cut

cut[ kʌt ]

• n.
  • the act of reducing the amount or number

    "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"

  • a wound made by cutting

    "he put a bandage over the cut"

    同义词：gashslashslice

  • a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass

    同义词：cut of meat

  • a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc

    "he played the first cut on the cd"

    同义词：track

  • the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge

    "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"

    同义词：cutting

  • a share of the profits

    "everyone got a cut of the earnings"

  • a step on some scale

    "he is a cut above the rest"

  • a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation

    同义词：gash

  • (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next

    "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt"

  • the act of cutting something into parts

    "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"

    同义词：cutting

  • the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage

    同义词：deletionexcision

  • the style in which a garment is cut

    "a dress of traditional cut"

  • the act of shortening something by choping off the ends

    "the barber gave him a good cut"

    同义词：cuttingcutting off

  • in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball

    "he took a vicious cut at the ball"

    同义词：baseball swingswing

  • a remark capable of wounding mentally

    "the unkindest cut of all"

    同义词：stinger

  • a canal made by erosion or excavation
  • a refusal to recognize someone you know

    同义词：snubcold shoulder

  • (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball

    "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"

    同义词：undercut

  • the division of a deck of cards before dealing

    "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"; "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual"

    同义词：cutting

  • an unexcused absence from class

    "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"

• v.
  • separate with or as if with an instrument
  • cut down on; make a reduction in

    "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

    同义词：reducecut downcut backtrimtrim downtrim backbring down

  • turn sharply; change direction abruptly

    "The car cut to the left at the intersection"

    同义词：swervesheercurvetrendveerslueslew

  • make an incision or separation

    "cut along the dotted line"

  • discharge from a group

    "The coach cut two players from the team"

  • form by probing, penetrating, or digging

    "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face"

  • style and tailor in a certain fashion

    "cut a dress"

    同义词：tailor

  • hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction

    "cut a Ping-Pong ball"

  • make out and issue

    "cut a ticket"

    同义词：write outissuemake out

  • cut and assemble the components of

    "cut recording tape"

    同义词：editedit out

  • intentionally fail to attend

    "cut class"

    同义词：skip

  • be able to manage or manage successfully

    "she could not cut the long days in the office"

    同义词：hack

  • give the appearance or impression of

    "cut a nice figure"

  • move (one's fist)

    "his opponent cut upward toward his chin"

  • pass directly and often in haste

    "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner"

  • pass through or across

    "The boat cut the water"

  • make an abrupt change of image or sound

    "cut from one scene to another"

  • stop filming

    "cut a movie scene"

  • make a recording of

    "cut the songs"; "She cut all of her major titles again"

  • record a performance on (a medium)

    "cut a record"

  • create by duplicating data

    "cut a disk"

    同义词：burn

  • form or shape by cutting or incising

    "cut paper dolls"

  • perform or carry out

    "cut a caper"

  • function as a cutting instrument

    "This knife cuts well"

  • allow incision or separation

    "This bread cuts easily"

  • divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult

    "Wayne cut"; "She cut the deck for a long time"

  • cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch

    "cut the engine"

    同义词：switch offturn offturn out

  • reap or harvest

    "cut grain"

  • fell by sawing; hew

    "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia"

  • penetrate injuriously

    "The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead"

  • refuse to acknowledge

    "She cut him dead at the meeting"

    同义词：ignoredisregardsnub

  • shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of

    "cut my hair"

  • weed out unwanted or unnecessary things

    "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"

    同义词：prunerationalizerationalise

  • dissolve by breaking down the fat of

    "soap cuts grease"

  • have a reducing effect

    "This cuts into my earnings"

  • cease, stop

    "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"

    同义词：cut off

  • reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

    同义词：abridgeforeshortenabbreviateshortencontractreduce

  • lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

    "cut bourbon"

    同义词：dilutethinthin outreduce

  • have grow through the gums

    "The baby cut a tooth"

  • grow through the gums

    "The new tooth is cutting"

  • cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)

    同义词：geld

• adj.
  • separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument

    "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists"

  • fashioned or shaped by cutting

    "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet"

  • with parts removed

    "the drastically cut film"

    同义词：shortened

  • made neat and tidy by trimming

    同义词：trimmed

  • (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine

    同义词：mown

  • (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit

    "the cut pages of the book"

  • (of a male animal) having the testicles removed

    "a cut horse"

    同义词：emasculatedgelded

  • wounded by cutting deeply

    同义词：gashedslashed

  • (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply

    同义词：slashed

  • mixed with water

    "sold cut whiskey"

    同义词：thinnedweakened