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 37
Meaning:
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
abbreviate; abridge; contract; cut; foreshorten; reduce; shorten
Context example:
The manuscript must be shortened
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 38
Meaning:
Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
cut; dilute; reduce; thin; thin out
Context example:
cut bourbon
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:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
cutting (the act of diluting something)
Sense 39
Meaning:
Have grow through the gums
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
The baby cut a tooth
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
acquire; develop; get; grow; produce (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes))
Verb group:
cut (grow through the gums)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 40
Meaning:
Grow through the gums
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
The new tooth is cutting
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
grow (increase in size by natural process)
Verb group:
cut (have grow through the gums)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 41
Meaning:
Cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
cut; geld
Context example:
the vet gelded the young horse
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
castrate; demasculinise; demasculinize; emasculate (remove the testicles of a male animal)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Context examples
He’ll be cut up over this, for the man has been in his service for years and was a good servant.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Wait a bit! There is a fellow cutting peat up yonder. Bring him over here, and he will guide the police.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The son was to join in cutting off the entail, as soon as he should be of age, and the widow and younger children would by that means be provided for.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
He found time to admire the ease with which she sat down, then lurched toward a chair facing her, overwhelmed with consciousness of the awkward figure he was cutting.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The malefactor was fixed in a chair upon a scaffold erected for that purpose, and his head cut off at one blow, with a sword of about forty feet long.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
Here is what’s going on this Sunday date: Mars will oppose Uranus and cut through your two sectors of friendship and love.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Holmes cut the cord and removed the transverse bar.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
That they’d come aboard and cut our throats?
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The sharp rocks cut through his pants' legs till his knees left a trail of blood; but the hurt was lost in the hurt of his hunger.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Not being able to smoke, he cut himself a good-sized plug of tobacco and began to chew.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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