Dictionary entry details
• CUT (noun)
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)
Meaning:
A wound made by cutting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
slash; gash; cut; slice
Context example:
he put a bandage over the cut
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
lesion; wound (any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision)
Meaning:
A piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
cut of meat; cut
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"):
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)
cut of veal (piece of veal)
cut of mutton (piece of a mature sheep)
cut of lamb (piece of 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 (piece of pork)
brisket (a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef)
shin; shin bone (a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg)
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 (piece of beef)
rib (cut of meat including one or more ribs)
shank (a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg)
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 examples:
he played the first cut on the cd / the title track of the album
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
excerpt; excerption; extract; selection (a passage selected from a larger work)
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"):
incision; section; surgical incision (the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation))
gash; slash (a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument)
nick; notch; snick (a small cut)
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)
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)
Meaning:
A trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
gash; cut
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
furrow (a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow))
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)
Meaning:
The act of cutting something into parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cutting; cut
Context examples:
his cuts were skillful / 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)
Meaning:
The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
excision; deletion; cut
Context examples:
an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors / 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)
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)
Meaning:
The act of shortening something by choping off the ends
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cutting off; cutting; cut
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"):
shearing (removing by cutting off or clipping)
clipping; trim; trimming (cutting down to the desired size or shape)
haircut (the act of cutting the hair)
clip; clipping; snip (the act of clipping or snipping)
Meaning:
In baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
baseball swing; swing; cut
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)
Meaning:
A remark capable of wounding mentally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
stinger; cut
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)
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)
Meaning:
A refusal to recognize someone you know
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cold shoulder; snub; cut
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))
Meaning:
(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
undercut; cut
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)
Meaning:
The division of a deck of cards before dealing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cutting; cut
Context examples:
he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal / 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)
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)
• CUT (adjective)
Meaning:
Separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
Context examples:
the cut surface was mottled / cut tobacco / blood from his cut forehead / bandages on her cut wrists
Similar:
split ((especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain)
cut off; severed (detached by cutting)
perforate; perforated; pierced; punctured (having a hole cut through)
perforated (having a number or series of holes)
incised (cut into with a sharp instrument)
cut up (cut into pieces)
chopped; shredded; sliced (prepared by cutting)
Antonym:
uncut (not cut)
Meaning:
Fashioned or shaped by cutting
Context examples:
a well-cut suit / cut diamonds / cut velvet
Similar:
slashed (having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric)
sheared ((used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length)
hand-hewn; hewn (cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel)
cut out (having been cut out)
Antonym:
uncut (not shaped by cutting or trimming)
Meaning:
With parts removed
Synonyms:
cut; shortened
Context example:
the drastically cut film
Similar:
abridged ((used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting)
Meaning:
Made neat and tidy by trimming
Synonyms:
trimmed; cut
Context example:
his neatly trimmed hair
Similar:
clipped (cut or trimmed by clipping)
Meaning:
(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
Synonyms:
mown; cut
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)
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)
Meaning:
(of a male animal) having the testicles removed
Synonyms:
emasculated; gelded; cut
Context example:
a cut horse
Similar:
castrated; unsexed (deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes)
Meaning:
Wounded by cutting deeply
Synonyms:
gashed; slashed; cut
Context examples:
got a gashed arm in a knife fight / had a slashed cheek from the broken glass
Similar:
injured (usually used of physical or mental injury to persons)
Meaning:
(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
Synonyms:
slashed; cut
Context example:
the slashed prices attracted buyers
Similar:
decreased; reduced (made less in size or amount or degree)
Meaning:
Mixed with water
Synonyms:
thinned; weakened; cut
Context examples:
sold cut whiskey / a cup of thinned soup
Similar:
dilute; diluted (reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity)
• CUT (verb)
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"):
cut away (remove by cutting off or away)
chatter (cut unevenly with a chattering tool)
pare; whittle (cut small bits or pare shavings from)
trisect (cut in three)
transect (cut across or divide transversely)
bisect (cut in half or cut in two)
dissect (cut open or cut apart)
clip; nip; nip off; snip; snip off (sever or remove by pinching or snipping)
bore; drill (make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool)
hob (cut with a hob)
tap (cut a female screw thread with a tap)
tomahawk (cut with a tomahawk)
saber; sabre (cut or injure with a saber)
rebate (cut a rebate in (timber or stone))
rip (cut (wood) along the grain)
crosscut; cut across (cut using a diagonal lines)
bevel; chamfer (cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel)
chase (cut a groove into)
discerp; lop; sever (cut off from a whole)
saw (cut with a saw)
slice; slit (make a clean cut through)
bob; dock; tail (remove or shorten the tail of an animal)
trench (cut or carve deeply into)
incise (make an incision into by carving or cutting)
cradle (cut grain with a cradle scythe)
cut down; slash (cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete)
gash; slash (cut open)
shear (cut or cut through with shears)
julienne (cut into long thin strips)
cube; dice (cut into cubes)
carve; chip at (engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface)
carve (form by carving)
carve; cut up (cut to pieces)
jag (cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge)
pink (cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing)
slice; slice up (cut into slices)
plane; shave (cut or remove with or as if with a plane)
scissor (cut with or as if with scissors)
manicure (trim carefully and neatly)
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)
cut down; mow (cut with a blade or mower)
mortice; mortise (cut a hole for a tenon in)
indent (cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication)
chamfer; chase; furrow (cut a furrow into a columns)
circumcise (cut the skin over the clitoris)
pare; trim (remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size)
break off; chip; cut off; knap (break a small piece off from)
nick; snick (cut slightly, with a razor)
chip; nick (cut a nick into)
cut down; drop; fell; strike down (cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow)
chop; chop up (cut into pieces)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They cut the newspapers
Also:
cut up (cut to pieces)
cut out (form and create by cutting out)
cut out (strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out)
cut off (break a small piece off from)
cut into (turn up, loosen, or remove earth)
cut away (remove by cutting off or away)
Meaning:
Cut down on; make a reduction in
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
trim down; trim back; reduce; cut down; cut back; cut; trim; bring down
Context examples:
reduce your daily fat intake / The employer wants to cut back health benefits
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut"):
knock off; shave (cut the price of)
inflate (increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value)
deflate (reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices)
detract; take away (take away a part from; diminish)
thin (make thin or thinner)
thin out (make sparse)
slash (cut drastically)
retrench (make a reduction, as in one's workforce)
quench (reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance)
shorten (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They will cut the duet
Meaning:
Turn sharply; change direction abruptly
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
curve; sheer; slew; slue; swerve; trend; veer; cut
Context examples:
The car cut to the left at the intersection / 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
Meaning:
Make an incision or separation
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
cut along the dotted line
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
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
Meaning:
Form by probing, penetrating, or digging
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context examples:
cut a hole / cut trenches / 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)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Style and tailor in a certain fashion
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
tailor; cut
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
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
Meaning:
Make out and issue
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
write out; make out; issue; cut
Context examples:
write out a check / cut a ticket / 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
Meaning:
Cut and assemble the components of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
edit out; edit; cut
Context examples:
edit film / cut recording tape
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They will cut the duet
Meaning:
Intentionally fail to attend
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
skip; cut
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
Meaning:
Be able to manage or manage successfully
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
hack; cut
Context examples:
I can't hack it anymore / 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 (come to terms or deal successfully with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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
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
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...):
go across; go through; pass (go across or through)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
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)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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)
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)
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)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make a recording of
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context examples:
cut the songs / She cut all of her major titles again
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
record; tape (register electronically)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They will cut the duet
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)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Create by duplicating data
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
burn; cut
Context examples:
cut a disk / burn a CD
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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
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
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))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context examples:
Wayne cut / 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
Meaning:
Cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
switch off; turn off; turn out; cut
Context examples:
Turn off the stereo, please / cut the engine / 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
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
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
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
Meaning:
Refuse to acknowledge
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
disregard; ignore; snub; cut
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
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"):
crop (cut short)
shave; trim (cut closely)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
rationalize; prune; rationalise; cut
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; get rid of (terminate 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)
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
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)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Cease, stop
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
cut off; cut
Context examples:
cut the noise / 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)
Meaning:
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
abridge; foreshorten; abbreviate; shorten; contract; reduce; cut
Context example:
The manuscript must be shortened
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)
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
Meaning:
Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
dilute; thin out; thin; reduce; cut
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
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))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
geld; cut
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
