cut out

1. (verb) cease operating; as of machinery: "The pump suddenly cut out"
Related Words: cease, end, finish, terminate

2. (verb) delete or remove; "Cut out the extra text"
Related Words: do away with, eliminate, get rid of

3. (satellite adjective) having been cut out; "the cut-out pieces of the dress"

4. (verb) cut out material such as wood, etc., so as to make as certain shape
Related Words: cut, die, die out, gouge out

5. (verb) form by cutting out; "Picasso cut out a piece of paper in the shape of a guitar"
Related Words: form, rabbet

6. (verb) intercept (a player), in baseball
Synonyms: cut down
Related Words: arrest, check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back

7. (verb) cut off and stop; "The bicyclist was cut out by the van"
Synonyms: cut off
Related Words: intercept, stop

8. (verb) strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out; "scratch out my name on that list"
Synonyms: scratch out
Related Words: efface, erase, rub out, score out, wipe off

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



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