cut in WordNet English dictionary

1. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
   "The manuscript must be shortened"
   abridge  foreshorten  abbreviate  shorten  cut  contract  reduce 
   
2. cut down on; make a reduction in
   "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
   reduce  cut down  cut back  trim  trim down  trim back  cut  bring down 
   
3. create by duplicating data
   "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"
   cut  burn 
   
4. turn sharply; change direction abruptly
   "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
   swerve  sheer  curve  trend  veer  slue  slew  cut 
   
5. cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
   "the vet gelded the young horse"
   geld  cut 
   
6. have grow through the gums
   "The baby cut a tooth"
   cut 
   
7. grow through the gums
   "The new tooth is cutting"
   cut 
   
8. cease, stop
   "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"
   cut  cut off 
   
9. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
   "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
   cut  prune  rationalize  rationalise 
   
10. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
    "cut bourbon"
    dilute  thin  thin out  reduce  cut 
    
11. cut and assemble the components of
    "edit film"; "cut recording tape"
    edit  cut  edit out 
    
12. have a reducing effect
    "This cuts into my earnings"
    cut 
    
13. shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
    "cut my hair"
    cut 
    
14. dissolve by breaking down the fat of
    "soap cuts grease"
    cut 
    
15. make out and issue
    "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"
    write out  issue  make out  cut 
    
16. refuse to acknowledge
    "She cut him dead at the meeting"
    ignore  disregard  snub  cut 
    
17. separate with or as if with an instrument
    "Cut the rope"
    cut 
    
18. divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
    "Wayne cut"; "She cut the deck for a long time"
    cut 
    
19. hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
    "cut a Ping-Pong ball"
    cut 
    
20. cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
    "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"
    switch off  cut  turn off  turn out 
    
21. make an incision or separation
    "cut along the dotted line"
    cut 
    
22. allow incision or separation
    "This bread cuts easily"
    cut 
    
23. function as a cutting instrument
    "This knife cuts well"
    cut 
    
24. fell by sawing; hew
    "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia"
    cut 
    
25. penetrate injuriously
    "The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead"
    cut 
    
26. reap or harvest
    "cut grain"
    cut 
    
27. style and tailor in a certain fashion
    "cut a dress"
    cut  tailor 
    
28. form by probing, penetrating, or digging
    "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face"
    cut 
    
29. record a performance on (a medium)
    "cut a record"
    cut 
    
30. make a recording of
    "cut the songs"; "She cut all of her major titles again"
    cut 
    
31. form or shape by cutting or incising
    "cut paper dolls"
    cut 
    
32. perform or carry out
    "cut a caper"
    cut 
    
33. stop filming
    "cut a movie scene"
    cut 
    
34. make an abrupt change of image or sound
    "cut from one scene to another"
    cut 
    
35. pass through or across
    "The boat cut the water"
    cut 
    
36. pass directly and often in haste
    "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner"
    cut 
    
37. move (one's fist)
    "his opponent cut upward toward his chin"
    cut 
    
38. give the appearance or impression of
    "cut a nice figure"
    cut 
    
39. be able to manage or manage successfully
    "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
    hack  cut 
    
40. discharge from a group
    "The coach cut two players from the team"
    cut 
    
41. intentionally fail to attend
    "cut class"
    cut  skip 
    

1. in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
   "he took a vicious cut at the ball"
   baseball swing  swing  cut 
   
2. a refusal to recognize someone you know
   "the snub was clearly intentional"
   snub  cut  cold shoulder 
   
3. the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
   "the barber gave him a good cut"
   cut  cutting  cutting off 
   
4. the act of cutting something into parts
   "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"
   cut  cutting 
   
5. the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
   "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
   cut  cutting 
   
6. the act of reducing the amount or number
   "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"
   cut 
   
7. an unexcused absence from class
   "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"
   cut 
   
8. (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
   "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"
   cut  undercut 
   
9. the division of a deck of cards before dealing
   "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"; "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual"
   cut  cutting 
   
10. a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
    cut  gash 
    
11. a canal made by erosion or excavation
    cut 
    
12. the style in which a garment is cut
    "a dress of traditional cut"
    cut 
    
13. (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
    "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt"
    cut 
    
14. the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
    "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause"
    deletion  excision  cut 
    
15. a remark capable of wounding mentally
    "the unkindest cut of all"
    stinger  cut 
    
16. a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
    "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album"
    cut  track 
    
17. a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
    cut  cut of meat 
    
18. a share of the profits
    "everyone got a cut of the earnings"
    cut 
    
19. a wound made by cutting
    "he put a bandage over the cut"
    cut  gash  slash  slice 
    
20. a step on some scale
    "he is a cut above the rest"
    cut 
    

1. separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
   "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists"
   cut 
   
2. (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
   "the cut pages of the book"
   cut 
   
3. fashioned or shaped by cutting
   "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet"
   cut 
   
4. (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
   "the smell of newly mown hay"
   mown  cut 
   
5. made neat and tidy by trimming
   "his neatly trimmed hair"
   trimmed  cut 
   
6. with parts removed
   "the drastically cut film"
   cut  shortened 
   
7. (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
   "a cut horse"
   cut  emasculated  gelded 
   
8. (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
   "the slashed prices attracted buyers"
   cut  slashed 
   
9. mixed with water
   "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup"
   cut  thinned  weakened