cut

1. (satellite adjective) with parts removed; "the drastically cut film"
Synonyms: shortened

2. (noun) an unexcused absence from class; "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"
Related Words: absence

3. (verb) grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
Related Words: grow

4. (verb) have grow through the gums; "The baby cut a tooth"
Related Words: acquire, develop, get, grow, produce

5. (verb) cease, stop: "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"
Synonyms: cut off
Related Words: break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt

6. (noun) the act of reducing the amount or number; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"
Related Words: budget cut, cost cutting, decrease, diminution, pay cut, price cut, price cutting, reduction, spending cut, step-down

7. (noun) the act of shortening something by cutting off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut"
Synonyms: cutting, cutting off
Related Words: clip, clipping, haircut, shearing, shortening, snip, trim, trimming

8. (noun) the act of cutting something into parts; "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"
Synonyms: cutting
Related Words: dissection, division, scission, severance, severing, slicing

9. (noun) the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
Synonyms: cutting
Related Words: gash, incision, nick, notch, opening, section, slash, slashing, snick

10. (verb) reduce in amount; "This cuts into my earnings"
Related Words: bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down

11. (verb) dissolve by breaking down the fat of; "soap cuts grease"
Related Words: break up, dissolve

12. (noun) the division of a deck of cards before dealing; "his cutting the cards before every deal soon became a ritual"
Synonyms: cutting
Related Words: division

13. (verb) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
Synonyms: prune, rationalize
Related Words: do away with, eliminate, get rid of

14. (noun) a stroke (in tennis or badminton or squash) that puts reverse spin on the ball; "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"
Related Words: shot, stroke

15. (verb) shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of; "cut my hair"
Related Words: crop, cut short, shave, shorten, trim

16. (adjective) 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"
Antonyms: uncut

17. (adjective) (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit; "the cut pages of the book"
Antonyms: uncut

18. (adjective) fashioned or shaped by cutting; "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet"
Antonyms: uncut

19. (satellite adjective) mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup"
Synonyms: thinned, weakened

20. (verb) penetrate injuriously; "The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead"
Related Words: penetrate

21. (satellite adjective) (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the slashed prices attracted buyers"
Synonyms: slashed

22. (verb) fell by sawing; hew; "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia"
Related Words: cut down, drop, fell, strike down

23. (verb) reap or harvest; "cut grain"
Related Words: glean, harvest, reap

24. (satellite adjective) cut down; "the tree is down"
Synonyms: cut down, down

25. (verb) hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction; "cut a pingpong ball"
Related Words: hit

26. (verb) separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
Related Words: bevel, bisect, bob, bore, break off, carve, chamfer, chase, chatter, chip, chip at, chop, chop up, circumcise, clip, cradle, crosscut, cube, cut a rebate in, cut across, cut away, cut down, cut off, cut out, cut up, dice, dissect, disunite, divide, dock, drill, drop, fell, furrow, gash, hack, hob, incise, indent, jag, knap, lop, manicure, mortice, mortise, mow, nick, nip, nip off, pare, part, pink, plane, rebate, rip, saber, sabre, saw, scissor, separate, sever, shave, shear, slash, slice, slice up, slit, snick, snip, snip off, strike down, tail, tap, tomahawk, trench, trim, trisect, undercut, whittle

27. (verb) divide at random; "cut a deck of cards"
Related Words: mix, ruffle, shuffle

28. (verb) divide a deck of cards into two parts to make selection difficult; "Wayne cut"
Related Words: mix, ruffle, shuffle

29. (verb) make an incision or separation; "cut along the dotted line"

30. (verb) allow incision or separation; "This bread cuts easily"
Related Words: be

31. (verb) function as a cutting instrument; "This knife cuts well"
Related Words: function, go, operate, run, work

32. (verb) style and tailor in a certain fashion; "cut a dress"; "style a wedding dress"
Synonyms: style, tailor
Related Words: design, gore

33. (verb) perform or carry out; "cut a caper"
Related Words: do, execute, perform

34. (verb) form or shape by cutting or incising; "cut out paper dolls"
Synonyms: cut out
Related Words: create, make

35. (verb) form by probing, penetrating, or digging; "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face"
Related Words: create, make

36. (verb) create by recording electronically; "cut a disk"; "cut a CD"
Related Words: create, make, produce

37. (verb) record a performance on; "cut a record"
Related Words: record, tape

38. (verb) make a recording of: "cut the songs"
Related Words: record, tape

39. (satellite adjective) wounded by cutting deeply; "got a gashed arm in a knife fight"; "had a slashed cheek from the broken glass"
Synonyms: gashed, slashed

40. (satellite adjective) having a long rip or tear; "a split lip"
Synonyms: split

41. (verb) stop filming; "cut a movie scene"
Related Words: stop

42. (verb) make an abrupt change of image or sound; "cut from one scene to another"
Related Words: change, cut away, shift, switch

43. (verb) pass through or across; "The boat cut the water"
Related Words: pass across, pass over, pass through, transit

44. (verb) pass directly and often in haste; "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner"
Related Words: go across, go through, pass

45. (verb) move, as of a fist in boxing; "his opponent cut upward toward his chin"
Related Words: move

46. (verb) give the appearance or impression of; "cut a nice figure"
Related Words: appear, look, seem

47. (verb) discharge from a group; "The coach cut two players from the team"
Related Words: discharge, free

48. (verb) intentionally fail to attend: "cut class"
Synonyms: skip
Related Words: miss

49. (satellite adjective) (of a male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut horse"
Synonyms: emasculated, gelded

50. (noun) a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
Synonyms: gash
Related Words: furrow

51. (noun) a canal made by erosion or excavation
Related Words: canal

52. (noun) the style in which a garment is cut; "a dress of traditional cut"
Related Words: fashion

53. (noun) in films: an immediate transition from one shot to the next; "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt"
Related Words: jump cut, transition

54. (noun) a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
Synonyms: cut of meat
Related Words: brisket, chine, chop, cut of beef, cut of lamb, cut of mutton, cut of pork, cut of veal, forequarter, hindquarter, joint, leg, loin, meat, neck, rack, rib, roast, saddle, shank, shin, side, side of meat, sirloin, steak, tenderloin, undercut

55. (noun) a share of the profits; "everyone got a cut of the earnings"
Related Words: part, percentage, portion, rake-off, share

56. (noun) a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"
Synonyms: gash, slash, slice
Related Words: lesion, wound

57. (noun) a step on some scale; "he is a cut above the the rest"
Related Words: gradation, step

58. (verb) edit; "cut film"; "cut recording tape"
Synonyms: edit, edit out
Related Words: alter, change

59. (noun) a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional"
Synonyms: cold shoulder, snub
Related Words: rebuff, slight

60. (verb) cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the lights, please"; "cut the engine"
Synonyms: switch off, turn off, turn out
Related Words: flip, kill, switch, throw

61. (adjective) (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of new-mown hay"
Synonyms: mown

62. (verb) informal: be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
Synonyms: hack
Related Words: contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage

63. (adjective) made neat and tidy by trimming; "his neatly trimmed hair"
Synonyms: trimmed

64. (noun) the part that is omitted when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"
Synonyms: deletion
Related Words: editing, redaction

65. (noun) a remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all"
Synonyms: stinger
Related Words: abuse, contumely, insult, revilement

66. (noun) in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball"
Synonyms: baseball swing, swing
Related Words: shot, stroke

67. (verb) refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"
Synonyms: disregard, ignore, snub
Related Words: do by, handle, treat

68. (verb) make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"
Synonyms: issue, make out, write out
Related Words: check, write

69. (verb) lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
Synonyms: dilute, reduce, thin, thin out
Related Words: water down, weaken

70. (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, contract, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
Related Words: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, concentrate, condense, decrease, expurgate, lessen, minify, shorten

71. (verb) cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
Synonyms: bring down, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down
Related Words: cut, decrease, deflate, detract, inflate, knock off, lessen, minify, retrench, shave, shorten, slash, take away, thin, thin out

72. (verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
Synonyms: curve, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer
Related Words: peel off, turn, yaw



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