Meaning of: cut

- the style in which a garment is cut

Example - " a dress of traditional cut"

- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage

Example - " an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"

- the division of a deck of cards before dealing

Example - " he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"

- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends

Example - " the barber gave him a good cut"

- the act of reducing the amount or number

Example - " the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"

- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge

Example - " his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"

- the act of cutting something into parts

Example - " his cuts were skillful"

- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball

Example - " he took a vicious cut at the ball"

- an unexcused absence from class

Example - " he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"

- a wound made by cutting

Example - " he put a bandage over the cut"

- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation

- a step on some scale

Example - " he is a cut above the rest"

- a share of the profits

Example - " everyone got a cut of the earnings"

- a remark capable of wounding mentally

Example - " the unkindest cut of all"

- a refusal to recognize someone you know

Example - " the snub was clearly intentional"

- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass

- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc

Example - " he played the first cut on the cd"

- a canal made by erosion or excavation

- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball

Example - " cuts do not bother a good tennis player"

- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next

Example - " the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt"

- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things

Example - " We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"

- turn sharply; change direction abruptly

Example - " The car cut to the left at the intersection"

- style and tailor in a certain fashion

Example - " cut a dress"

- stop filming

Example - " cut a movie scene"

- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of

Example - " cut my hair"

- separate with or as if with an instrument

Example - " Cut the rope"

- refuse to acknowledge

Example - " She cut him dead at the meeting"

- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

Example - " The manuscript must be shortened"

- record a performance on (a medium)

Example - " cut a record"

- reap or harvest

Example - " cut grain"

- perform or carry out

Example - " cut a caper"

- penetrate injuriously

Example - " The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead"

- pass through or across

Example - " The boat cut the water"

- pass directly and often in haste

Example - " We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner"

- move (one's fist)

Example - " his opponent cut upward toward his chin"

- make out and issue

Example - " write out a check"

- make an incision or separation

Example - " cut along the dotted line"

- make an abrupt change of image or sound

Example - " cut from one scene to another"

- make a recording of

Example - " cut the songs"

- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

Example - " cut bourbon"

- intentionally fail to attend

Example - " cut class"

- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction

Example - " cut a Ping-Pong ball"

- have grow through the gums

Example - " The baby cut a tooth"

- have a reducing effect

Example - " This cuts into my earnings"

- grow through the gums

Example - " The new tooth is cutting"

- give the appearance or impression of

Example - " cut a nice figure"

- function as a cutting instrument

Example - " This knife cuts well"

- form or shape by cutting or incising

Example - " cut paper dolls"

- form by probing, penetrating, or digging

Example - " cut a hole"

- fell by sawing; hew

Example - " The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia"

- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult

Example - " Wayne cut"

- dissolve by breaking down the fat of

Example - " soap cuts grease"

- discharge from a group

Example - " The coach cut two players from the team"

- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)

Example - " the vet gelded the young horse"

- cut down on; make a reduction in

Example - " reduce your daily fat intake"

- cut and assemble the components of

Example - " edit film"

- create by duplicating data

Example - " cut a disk"

- cease, stop

Example - " cut the noise"

- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch

Example - " Turn off the stereo, please"

- be able to manage or manage successfully

Example - " I can't hack it anymore"

- allow incision or separation

Example - " This bread cuts easily"

- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument

Example - " the cut surface was mottled"

- made neat and tidy by trimming

Example - " his neatly trimmed hair"

- fashioned or shaped by cutting

Example - " a well-cut suit"

- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine

Example - " the smell of newly mown hay"

- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit

Example - " the cut pages of the book"

- with parts removed

Example - " the drastically cut film"

- mixed with water

Example - " sold cut whiskey"

- (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply

Example - " the slashed prices attracted buyers"

- (of a male animal) having the testicles removed

Example - " a cut horse"