Cut definition

Cut as a verb

1. separate with or as if with an instrument

   "Cut the rope"

2. cut down on; make a reduction in

   "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

   Same sense: bring down, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim back, trim, trim down

3. turn sharply; change direction abruptly

   "The car cut to the left at the intersection"

   Same sense: trend, curve, sheer, slew, veer, swerve, slue

4. make an incision or separation

   "cut along the dotted line"

5. discharge from a group

   "The coach cut two players from the team"

6. form by probing, penetrating, or digging

   "cut a hole"

7. style and tailor in a certain fashion

   "cut a dress"

   Same sense: tailor

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

   "cut a Ping-Pong ball"

9. make out and issue

   "cut a ticket"

   Same sense: make out, issue, write out

10. cut and assemble the components of

    "cut recording tape"

    Same sense: edit, edit out

11. intentionally fail to attend

    "cut class"

    Same sense: skip

12. be able to manage or manage successfully

    "she could not cut the long days in the office"

    Same sense: hack

13. give the appearance or impression of

    "cut a nice figure"

14. move (one's fist)

    "his opponent cut upward toward his chin"

15. pass directly and often in haste

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

16. pass through or across

    "The boat cut the water"

17. make an abrupt change of image or sound

    "cut from one scene to another"

18. stop filming

    "cut a movie scene"

19. make a recording of

    "cut the songs"

20. record a performance on (a medium)

    "cut a record"

21. create by duplicating data

    "cut a disk"

    Same sense: burn

22. form or shape by cutting or incising

    "cut paper dolls"

23. perform or carry out

    "cut a caper"

24. function as a cutting instrument

    "This knife cuts well"

25. allow incision or separation

    "This bread cuts easily"

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

    "Wayne cut"

27. cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch

    "cut the engine"

    Same sense: turn out, turn off, switch off

28. reap or harvest

    "cut grain"

29. fell by sawing; hew

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

30. penetrate injuriously

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

31. refuse to acknowledge

    "She cut him dead at the meeting"

    Same sense: ignore, disregard, snub

32. shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of

    "cut my hair"

33. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things

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

    Same sense: prune, rationalize, rationalise

34. dissolve by breaking down the fat of

    "soap cuts grease"

35. have a reducing effect

    "This cuts into my earnings"

36. cease, stop

    "cut the noise"

    Same sense: cut off

37. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

    Same sense: contract, reduce, shorten, abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten

38. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

    "cut bourbon"

    Same sense: reduce, thin, thin out, dilute

39. have grow through the gums

    "The baby cut a tooth"

40. grow through the gums

    "The new tooth is cutting"

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

    Same sense: geld

Cut as a noun

42. a share of the profits

    "everyone got a cut of the earnings"

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

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

44. a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation

    Same sense: gash

45. a step on some scale

    "he is a cut above the rest"

46. a wound made by cutting

    "he put a bandage over the cut"

    Same sense: slice, slash, gash

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

    Same sense: cut of meat

48. a remark capable of wounding mentally

    "the unkindest cut of all"

    Same sense: stinger

49. a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc

    "he played the first cut on the cd"

    Same sense: track

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

    Same sense: deletion, excision

51. the style in which a garment is cut

    "a dress of traditional cut"

52. a canal made by erosion or excavation

53. a refusal to recognize someone you know

    Same sense: cold shoulder, snub

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

    "he took a vicious cut at the ball"

    Same sense: swing, baseball swing

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

    "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"

    Same sense: undercut

56. the division of a deck of cards before dealing

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

    Same sense: cutting

57. the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge

    "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"

    Same sense: cutting

58. the act of cutting something into parts

    "his cuts were skillful"

    Same sense: cutting

59. the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends

    "the barber gave him a good cut"

    Same sense: cutting, cutting off

60. the act of reducing the amount or number

    "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"

61. an unexcused absence from class

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

Cut as an adjective

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

    "the cut surface was mottled"

63. fashioned or shaped by cutting

    "a well-cut suit"

64. with parts removed

    "the drastically cut film"

    Same sense: shortened

65. made neat and tidy by trimming

    Same sense: trimmed

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

    Same sense: mown

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

    "the cut pages of the book"

68. (of a male animal) having the testicles removed

    "a cut horse"

    Same sense: emasculated, gelded

69. (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply

    Same sense: slashed

70. mixed with water

    "sold cut whiskey"

    Same sense: weakened, thinned

Synonyms and antonyms

• bring down
• cut back
• cut down
• reduce
• trim back
• trim
• trim down
• trend
• curve
• sheer
• slew
• veer
• swerve
• slue
• tailor
• make out
• issue definition
• write out
• edit
• edit out
• skip
• hack
• burn
• turn out

Opposite: uncut.

All synonyms of cut, sense by sense

How to say cut

Cut has 1 syllable and rhymes with but. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with cut

• but
• what
• shut
• somewhat
• nut
• gut
• coconut
• hut
• haircut
• walnut
• chestnut
• shortcut

All 29 words that rhyme with cut

CUT in word games

Scrabble

5

Words With Friends

7

Anagrams

0

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