cut


cut - noun

  • a share of the profits
  • (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
  • a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
  • a step on some scale
  • a wound made by cutting
  • a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
  • a remark capable of wounding mentally
  • a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
  • the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
  • the style in which a garment is cut
  • a canal made by erosion or excavation
  • a refusal to recognize someone you know
  • in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
  • (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
  • the division of a deck of cards before dealing
  • the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
  • the act of cutting something into parts
  • the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
  • the act of reducing the amount or number
  • an unexcused absence from class

    • cut - verb

    • separate with or as if with an instrument
    • cut down on; make a reduction in
    • turn sharply; change direction abruptly
    • make an incision or separation
    • discharge from a group
    • form by probing, penetrating, or digging
    • style and tailor in a certain fashion
    • hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
    • make out and issue
    • cut and assemble the components of
    • intentionally fail to attend
    • be able to manage or manage successfully
    • give the appearance or impression of
    • move (one's fist)
    • pass directly and often in haste
    • pass through or across
    • make an abrupt change of image or sound
    • stop filming
    • make a recording of
    • record a performance on (a medium)
    • create by duplicating data
    • form or shape by cutting or incising
    • perform or carry out
    • function as a cutting instrument
    • allow incision or separation
    • divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
    • cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
    • reap or harvest
    • fell by sawing; hew
    • penetrate injuriously
    • refuse to acknowledge
    • shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
    • weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
    • dissolve by breaking down the fat of
    • have a reducing effect
    • cease, stop
    • reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
    • lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
    • have grow through the gums
    • grow through the gums
    • cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)

    cut - adjective

    • separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
    • fashioned or shaped by cutting
    • with parts removed
    • made neat and tidy by trimming
    • (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
    • (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
    • (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
    • (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
    • mixed with water

    cut - thesaurus

    abbreviate   abridge   burn   contract   curve   cutting   deletion   dilute   disregard   edit   emasculated   excision   foreshorten   gash   geld   gelded   hack   ignore   issue   mown   prune   rationalise British English spelling   rationalize American English spelling   reduce   sheer   shorten   shortened   skip   slash   slashed   slew   slice   slue   snub   stinger   swerve   swing   tailor   thin   thinned   track   trend   trim   trimmed   undercut   veer   weakened  

    Scrabble score for cut

    c is 3 u is 1 t is 1
    Scrabble score = 5

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