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crosscut

[kraws-kuht, kros-]
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adjective
  1. made or used for cutting crosswise.
  2. cut across the grain or on the bias.
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noun
  1. a transverse cut or course.
  2. a shortcut by way of an area not ordinarily traversed, as grass or open country; a route that cuts diagonally across a road or path network.
  3. Mining. an underground passageway, usually from a shaft to a vein of ore or crosswise of a vein of ore.
  4. Movies, Television. an act or instance of crosscutting.
  5. crosscut saw.
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verb (used with object), cross·cut, cross·cut·ting.
  1. to cut or go across.
  2. Movies, Television. to insert into a scene or sequence (portions of another scene), as to heighten suspense or suggest simultaneous action.
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verb (used without object), cross·cut, cross·cut·ting.
  1. Movies, Television. to employ the technique of crosscutting.
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Origin of crosscut

First recorded in 1580–90; cross- + cut
Related formscross·cut·ter, noun
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Examples from the Web for cross-cut

Historical Examples

  • The teeth of the rip saw are also larger than those of the cross-cut.

    Carpentry for Boys

    J. S. Zerbe

  • In Fig. 14, which shows the teeth of a cross-cut saw, the pitch (B) is about 10 degrees off.

  • The next day he found fault with me for the way I used a cross-cut saw.

    A California Girl

    Edward Eldridge

  • I had left a cross-cut saw there this morning, and just went to fetch it.

  • The third lift they have not cross-cut to it, as the slope is on No. 2.

British Dictionary definitions for cross-cut

crosscut

adjective
  1. cut at right angles or obliquely to the major axis
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noun
  1. a transverse cut or course
  2. a less common word for short cut
  3. mining a tunnel through a vein of ore or from the shaft to a vein
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verb -cuts, -cutting or -cut
  1. to cut across
  2. Also: intercut films to link (two sequences or two shots) so that they appear to be taking place at the same time
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