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CUT
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Irregular inflected form: cutting
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unexcused absence from class
Example:
he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
absence (failure to be present)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of reducing the amount or number
Example:
the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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 3
Meaning:
The act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
Example:
the barber gave him a good cut
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
shortening (act of decreasing in length)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cut"):
clip; clipping; snip (the act of clipping or snipping)
haircut (the act of cutting the hair)
clipping; trim; trimming (cutting down to the desired size or shape)
shearing (removing by cutting off or clipping)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The act of cutting something into parts
Example:
his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess
Synonyms:
cut; cutting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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 5
Meaning:
The act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
Example:
his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels
Synonyms:
cut; cutting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
opening (becoming open or being made open)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cut"):
nick; notch; snick (a small cut)
gash; slash (a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument)
incision; section; surgical incision (the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation))
Sense 6
Meaning:
The division of a deck of cards before dealing
Example:
the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual
Synonyms:
cut; cutting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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 7
Meaning:
(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
Example:
cuts do not bother a good tennis player
Synonyms:
cut; undercut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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 8
Meaning:
In baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
Example:
he took a vicious cut at the ball
Synonyms:
baseball swing; cut; swing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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 9
Meaning:
A refusal to recognize someone you know
Example:
the snub was clearly intentional
Synonyms:
cold shoulder; cut; snub
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
rebuff; slight (a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval))
Sense 10
Meaning:
A trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
Synonyms:
cut; gash
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
furrow (a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow))
Sense 11
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 12
Meaning:
The style in which a garment is cut
Example:
a dress of traditional cut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
fashion (the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior)
Sense 13
Meaning:
The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
Example:
both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
editing; redaction (putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form)
Sense 14
Meaning:
A distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
Example:
the title track of the album
Synonyms:
cut; track
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
excerpt; excerption; extract; selection (a passage selected from a larger work)
Sense 15
Meaning:
(film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
Example:
the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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 16
Meaning:
A remark capable of wounding mentally
Example:
the unkindest cut of all
Synonyms:
cut; stinger
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
abuse; contumely; insult; revilement; vilification (a rude expression intended to offend or hurt)
Sense 17
Meaning:
A piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
Synonyms:
cut; cut of meat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
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"):
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 (cut of meat from beef cattle)
rib (cut of meat including one or more ribs)
entrecote (cut of meat taken from between the ribs)
shank (a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg)
shin; shin bone (a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg)
brisket (a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef)
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)
shoulder (a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg)
cut of veal (cut of meat from a calf)
cut of mutton (cut of meat from a mature sheep)
cut of lamb (cut of meat from 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 (cut of meat from a hog or pig)
Sense 18
Meaning:
A share of the profits
Example:
everyone got a cut of the earnings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
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 19
Meaning:
A wound made by cutting
Example:
he put a bandage over the cut
Synonyms:
cut; gash; slash; slice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
lesion; wound (an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin))
Sense 20
Meaning:
A step on some scale
Example:
he is a cut above the rest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("cut" is a kind of...):
gradation; step (relative position in a graded series)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
With parts removed
Example:
the drastically cut film
Synonyms:
cut; shortened
Classified under:
Similar:
abridged ((used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
Example:
bandages on her cut wrists
Classified under:
Similar:
chopped; shredded; sliced (prepared by cutting)
cut up (cut into pieces)
incised (cut into with a sharp instrument)
perforated (having a number or series of holes)
perforate; perforated; pierced; punctured (having a hole cut through)
cut off; severed (detached by cutting)
split ((especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain)
Antonym:
uncut (not cut)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
Example:
the cut pages of the book
Classified under:
Adjectives
Antonym:
uncut ((of pages of a book) having adjacent leaves still joined at the fore edge)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Fashioned or shaped by cutting
Example:
cut velvet
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
cut out (having been cut out)
hand-hewn; hewn (cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel)
sheared ((used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length)
slashed (having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric)
Antonym:
uncut (not shaped by cutting or trimming)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Mixed with water
Example:
a cup of thinned soup
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
dilute; diluted (reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity)
Sense 6
Meaning:
(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
Example:
the slashed prices attracted buyers
Synonyms:
cut; slashed
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
decreased; reduced (made less in size or amount or degree)
Sense 7
Meaning:
(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
Example:
the smell of newly mown hay
Synonyms:
cut; mown
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
new-mown (newly mown)
Domain category:
botany; flora; vegetation (all the plant life in a particular region or period)
Sense 8
Meaning:
(of a male animal) having the testicles removed
Example:
a cut horse
Synonyms:
cut; emasculated; gelded
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
castrated; unsexed (deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Made neat and tidy by trimming
Example:
his neatly trimmed hair
Synonyms:
cut; trimmed
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
clipped (cut or trimmed by clipping)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they cut ... he / she / it cuts
Past simple: cut
Past participle: cut
-ing form: cutting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
Example:
the vet gelded the young horse
Synonyms:
cut; geld
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
Grow through the gums
Example:
The new tooth is cutting
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
grow (increase in size by natural process)
Verb group:
cut (have grow through the gums)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 3
Meaning:
Have grow through the gums
Example:
The baby cut a tooth
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
acquire; develop; get; grow; produce (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes))
Verb group:
cut (grow through the gums)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Cut and assemble the components of
Example:
cut recording tape
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Verb group:
abbreviate; abridge; contract; cut; foreshorten; reduce; shorten (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They will cut the duet
Derivation:
cutting (the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
Example:
cut bourbon
Synonyms:
cut; dilute; reduce; thin; thin out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
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
Derivation:
cutting (the act of diluting something)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Example:
The manuscript must be shortened
Synonyms:
abbreviate; abridge; contract; cut; foreshorten; reduce; shorten
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)
Verb group:
cut; edit; edit out (cut and assemble the components of)
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 7
Meaning:
Cease, stop
Example:
We had to cut short the conversation
Synonyms:
cut; cut off
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
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 8
Meaning:
Cut down on; make a reduction in
Example:
The employer wants to cut back health benefits
Synonyms:
bring down; cut; cut back; cut down; reduce; trim; trim back; trim down
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)
Verb group:
cut (have a reducing effect)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut"):
shorten (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration)
spill (reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail))
quench (reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance)
retrench (make a reduction, as in one's workforce)
slash (cut drastically)
thin out (make sparse)
thin (make thin or thinner)
detract; take away (take away a part from; diminish)
deflate (reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices)
inflate (increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value)
downsize ((of a company) reduce in size or number of employees)
subtract (take off or away)
knock off; shave (cut the price of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They will cut the duet
Sense 9
Meaning:
Have a reducing effect
Example:
This cuts into my earnings
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)
Verb group:
bring down; cut; cut back; cut down; reduce; trim; trim back; trim down (cut down on; make a reduction in)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Sense 10
Meaning:
Dissolve by breaking down the fat of
Example:
soap cuts grease
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
break up; dissolve; resolve (cause to go into a solution)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 11
Meaning:
Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
Example:
We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet
Synonyms:
cut; prune; rationalise; rationalize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
do away with; eliminate; extinguish; get rid of (terminate, end, 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 12
Meaning:
Shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
Example:
cut my hair
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
shorten (make short or shorter)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut"):
shave; trim (cut closely)
French (cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking)
crop (cut short)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 13
Meaning:
Refuse to acknowledge
Example:
She cut him dead at the meeting
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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 14
Meaning:
Make out and issue
Example:
Please make the check out to me
Synonyms:
cut; issue; make out; write out
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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 15
Meaning:
Penetrate injuriously
Example:
The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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 16
Meaning:
Fell by sawing; hew
Example:
The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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 17
Meaning:
Reap or harvest
Example:
cut grain
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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 18
Meaning:
Hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
Example:
cut a Ping-Pong ball
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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 19
Meaning:
Cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
Example:
turn out the lights
Synonyms:
cut; switch off; turn off; turn out
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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 20
Meaning:
Separate with or as if with an instrument
Example:
Cut the rope
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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"):
manicure (trim carefully and neatly)
scissor (cut with or as if with scissors)
plane; shave (cut or remove with or as if with a plane)
slice; slice up (cut into slices)
pink (cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing)
jag (cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge)
carve; cut up (cut to pieces)
carve (form by carving)
carve; chip at (engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface)
julienne (cut into long thin strips)
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)
chop; chop up (cut into pieces)
cut down; drop; fell; strike down (cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow)
chip; nick (cut a nick into)
nick; snick (cut slightly, with a razor)
break off; chip; cut off; knap (break a small piece off from)
pare; trim (remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size)
circumcise (cut the skin over the clitoris)
chamfer; chase; furrow (cut a furrow into a columns)
indent (cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication)
mortice; mortise (cut a hole for a tenon in)
cut down; mow (cut with a blade or mower)
shear (cut or cut through with shears)
gash; slash (cut open)
cut down; slash (cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete)
tap (cut a female screw thread with a tap)
hob (cut with a hob)
bore; drill (make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool)
clip; nip; nip off; snip; snip off (sever or remove by pinching or snipping)
dissect (cut open or cut apart)
bisect (cut in half or cut in two)
transect (cut across or divide transversely)
trisect (cut in three)
pare; whittle (cut small bits or pare shavings from)
chatter (cut unevenly with a chattering tool)
cut away (remove by cutting off or away)
tomahawk (cut with a tomahawk)
saber; sabre (cut or injure with a saber)
rebate (cut a rebate in (timber or stone))
cradle (cut grain with a cradle scythe)
incise (make an incision into by carving or cutting)
trench (cut or carve deeply into)
bob; dock; tail (remove or shorten the tail of an animal)
slice; slit (make a clean cut through)
saw (cut with a saw)
discerp; lop; sever (cut off from a whole)
chase (cut a groove into)
bevel; chamfer (cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel)
crosscut; cut across (cut using a diagonal line)
rip (cut (wood) along the grain)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They cut the newspapers
Also:
cut away (remove by cutting off or away)
cut into (turn up, loosen, or remove earth)
cut off (break a small piece off from)
cut out (strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out)
cut out (form and create by cutting out)
cut up (cut to pieces)
Derivation:
cutting (the act of cutting something into parts)
cutter (someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments))
cutter (a cutting implement; a tool for cutting)
Sense 21
Meaning:
Divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
Example:
She cut the deck for a long time
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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
Derivation:
cutting (the division of a deck of cards before dealing)
Sense 22
Meaning:
Make an incision or separation
Example:
cut along the dotted line
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Verb group:
cut (allow incision or separation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
cutting (the act of cutting something into parts)
cutting (the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge)
Sense 23
Meaning:
Allow incision or separation
Example:
This bread cuts easily
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Verb group:
cut (make an incision or separation)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 24
Meaning:
Function as a cutting instrument
Example:
This knife cuts well
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
function; go; operate; run; work (perform as expected when applied)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 25
Meaning:
Style and tailor in a certain fashion
Example:
cut a dress
Synonyms:
cut; tailor
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
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 26
Meaning:
Perform or carry out
Example:
cut a caper
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 27
Meaning:
Form or shape by cutting or incising
Example:
cut paper dolls
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Verb group:
cut (form by probing, penetrating, or digging)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
cutting (the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends)
cutting (removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape)
Sense 28
Meaning:
Form by probing, penetrating, or digging
Example:
The sweat cut little rivulets into her face
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Verb group:
cut (form or shape by cutting or incising)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut"):
blast (make with or as if with an explosion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 29
Meaning:
Create by duplicating data
Example:
burn a CD
Synonyms:
burn; cut
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)
Verb group:
cut (record a performance on (a medium))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 30
Meaning:
Record a performance on (a medium)
Example:
cut a record
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
record; tape (register electronically)
Verb group:
burn; cut (create by duplicating data)
cut (make a recording of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 31
Meaning:
Make a recording of
Example:
She cut all of her major titles again
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
record; tape (register electronically)
Verb group:
cut (record a performance on (a medium))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They will cut the duet
Sense 32
Meaning:
Stop filming
Example:
cut a movie scene
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
stop (cause to stop)
Verb group:
cut (make an abrupt change of image or sound)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 33
Meaning:
Make an abrupt change of image or sound
Example:
cut from one scene to another
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
change; shift; switch (lay aside, abandon, or leave for another)
Verb group:
cut (stop filming)
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)
Derivation:
cutting (the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film)
Sense 34
Meaning:
Pass through or across
Example:
The boat cut the water
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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)
Verb group:
cut (pass directly and often in haste)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 35
Meaning:
Pass directly and often in haste
Example:
We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
pass (go across or through)
Verb group:
cut (pass through or across)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 36
Meaning:
Turn sharply; change direction abruptly
Example:
The motorbike veered to the right
Synonyms:
curve; cut; sheer; slew; slue; swerve; trend; veer
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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 37
Meaning:
Move (one's fist)
Example:
his opponent cut upward toward his chin
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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 38
Meaning:
Give the appearance or impression of
Example:
cut a nice figure
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
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 39
Meaning:
Discharge from a group
Example:
The coach cut two players from the team
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
discharge; free (free from obligations or duties)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 40
Meaning:
Be able to manage or manage successfully
Example:
she could not cut the long days in the office
Synonyms:
cut; hack
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "cut" is one way to...):
contend; cope; deal; get by; grapple; make do; make out; manage (succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 41
Meaning:
Intentionally fail to attend
Example:
cut class
Synonyms:
cut; skip
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
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
Context examples:
When I began chopping again, my axe slipped and cut off my right leg.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
They began by using him as a short-cut, a convenience; now he has made himself an essential.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
At last the breeze came; the schooner sidled and drew nearer in the dark; I felt the hawser slacken once more, and with a good, tough effort, cut the last fibres through.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
He had thrown off his green jerkin, and his chest was covered only by a pink silk jupon, or undershirt, cut low in the neck and sleeveless.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The rivers were covered with ice, and no fish could be procured; and thus I was cut off from my chief article of maintenance.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
It has cut us off from travel, and there is nothing to match travel for expanding the mind.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They were perfectly cut and deposited in containers of varying sizes that were made of different materials (metal, leather and even wood), which were then hidden in specific parts of the cave.
(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)
Grafting is done by cutting a plant off near the root, shaping its stalk into a wedge and fitting this into a matching groove on the severed stem of another plant.
(Grafting helps pepper plants deal with drought, SciDev.Net)
Your stepsister has long deserved death; tonight when she is asleep I will come and cut her head off.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Jama says our growing dependence on mobile devices requires patient injury prevention education in order to cut back on cell phone-related injuries.
(Mobile phone could cause physical pain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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