CUT (cutting)

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• CUT (noun)
  The noun CUT has 20 senses:

1. the act of reducing the amount or number
2. a wound made by cutting
3. a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
4. a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
5. the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
6. a share of the profits
7. a step on some scale
8. a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
9. (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
10. the act of cutting something into parts
11. the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
12. the style in which a garment is cut
13. the act of shortening something by choping off the ends
14. in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
15. a remark capable of wounding mentally
16. a canal made by erosion or excavation
17. a refusal to recognize someone you know
18. (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
19. the division of a deck of cards before dealing
20. an unexcused absence from class

  Familiarity information: CUT used as a noun is very familiar.

• CUT (adjective)
  The adjective CUT has 10 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. wounded by cutting deeply
9. (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
10. 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.

• CUT (noun)

Sense 1

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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 2

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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)

Sense 3

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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)

Sense 4

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 5

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 6

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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 7

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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 8

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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))

Sense 9

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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 10

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 11

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 12

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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 13

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 14

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 15

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 16

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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 17

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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))

Sense 18

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 19

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 20

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 1

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 2

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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)

Sense 3

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

cut [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Made neat and tidy by trimming

Synonyms:

trimmed; cut

Context example:

his neatly trimmed hair

Similar:

clipped (cut or trimmed by clipping)

Sense 5

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 6

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 8

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 9

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 10

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 1

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 2

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 3

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 4

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 5

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 7

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 8

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 10

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 11

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 12

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 13

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 16

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 17

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 18

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 19

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 20

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 21

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 22

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 23

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 26

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 27

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 28

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 32

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 33

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 34

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 36

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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)

Sense 37

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 38

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 39

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 40

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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

Sense 41

cut [BACK TO TOP]

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