cut

to detach with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; separate from the main body; lop off: to cut a slice from a loaf of bread.

to hew or saw down; fell: to cut timber.

to hollow out; excavate; dig: to cut a trench.

to trim by clipping, shearing, paring, or pruning: to cut hair.

to mow; reap; harvest: to cut grain.

to abridge or shorten; edit by omitting a part or parts: to cut a speech.

to repeatedly inflict injury on (oneself) by deliberately cutting the skin, as to cope with negative emotions: Some teenagers cut themselves in response to emotional pain.

to lower, reduce, diminish, or curtail (sometimes followed by down): to cut prices.

to dilute; make less thick: to cut wine.

to dissolve: That detergent cuts grease effectively.

to intersect; cross: One line cuts another at right angles.

Informal. to cease; discontinue (often followed by out): Cut the kidding.Let's cut out the pretense.

to stop; halt the running of, as a liquid or an engine (often followed by off): The pilot cut the engines and glided in for a landing. Cut off the hot water.

to dilute or adulterate (a drug) by mixing it with other substances.

to grow (a tooth or teeth) through the gum: The baby is cutting his teeth.

to type, write, or draw on (a stencil) for mimeographing.

to make or fashion by cutting, as a statue, jewel, or garment.

Glassmaking. to produce a pattern (in glass) by grinding and polishing.

to refuse to recognize socially; shun ostentatiously: Her friends began to cut her as the season progressed.

to strike sharply, as with a whip.

to absent oneself from: allowed to cut three classes per semester.

Movies, Television.

Computers. to remove (selected text, images, etc.) from a file to store in temporary memory until pasted elsewhere.: Compare copy (def. 15), paste (def. 13).

to wound the feelings of severely.

Cards.

to record a selection on (a phonograph record or tape); make a recording of.

to castrate; geld.

Sports. to hit (a ball) with either the hand or some instrument so as to change its course and often to cause it to spin.

Cricket. to strike and send off (a ball) in front of the batsman, and parallel to the wicket.

Slang. to be a nonplaying dealer, manager, or supervisor of (a card game, crap game, or other gambling game) in return for a percentage of the money bet or sometimes for a fee.

to repeatedly inflict self-injury by deliberately cutting the skin.

to pass, go, or come, especially in the most direct way (usually followed by across, through, in, etc.): to cut across an empty lot.

Movies, Television.

to make a sudden or sharp turn in direction; change direction suddenly; swerve: We cut to the left to avoid hitting the cyclist.

to strike a person, animal, etc., sharply, as with a whip.

to wound the feelings severely: His criticism cut deep.

(of the teeth) to grow through the gums.

Computers. to remove selected text, images, etc., from a file for storage in temporary memory until pasted elsewhere.: Compare copy (def. 17), paste (def. 14).

Cards. to cut the cards.

Informal. to leave hastily: to cut for the hills.

(of a horse)

reduced by or as if by cutting: cut whiskey; cut prices.

Botany. incised; cleft.

castrated; gelded.

Slang. drunk.

to divide or be divided with or as if with a sharp instrument: cut a slice of bread

(intr) to use a sharp-edged instrument or an instrument that cuts

(tr) to trim or prune by or as if by clipping: to cut hair

(tr) to reap or mow (a crop, grass, etc)

(tr) to geld or castrate

(tr sometimes foll by out) to make, form, or shape by cutting: to cut a suit

(tr) to hollow or dig out; excavate: to cut a tunnel through the mountain

to strike (an object) sharply

(tr) sport to hit (a ball) with a downward slicing stroke so as to impart spin or cause it to fall short

cricket to hit (the ball) to the off side, usually between cover and third man, with a roughly horizontal bat

to hurt or wound the feelings of (a person), esp by malicious speech or action

(tr) informal to refuse to recognize; snub

(tr) informal to absent oneself from (an activity, location, etc), esp without permission or in haste: to cut class

(tr) to abridge, shorten, or edit by excising a part or parts

(tr often foll by down) to lower, reduce, or curtail: to cut losses

(tr) to dilute or weaken: heroin that was cut with nontoxic elements

(tr) to dissolve or break up: to cut fat

(when intr, foll by across or through) to cross or traverse: the footpath cuts through the field

(intr) to make a sharp or sudden change in direction; veer

to grow (teeth) through the gums or (of teeth) to appear through the gums

(intr) films

films to edit (film)

(tr) to switch off (a light, car engine, etc)

(tr) (of a performer, recording company, etc) to make (a record or tape of a song, concert, performance, etc)

cards

(tr) to remove (material) from an object by means of a chisel, lathe, etc

(tr) (of a tool) to bite into (an object)

(intr) (of a horse) to injure the leg just above the hoof by a blow from the opposite foot

cut a caper or cut capers

cut both ways

cut a dash to behave or dress showily or strikingly; make a stylish impression

cut a person dead informal to ignore a person completely

cut a good figure to appear or behave well

cut a poor figure to appear or behave badly

cut and run informal to make a rapid escape

cut it slang be successful in doing something

cut it fine informal to allow little margin of time, space, etc

cut corners to do something in the easiest or shortest way, esp at the expense of high standards: we could finish this project early only if we cut corners

cut loose to free or become freed from restraint, custody, anchorage, etc

cut no ice informal to fail to make an impression

cut one's losses to give up spending time, money, or energy on an unprofitable or unsuccessful activity

cut one's teeth on informal

made, shaped, or fashioned by cutting

reduced or diminished by or as if by cutting: cut prices

gelded or castrated

weakened or diluted

British a slang word for drunk

hurt; resentful

cut and dried informal settled or arranged in advance

cut lunch Australian and NZ a sandwich lunch carried from home to work, school, etc

a piece or part cut off, esp a section of food cut from the whole: a cut of meat

the edge of anything cut or sliced

a passage, channel, path, etc, cut or hollowed out

an omission or deletion, esp in a text, film, or play

a reduction in price, salary, etc

a decrease in government finance in a particular department or area, usually leading to a reduction of services, staff numbers, etc

short for power cut

mainly US and Canadian a quantity of timber cut during a specific time or operation

informal a portion or share

informal a straw, slip of paper, etc, used in drawing lots

the manner or style in which a thing, esp a garment, is cut; fashion

a direct route; short cut

the US name for block (def. 15)

sport the spin of a cut ball

cricket a stroke made with the bat in a roughly horizontal position

films an immediate transition from one shot to the next, brought about by splicing the two shots together

informal an individual piece of music on a record; track

words or an action that hurt another person's feelings

a refusal to recognize an acquaintance; snub

informal, mainly US an unauthorized absence, esp from a school class

chem a fraction obtained in distillation, as in oil refining

the metal removed in a single pass of a machine tool

British a stretch of water, esp a canal

a cut above informal superior (to); better (than)

make the cut golf to better or equal the required score after two rounds in a strokeplay tournament, thus avoiding elimination from the final two rounds

miss the cut golf to achieve a greater score after the first two rounds of a strokeplay tournament than that required to play in the remaining two rounds