Main entry: cut
Definition: an unexcused absence from class
Usage: he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class
Main entry: cut
Definition: the act of reducing the amount or number
Usage: the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget
Main entry: cut, cutting, cutting off
Definition: the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
Usage: the barber gave him a good cut
Definition: the act of cutting something into parts
Usage: his cuts were skillful; his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess
Definition: the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
Usage: his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels
Definition: the division of a deck of cards before dealing
Usage: he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal; the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual
Definition: (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
Usage: cuts do not bother a good tennis player
Main entry: baseball swing, swing, cut
Definition: in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
Usage: he took a vicious cut at the ball
Main entry: snub, cut, cold shoulder
Definition: a refusal to recognize someone you know
Usage: the snub was clearly intentional
Definition: a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
Main entry: cut
Definition: a canal made by erosion or excavation
Main entry: cut
Definition: the style in which a garment is cut
Usage: a dress of traditional cut
Main entry: cut, deletion, excision
Definition: the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
Usage: an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors; both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause
Definition: a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
Usage: he played the first cut on the cd; the title track of the album
Main entry: cut
Definition: (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
Usage: the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt
Definition: a remark capable of wounding mentally
Usage: the unkindest cut of all
Main entry: cut, cut of meat
Definition: a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
Main entry: cut
Definition: a share of the profits
Usage: everyone got a cut of the earnings
Main entry: slash, slice, gash, cut
Definition: a wound made by cutting
Usage: he put a bandage over the cut
Main entry: cut
Definition: a step on some scale
Usage: he is a cut above the rest
Definition: cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
Usage: the vet gelded the young horse
Main entry: cut
Definition: grow through the gums
Usage: The new tooth is cutting
Main entry: cut
Definition: have grow through the gums
Usage: The baby cut a tooth
Main entry: cut, edit, edit out
Definition: cut and assemble the components of
Usage: edit film; cut recording tape
Main entry: dilute, cut, reduce, thin, thin out
Definition: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
Usage: cut bourbon
Main entry: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, reduce, foreshorten, shorten
Definition: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Usage: The manuscript must be shortened
Definition: cease, stop
Usage: cut the noise; We had to cut short the conversation
Main entry: cut, cut back, cut down, bring down, trim, trim back, trim down, reduce
Definition: cut down on; make a reduction in
Usage: reduce your daily fat intake; The employer wants to cut back health benefits
Main entry: cut
Definition: have a reducing effect
Usage: This cuts into my earnings
Main entry: cut
Definition: dissolve by breaking down the fat of
Usage: soap cuts grease
Main entry: cut, prune, rationalise, rationalize
Definition: weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
Usage: We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet
Main entry: cut
Definition: shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
Usage: cut my hair
Main entry: snub, ignore, cut, disregard
Definition: refuse to acknowledge
Usage: She cut him dead at the meeting
Main entry: write out, cut, issue, make out
Definition: make out and issue
Usage: write out a check; cut a ticket; Please make the check out to me
Main entry: cut
Definition: penetrate injuriously
Usage: The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead
Main entry: cut
Definition: fell by sawing; hew
Usage: The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia
Main entry: cut
Definition: reap or harvest
Usage: cut grain
Main entry: cut
Definition: hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
Usage: cut a Ping-Pong ball
Main entry: turn off, turn out, switch off, cut
Definition: cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
Usage: Turn off the stereo, please; cut the engine; turn out the lights
Main entry: cut
Definition: separate with or as if with an instrument
Usage: Cut the rope
Main entry: cut
Definition: divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
Usage: Wayne cut; She cut the deck for a long time
Main entry: cut
Definition: make an incision or separation
Usage: cut along the dotted line
Main entry: cut
Definition: allow incision or separation
Usage: This bread cuts easily
Main entry: cut
Definition: function as a cutting instrument
Usage: This knife cuts well
Definition: style and tailor in a certain fashion
Usage: cut a dress
Main entry: cut
Definition: perform or carry out
Usage: cut a caper
Main entry: cut
Definition: form or shape by cutting or incising
Usage: cut paper dolls
Main entry: cut
Definition: form by probing, penetrating, or digging
Usage: cut a hole; cut trenches; The sweat cut little rivulets into her face
Definition: create by duplicating data
Usage: cut a disk; burn a CD
Main entry: cut
Definition: record a performance on (a medium)
Usage: cut a record
Main entry: cut
Definition: make a recording of
Usage: cut the songs; She cut all of her major titles again
Main entry: cut
Definition: stop filming
Usage: cut a movie scene
Main entry: cut
Definition: make an abrupt change of image or sound
Usage: cut from one scene to another
Main entry: cut
Definition: pass through or across
Usage: The boat cut the water
Main entry: cut
Definition: pass directly and often in haste
Usage: We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner
Main entry: curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, veer, trend, swerve
Definition: turn sharply; change direction abruptly
Usage: The car cut to the left at the intersection; The motorbike veered to the right
Main entry: cut
Definition: move (one's fist)
Usage: his opponent cut upward toward his chin
Main entry: cut
Definition: give the appearance or impression of
Usage: cut a nice figure
Main entry: cut
Definition: discharge from a group
Usage: The coach cut two players from the team
Definition: be able to manage or manage successfully
Usage: I can't hack it anymore; she could not cut the long days in the office
Definition: intentionally fail to attend
Usage: cut class
Definition: with parts removed
Usage: the drastically cut film
Main entry: cut
Definition: separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
Usage: the cut surface was mottled; cut tobacco; blood from his cut forehead; bandages on her cut wrists
Main entry: cut
Definition: (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
Usage: the cut pages of the book
Main entry: cut
Definition: fashioned or shaped by cutting
Usage: a well-cut suit; cut diamonds; cut velvet
Main entry: cut, weakened, thinned
Definition: mixed with water
Usage: sold cut whiskey; a cup of thinned soup
Definition: (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
Usage: the slashed prices attracted buyers
Definition: (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
Usage: the smell of newly mown hay
Main entry: gelded, emasculated, cut
Definition: (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
Usage: a cut horse
Definition: made neat and tidy by trimming
Usage: his neatly trimmed hair