Abbreviation ofEnglish Cu icatec ,T eutila .
cut
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code forTeutila Cuicatec . FromMiddle English cutten ,kitten ,kytten ,ketten ( “ to cut ” ) (compareScots kut ,kit ( “ to cut ” ) ), ofNorth Germanic origin, fromOld Norse *kytja ,*kutta , fromProto-Germanic *kutjaną ,*kuttaną ( “ to cut ” ) , of uncertain origin, perhaps related toProto-Germanic *kwetwą ( “ meat, flesh ” ) (compareOld Norse kvett ( “ meat ” ) ). Akin to MiddleSwedish kotta ( “ to cut or carve with a knife ” ) (compare dialectalSwedish kåta ,kuta ( “ to cut or chip with a knife ” ) ,Swedish kuta ,kytti ( “ a knife ” ) ),Norwegian Bokmål kutte ( “ to cut ” ) ,Norwegian Nynorsk kutte ( “ to cut ” ) ,Icelandic kuta ( “ to cut with a knife ” ) ,Old Norse kuti ( “ small knife ” ) ,Norwegian kyttel ,kytel ,kjutul ( “ pointed slip of wood used to strip bark ” ) . Displaced nativeMiddle English snithen (fromOld English snīþan ; compareGerman schneiden ), which still survives in some dialects assnithe orsnead . Seesnide . Adjective sense of "drunk" (now rare and now usually used in the originally jocular derivative form ofhalf-cut ) dates from the 17th century, fromcut in the leg ,to have cut your leg , euphemism for being very drunk.
cut (third-person singular simple present cuts ,present participle cutting ,simple past cut or ( nonstandard ) cutted ,past participle cut or ( nonstandard ) cutted or ( archaic ) cutten )
( chiefly transitive ) Toincise , to cut into the surface of something.Toperform anincision on, for example with aknife .c. 1596–1598 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The Merchant of Venice ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act IV, scene i] :You mustcut this flesh from off his breast.
Todivide with aknife ,scissors , or anothersharp instrument .Would you pleasecut the cake? 2012 May 8,Yotam Ottolenghi , Sami Tamimi,Ottolenghi: The Cookbook [1] ,Random House ,→ISBN , page79 :First, marinate the tofu. In a bowl, whisk the kecap manis, chilli sauce, and sesame oil together.Cut the tofu into strips about 1cm thick, mix gently (so it doesn't break) with the marinade and leave in the fridge for half an hour.
Toform orshape by cutting.I have three diamonds tocut today. c. 1596–1598 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The Merchant of Venice ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act I, scene i] :Why should a man, whose blood is warm within, / Sit like his grandsirecut in alabaster
1667 ,John Milton , “Book VIII”, inParadise Lost. [ … ] , London: [ … ] [Samuel Simmons ], and are to be sold by Peter Parker [ … ] ;[ a] nd by Robert Boulter [ … ] ;[ a] nd Matthias Walker, [ … ] ,→OCLC ; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: [ … ] , London: Basil Montagu Pickering [ … ] ,1873 ,→OCLC :loopholescut through thickest shade
( slang ) Towound with a knife.1990 ,Stephen Dobyns ,The house on Alexandrine :We don't want your money no more. We just going tocut you.
( intransitive ) To engage inself-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.The patient said she had beencutting since the age of thirteen. ( ambitransitive ) To deliver astroke with awhip or like instrument to.1908 , W[ illiam] B[ lair] M[ orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, inZollenstein , New York, N.Y.:D. Appleton & Company ,→OCLC :“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowecut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.Sarcasmcuts to the quick.
1829 , Elijah Hoole,Personal Narrative of a Mission to the South of India, from 1820 to 1828 :she feared she should laugh to hear an European preach in Tamul , but on the contrary , wascut to the heart by what she heard
Tocastrate orgeld .tocut a horse
Tointerfere , as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs. ( intransitive ) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.( transitive , social) Toseparate ,remove ,reject orreduce . Toseparate oromit , in a situation where one waspreviously associated .Travis wascut from the team.
Toabridge orshorten a work; to remove a portion of arecording duringediting . Toreduce , especially intentionally.They're going tocut salaries by fifteen percent.
2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, inRAIL , number948 , page 3:The principle of prioritising longer-distance trains bycutting services to wayside stations (often leading directly to their closure) is not new.
To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).Icut fifth period to hang out with Angela.
1833 ,Thomas Hamilton ,Men and Manners in America :An English tradesman is always solicitous tocut the shop whenever he can do so with impunity.
( intransitive , slang ) Toleave abruptly.Synonym: ( slang ) dip I gottacut but I'll see you tomorrow, okay?
2023 September 3, @tamashbean,Twitter [2] , archived fromthe original on25 April 2024 :my friends and i had gone for lunch but i had tocut early and couldn't get dessert (which if you know me it's my top priority) so they got it packed and dropped off at my place without a word "open the lift and take it" ?????????? how is this real i will literally cry
( transitive , social) Toignore as a socialrebuff orsnub .Synonym: spear After the incident at the dinner party, people started tocut him on the street.
1903 , Samuel Barber,
The Way of All Flesh chapter 73:
At first it had been very painful to him to meet any of his old friends, [...] but this soon passed; either theycut him, or hecut them; it was not nice beingcut for the first time or two, but after that, it became rather pleasant than not [...] The ordeal is a painful one, but if a man's moral and intellectual constitution are naturally sound, there is nothing which will give him so much strength of character as having been wellcut . 1973 , Gore Vidal,
Burr :
The ordinary people greet him(Aaron Burr) warmly while the respectable folk tendto cut him dead. 27 September 2013 , Kane, Kathryn,
The Regency Redingote Blog The Cut: The Ultimate & Final Social Weapon:
The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register for 1798 included an explanation by a reader of how the cut was carried out in his college days in a lengthy letter to the editor, signed by the pseudonym "Ansonius." In his rambling letter, Ansonius noted that when he was at college," … if a man passed an old acquaintance wittingly, without recognizing him, he was said— ‘To cut him.’" Ansonius then went on to explain the performance of the cut and noted that for a time the term "to spear" was used instead of to cut. However, that term did not remain long in use, and this act was generally known as "the cut" ever after. ( intransitive , film ) To make an abrupt transition from onescene or image to another.The camera thencut to the woman on the front row who was clearly overcome and crying tears of joy.
( transitive , film ) Toedit a film by selectingtakes from originalfootage .( transitive , computing ) Toremove (text, a picture, etc.) and place inmemory in order topaste at a later time.Select the text,cut it, and then paste it in the other application.
( intransitive ) Toenter aqueue in the wrong place.One student kept trying tocut in front of the line.
2010 June 8, guy & rOdd, “Brevity”, ingocomics.com [3] :Excuse me, do you mind if Icut ?!
( intransitive ) Tointersect orcross in such a way as todivide inhalf or nearly so.This roadcuts right through downtown.
2011 January 18, Daniel Taylor, “Manchester City 4 Leicester City 2 ”, inGuardian Online :Neither Joleon Lescott nor Vieira appeared to make any contact with Dyer as hecut between them.
2013 August 16,John Vidal , “Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas ”, inThe Guardian Weekly , volume189 , number10 , page 8:Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as theycut through some of the world's deepest valleys.
( transitive , cricket ) To make the ball spin sideways by running one'sfingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.(Can we add anexample for this sense? ) ( transitive , cricket ) Todeflect (a bowled ball) to theoff , with a chopping movement of thebat .( intransitive ) To changedirection suddenly.The football playercut to his left to evade a tackle.
( transitive , intransitive ) Todivide apack ofplaying cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.If youcut then I'll deal.
( transitive , slang ) Tomake ,negotiate ; tofinalise ,conclude ; toissue .I'llcut a check for you.
I didn't deserve it, but hecut me a deal.
tocut a deal, tocut deals tocut a fantastic deal, tocut a raw deal ( transitive , slang ) Todilute oradulterate something, especially a recreational drug.The best malt whiskies are improved if they arecut with a dash of water.
The bartendercuts his beer to save money and now it's all watery.
Drug dealers sometimescut cocaine with lidocaine.
( transitive ) To exhibit (a figure having some trait).The Bender familycut a very distinct profile.
2011 January 25, Paul Fletcher, “Arsenal 3-0 Ipswich (agg. 3-1) ”, inBBC :Arsenal were starting to work up a head of steam and Tractor Boys boss Paul Jewellcut an increasingly frustrated figure on the touchline.
( transitive ) Tostop ,disengage , orcease .Synonym: cut out The schoolchildren were told tocut the noise.
Cut the engines when the plane comes to a halt!
( transitive ) Torenounce orgive up .Synonym: cut out ( sports ) To drive (aball ) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting itfine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.( bodybuilding ) Tolose body mass , aiming to keepmuscle but losebody fat .Coordinate term: bulk To perform (an elaborate dancing movement etc.).tocut a caper 1863 , Sheridan Le Fanu,The House by the Churchyard :'Choke, chicken, there's more a-hatching,' said Miss Mag, in a sort of aside, andcutting a flic-flac with a merry devilish laugh, and a wink to Puddock.
( slang , intransitive ) Torun orhurry .1950 , Frank Richards,Billy Bunter's Benefit :Now one of us had bettercut down to Courtfield on a bike[ …]
to perform an incision
Afrikaans:sny Albanian:pres (sq) Amharic:መቁረጥ ( mäquräṭ ) Arabic:جَرَحَ (ar) ( jaraḥa ) Hijazi Arabic:جرح ( jaraḥ ) ,قطع ( gaṭaʕ ) Armenian:կտրել (hy) ( ktrel ) Aromanian:talju ,talj Ashkun:ćina Assamese:Central:কাটা ( kata ) Eastern:কটা ( kota ) Asturian:curtar Azerbaijani:kəsmək (az) ,çapmaq Bashkir:киҫеү ( kiśew ) ,ҡырҡыу ( qırqıw ) ,киртеү ( kirtew ) Belarusian:рэ́заць impf ( rézacʹ ) ,секчы́ impf ( sjekčý ) ,рубі́ць impf ( rubícʹ ) ( axe ) Bengali:কাটা (bn) ( kaṭa ) Bulgarian:ре́жа (bg) ( réža ) Burmese:ကိုက် (my) ( kuik ) ,ဆုန်း (my) ( hcun: ) ,တစ် (my) ( tac ) Catalan:tallar (ca) Chinese:Cantonese:切 ( cit3 ) Mandarin:切 (zh) ( qiē ) Czech:řezat (cs) impf ,tít impf Dalmatian:taljur Danish:skære (da) ,snitte Dolgan:быс ( bïs ) Dutch:snijden (nl) Egyptian: (nšm ) Esperanto:tranĉi Evenki:минэми ( minəmi ) ,хусчами ( husçami ) Finnish:leikata (fi) French:couper (fr) ,inciser (fr) Old French:trenchier ,colper Friulian:taiâ Galician:cortar (gl) ,sarxar ,tallar (gl) Georgian:გაჭრა ( gač̣ra ) ,გაკვეთა ( gaḳveta ) German:einschneiden (de) Greek:κόβω (el) ( kóvo ) Ancient:τέμνω ( témnō ) Hebrew:חתך (he) ( khatákh ) Hindi:काटना (hi) ( kāṭnā ) Hungarian:vág (hu) ,megvág (hu) ,bevág (hu) Icelandic:skera (is) Indonesian:potong (id) ,memotong (id) Ingrian:leikata ,leikkoa Irish:gearr Istriot:talgià Italian:tagliare (it) ,incidere (it) Japanese:切る (ja) ( きる, kiru ) Kaitag:чербирхьва́ра ( čerbirxvára ) Kamkata-viri:ćia Karachay-Balkar:кесерге ( keserge ) Kashmiri:ژَٹُن ( ċaṭun ) Kashubian:please add this translation if you can Kazakh:кесу ( kesu ) Khakas:кизерге ( kizerge ) Khmer:កាត់ (km) ( kat ) Kikai:切ゆい ( ちゆい, chiyui ) Korean:끊다 (ko) ( kkeunta ) Kumyk:гесмек ( gesmek ) ,туврамакъ ( tuwramaq ) ,тилмек ( tilmek ) Kunigami:切ん ( ちん, chin ) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:birîn (ku) ,birrîn (ku) ,jê kirin (ku) Kyrgyz:кесүү (ky) ( kesüü ) Lao:ຕັດ ( tat ) Latin:inseco ,incido Latvian:griezt (lv) Lithuanian:kirpti Lombard:taià Macedonian:сече impf ( seče ) ,реже impf ( reže ) Manchu:ᡤᡳᡵᡳᠮᠪᡳ ( girimbi ) ,ᠮᡝᡳᡨᡝᠮᠪᡳ ( meitembi ) ,ᡶᡠᡵᡠᠮᠪᡳ ( furumbi ) Maori:tapahi Miyako:切 ( きぃー, ksïï ) Mongolian:хяргах (mn) ( xjargax ) Nahuatl:tequi ,cotōna Nanai:муи- ( mui- ) Neapolitan:taglià Nogai:кесуьв ( kesüv ) Norman:coper Northern Amami Ōshima:切るり ( きるり, kiruri ) Occitan:talhar (oc) Okinawan:切ーん ( ちーん, chīn ) Okinoerabu:切ゅん ( きゅん, kyun ) Oromo:muruu Paicî:taari Persian:بریدن (fa) ( boridan ) Piedmontese:tajé Polish:ciąć (pl) impf Portuguese:cortar (pt) ,incisar Quechua:khuchuy Rapa Nui:tarai Romanian:a tăia (ro) Romansch:tagliar ,taglier ,tagler Russian:ре́зать (ru) impf ( rézatʹ ) ,поре́зать (ru) pf ( porézatʹ ) ,( axe ) руби́ть (ru) impf ( rubítʹ ) ,поруби́ть (ru) pf ( porubítʹ ) Sanskrit:छिनत्ति (sa) ( chinátti ) ,कृन्तति (sa) ( kṛntáti ) Sardinian:secare Scottish Gaelic:geàrr Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:резати impf ,сећи impf ,сјећи impf Roman:rezati (sh) impf ,seći impf ,sjeći impf Shor:кес- ( kes- ) Sicilian:tagghiari (scn) Sidamo:mur- Slovak:rezať impf ,ťať Slovene:rezati (sl) impf Somali:jarid ,sarid Sorbian:Lower Sorbian:rězaś Upper Sorbian:rězać Southern Altai:кес ( kes ) ,кезер ( kezer ) Southern Amami Ōshima:切りゅむっ ( きりゅむっ, kiryum ) Spanish:cortar (es) ,incidir (es) Sundanese:teukteuk (su) Swahili:kukata Swedish:skära (sv) Sylheti:ꠇꠣꠐꠣ ( xaṭa ) Tagalog:hiwa Tamil:வெட்டு (ta) ( veṭṭu ) ,நறுக்கு (ta) ( naṟukku ) ,அரி (ta) ( ari ) ,அறு (ta) ( aṟu ) Tarantino:tagghià Tatar:кисү ( kisü ) Tetum:tesi Thai:ตัด (th) ( dtàt ) Tigrinya:ቁረጽ ( ḳuräṣ ) Tofa:кеъсер ( keʺser ) Tokunoshima:切りぃ ( きりぃ, kirï ) Turkish:kesmek (tr) ,biçmek (tr) Turkmen:kesmek Tuvan:кезер ( kezer ) ,быжыр ( bıjır ) Ukrainian:рі́зати impf ( rízaty ) ,руба́ти impf ( rubáty ) ( axe ) Urdu:کاٹنا ( kāṭnā ) Urum:кес- ( kes- ) Uyghur:késmek Uzbek:kesmoq (uz) Venetan:tajar (vec) Vietnamese:cắt (vi) Waigali:ćina Welsh:torri (cy) Yaeyama:切すん ( きぃすん, kïsun ) Yakut:быс ( bïs ) Yámana:tačikama Yiddish:האַקן ( hakn ) ,שנײַדן ( shnaydn ) Yonaguni:切ん ( つん, tsun ) Yoron:切ゅん ( きゅん, kyun ) Zazaki:bırnayen ,birnayîş Zealandic:snieë ǃXóõ:gǂháá
to divide with a sharp instrument
Afrikaans:sny Aklanon:utod Albanian:pres (sq) Arabic:قَطَعَ (ar) ( qaṭaʕa ) Hijazi Arabic:قطع ( gaṭaʕ ) ,قص ( gaṣṣ ) ,قَطَّع ( gaṭṭaʕ ) Armenian:կտրատել (hy) ( ktratel ) Azerbaijani:kəsmək (az) ,çapmaq Bashkir:ҡырҡыу ( qırqıw ) ,киҫеү ( kiśew ) Bengali:কাটা (bn) ( kaṭa ) Bulgarian:ре́жа (bg) ( réža ) ,сека (bg) ( seka ) ,разсичам (bg) ( razsičam ) Burmese:ညှပ် (my) ( hnyap ) Catalan:tallar (ca) Chinese:Cantonese:切 ( cit3 ) Hokkien:kā Mandarin:切 (zh) ( qiē ) Czech:přeříznout pf Dalmatian:taljur Danish:udskære Daur:хad- Dutch:snijden (nl) ,knippen (nl) ( with scissors ) Esperanto:tranĉi Finnish:leikata (fi) French:couper (fr) Old French:colper ,couper ,coper Friulian:taiâ Galician:cortar (gl) ,tallar (gl) German:schneiden (de) Greek:κόβω (el) ( kóvo ) Ancient:κόπτω ( kóptō ) Hebrew:חתך (he) ( khatákh ) Hungarian:elvág (hu) ,szétvág (hu) ,kettévág (hu) Icelandic:( with a knife ) skera (is) ,( with scissors ) klippa (is) Irish:bain ( grass, hay, etc. ) Istriot:talgià Italian:tagliare (it) Japanese:切る (ja) ( きる, kiru ) Javanese:kethok ,ngethok (jv) Khiamniungan Naga:thàm Latin:seco (la) ,interseco ,curto Latvian:griezt (lv) Lingala:sese Low German:German Low German:snieden Malay:potong (ms) ,memotong Maltese:qata’ Mansaka:otod ,garab ,gonting ,lapa Maori:whakaiho ( of hair ) ,tarotaro ( of hair ) Mari:Eastern Mari:аваш ( avaš ) Ngazidja Comorian:upua Norman:coper Occitan:talhar (oc) Old Javanese:kĕṭok Polish:kroić (pl) impf ,przycinać (pl) impf ,przyciąć (pl) pf Portuguese:cortar (pt) Quechua:kuchuy ,p'itiy Romanian:tăia (ro) Romansch:tagliar Russian:разреза́ть (ru) impf ( razrezátʹ ) ,разре́зать (ru) pf ( razrézatʹ ) Scottish Gaelic:geàrr Serbo-Croatian:rezati (sh) impf Sicilian:tagghiari (scn) Sorbian:Lower Sorbian:rězaś impf ,kšajaś impf ( food like bread and cheese ) Spanish:cortar (es) ,mondar (es) ( hair ) ,tranzar (es) Swedish:skära (sv) ( with knife ) ,klippa (sv) ( with scissors ) ,kapa (sv) Thai:ตัด (th) ( dtàt ) ,หั่น (th) ( hàn ) Tigrinya:ቁረጽ ( ḳuräṣ ) Uzbek:kesmoq (uz) Welsh:torri (cy) Western Bukidnon Manobo:garab ,getas ,lapa' Yiddish:שנײַדן ( shnaydn ) ,שערן ( shern )
to cut out fabric to specific lengths and shapes to make clothes
to separate from prior association
computing: to remove and place in memory
to enter a queue in a wrong place
to reduce
Armenian:կտրել (hy) ( ktrel ) Bengali:কাটা (bn) ( kaṭa ) Bulgarian:орязвам (bg) ( orjazvam ) Danish:skære (da) ,beskære ,nedsætte Dutch:snijden (nl) in,verminderen (nl) Finnish:leikata (fi) French:réduire (fr) German:beschneiden (de) Greek:κόβω (el) ( kóvo ) ,μειώνω (el) ( meióno ) Hungarian:csökkent (hu) Icelandic:skera niður Japanese:減らす (ja) ( へらす, herasu ) ,削減する (ja) ( さくげんする, sakugen suru ) Portuguese:diminuir (pt) ,reduzir (pt) Romanian:diminua (ro) ,reduce (ro) Russian:уреза́ть (ru) impf ( urezátʹ ) ,уре́зать (ru) pf ( urézatʹ ) Scottish Gaelic:geàrr Spanish:recortar (es) Swedish:skära (sv) Thai:ตัด (th) ( dtàt ) ,ทอน (th) ( tɔɔn ) ,ลด (th) ( lót )
to form or shape by cutting
to intersect dividing into half
in cricket, to make the ball spin sideways
colloquial, not to attend a class
to change direction suddenly
to divide a pack of playing cards
to engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin
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cut (comparative morecut ,superlative mostcut )
( participial adjective ) Having beencut .1958 November 7 [1956 ],Excerpts from "Economic Geography of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region" [4] ,United States Joint Publications Research Service ,→OCLC ,page58 :The real purpose of building this railway on the part of the Japanese imperialists at that time was to spy on the Mongolian People's Republic and to transport the timber produced in the A-erh-t'ai forest zone.[ …] The principal cargo consists ofcut timber from the A-erh-t'ai-shan, and the cereal products of Wu-lan-hao-t'e.
Reduced .Cut brandy is a liquor made of brandy and hard grain liquor.
( of a gem ) Carved into ashape ; notraw .(Can weclean up (+ ) this sense?) ( cricket , of a shot) Played with ahorizontal bat to hit the ball backward ofpoint .( bodybuilding ) Having musculardefinition in which individual groups ofmuscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.1988 , Steve Holman, “Christian Conquers Columbus”, inIronman ,47 (6): 28-34 :Or how 'bout Shane DiMora? Could he possibly get rip-roaringcut this time around?
2010 , Bill Geiger, “6-pack Abs in 9 Weeks”, inReps! ,17 :106 :That's the premise of the overload principle, and it must be applied, even to ab training, if you're going to develop acut , ripped midsection.
( informal ) Circumcised or having been the subject offemale genital mutilation .( Australia , New Zealand , slang ) Upset ,angry ; emotionallyhurt .[from 20th c.] 1999 ,Julia Leigh ,The Hunter , Faber & Faber 2012, p. 41:‘Here y'are,’ says the happy butcher, dragging out a bucket. ‘Good riddance. But me dogs'll becut tonight, I tell ya. That's their grub.’ ( slang , New Zealand , formerly UK ) Intoxicated as a result ofdrugs oralcohol .[ 1] Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunk Terms related tocut (adjective)
having been cut
Afrikaans:gesnyde Albanian:prerë (sq) Assamese:কাট ( kat ) Danish:skåret (da) Dutch:gesneden (nl) Finnish:leikattu (fi) French:coupé (fr) ,coupée (fr) ,coupés (fr) ,coupées (fr) German:geschnitten (de) Greek:κομμένος (el) ( komménos ) Hebrew:חתוך ( khatúkh ) Italian:tagliato (it) m ,ritagliato (it) m ,accorciato (it) m ,ridotto (it) m Kashmiri:ژۆٹمُت ( ċoṭmut ) Malay:putus (ms) ,terpotong Old English:gesniden (ang) Old Saxon:gisnidan Portuguese:cortado (pt) Romanian:tăiat (ro) Russian:ре́заный (ru) ( rézanyj ) ,наре́заный ( narézanyj ) ,поре́заный ( porézanyj ) ,разре́заный ( razrézanyj ) Spanish:cortado (es) Swedish:klippt (sv) ,skuren (sv) Turkish:kesik (tr) Vietnamese:cắt (vi)
of a gem, carved into a shape
cricket: played with a horizontal bat
bodybuilding: having individual groups of muscle fibers stand out
intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol
cut (countable anduncountable ,plural cuts )
Acut (graph theory sense) in a graph with five vertices, which partitioned it into two subgroups (one with white vertices and another with black vertices). ( literal , figurative ) The act ofcutting .He made a finecut with his sword.
( fencing ) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.( bodybuilding ) Atime period when oneattempts to losefat whileretaining muscle mass .( literal , figurative ) Theresult ofcutting .a smooth or clearcut
An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; anincision orwound . Such a wound through human skin.Look at thiscut on my finger!
A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove. Such a passage dug for aroadway for a pavedroad orrailroad , acanal , arunway , etc.acut through the hillside for a railroad
1603 ,Richard Knolles ,The Generall Historie of the Turkes, [ … ] , London: [ … ] Adam Islip,→OCLC :which greatcut or ditch Sesostris[ …] purposed to have made a great deale wider and deeper.
An artificialchannel for marinenavigation , as distinguished from anavigable river .Hyponym: canal Ashare orportion ofprofits .The taxman always gets hiscut , and that's fine as long as it's a haircut and not an amputation.
The bank robbers disbanded after everyone got theircut of the money.
2022 April 6, Andrew R. Chow, “Inside Epic's Unreal Engine 5”, inTime [5] :Starting today, UE5 is free to download and use, with Epic taking a 5%cut on products created with it only after they earn over $1 million in gross revenue.
Adecrease ordeletion .Antonyms: hike ( used in same contexts ) ;increase The boss took a 5% paycut .
The editors went a little crazy making so manycuts .
Themanner orstyle in which agarment , otherarticle ofclothing , orsail isfashioned .I like thecut of that suit.
I like thecut of that jib.
c. 1598–1600 (date written) ,William Shakespeare , “As You Like It ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act II, scene vii] :with eyes severe and beard of formalcut
Aslab orslice , especially of meat.That’s our finestcut of meat.
( cricket ) Abatsman 's shot played with aswinging motion of the bat, to hit the ballbackward ofpoint .( cricket ) Sideways movement of the ball through theair caused by afast bowler imparting spin to the ball.( sports ) Inlawn tennis , etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.( golf ) In astroke play competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.( especially theater , film ) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.( film ) A particular version oredit of a film.the director'scut
( card games ) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.The player next to the dealer makes acut by placing the bottom half on top.
( card games ) The card obtained by dividing the pack.A deliberatesnub , typically a refusal to return abow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.1819 ,Washington Irving ,( Rip Van Winkle ) : :Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, showed his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkindcut indeed.
Anunkind act; acruelty . ( slang ) Aninsult .1966-1969 ,Lou Sullivan , personal diary, quoted in2019 , Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors),We Both Laughed In Pleasure We got out & there was a group of boppers, bout 25 of 'm in a group. They started yellincuts , "queer" seemed to be the favorite they all began chanting it. "Hey, yer not gonna serve those queers, are ya Howie?" A definable part, such as an individualsong , of arecording , particularly ofcommercial records,audio tapes ,CDs , etc.Synonym: track The drummer on the lastcut of their CD is not identified.
1975 ,Billboard , volume87 , number24 , page50 :Bestcuts : "The Evil Dude," "Kung Fu, Too!" "Mama Love," "New Orleans" (with a punchy vocal by Teresa Brewer).
( archaeology ) Atruncation , a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeologicaldeposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as aditch orpit .Ahaircut . ( graph theory ) Thepartition of agraph ’svertices into two subgroups.( Internet ) A dividing line in aTumblr post, the content below which is hidden until the reader reveals it.That's theTL;DR , anyway. You can find a more detailed version under thecut . ( rail transport ) A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.1960 June, “Talking of Trains: The new Margam yard”, inTrains Illustrated , page323 :The shunter has a lightweight portable radio transmitter by which, as he uncouples an incoming train intocuts for marshalling, he informs the Traffic Office of the number of wagons in eachcut and its siding; [...].
An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.a book illustrated with finecuts
( obsolete ) A commonworkhorse ; agelding .1613–1614 ,William Shakespeare ,John Fletcher , “The Two Noble Kinsmen ”, inFifty Comedies and Tragedies. [ … ] ,[ part 2] , London: [ … ] J[ ohn] Macock[ and H. Hills] , forJohn Martyn ,Henry Herringman , andRichard Marriot , published1679 ,→OCLC , Act III, scene iv,page436 , column 2:He's buy me a whitCut , forth for to ride
( slang , dated ) The failure of acollege officer orstudent to be present at any appointed exercise.Askein ofyarn .1632 ,North Riding Record :Two women for stealing 30cuttes of linen yarn.
( slang , uncountable ) That which is used todilute oradulterate a recreational drug.Synonym: mix Don't buy his coke: it's full ofcut .
( fashion ) A notch shaved into an eyebrow.( slang ) A hidden, secluded, or secure place.2003 January 7, “In da Club” (track 5), inGet Rich or Die Tryin' [7] , performed by50 Cent :I see Xzibit in thecut , hey, nigga, roll that weed up.
2008 March 9,David Simon , “-30- ”, inThe Wire , season 5, episode10 (television production), spoken by Slim Charles (Anwan Glover), via HBO:You don't mind me askin', why you want to sell? I mean, even from inside here, you can take a slice for just layin' in thecut .
2010 April 14,Wiz Khalifa , “In theCut ”, inKush & Orange Juice [8] :In thecut , in thecut , rolling doobies up
2012 , Honey Cocaine,In The Cut :Bitch I'm out, catch me chillin'in the cut . Me and my homies swag it outin the cut . It's a party going downin the cut .
2016 , Drake, “Summer Sixteen"”:Famous as fuck, but I’m stillin the cut when they round up the troops.
2021 , Redferrin, "Stuck":She got me stuck. Like a truck, deep mud, deep ruts, way out in thecut . She got me stuck. Even four-wheel drive won't work this time, yeah. 2023 January 9th, Santana Hannah, in JOLLY, "Brits try REAL Southern Fried Chicken for the first time! ", YouTube, 11:27:We're off the beaten path from River Street downtown. So, it's, we're back here in thecut . ( petrochemistry ) The range oftemperatures used todistill a particularmixture ofhydrocarbons fromcrude oil .Asleeveless vest worn by members of amotorcycle club . Terms derived fromcut (noun)
opening resulting from cutting
Aromanian:tãljiturã f Bulgarian:разрез (bg) m ( razrez ) Catalan:tall (ca) m Danish:snitsår n ,skramme c Dutch:snee (nl) f ,snijwond (nl) f ( wound ) Esperanto:tranĉo ,tranĉaĵo Finnish:haava (fi) ,viilto (fi) ,viiltohaava French:coupure (fr) f ,entaille (fr) f Galician:corte (gl) m German:Schnitt (de) m Greek:κόψιμο (el) n ( kópsimo ) ,τομή (el) f ( tomí ) Ancient Greek:τομή f ( tomḗ ) Hebrew:חתך (he) m ( khétekh ) Icelandic:skurður (is) m Italian:taglio (it) m ,incisione (it) f Kabuverdianu:kórti ,kórte Kurdish:Central Kurdish:برین ( brîn ) Maori:motunga Polish:skaleczenie (pl) n ,rozcięcie n Portuguese:corte (pt) m Romanian:tăietură (ro) f ,incizie (ro) f Russian:поре́з (ru) m ( poréz ) ( wound ) ,разре́з (ru) m ( razréz ) Scottish Gaelic:gearradh m Spanish:corte (es) m Sundanese:raheut Swedish:skärsår (sv) n Tagalog:hiwa Turkish:kesik (tr) Welsh:toriad (cy) m Zazaki:değiz
notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging
artificial navigation as distinguished from a navigable river
in cricket, batsman's shot played with a swinging motion
in cricket, sideways movement of the ball through the air
lawn tennis: slanting stroke; resulting spin
golf: early elimination of worse performers
theatre: passage omitted or to be omitted from a play
cinema: particular version or edit of a film
act of dividing a deck of playing cards
manner or style a garment is fashioned in
fencing: attack made with a chopping motion of the blade
definable part of a music recording
partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups
string of railway cars coupled together
engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving
failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise
slang: that which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug
fashion: notch shaved into an eyebrow
bodybuilding: time period when one tries to lose fat while retaining muscle mass
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cut!
( film and television ) An instruction tocease recording . Antonym: action! Near-synonym: scene! nut-cut ( probably etymologically unrelated? ) FromEnglish cut .
cut ( Hong Kong Cantonese )
tocut ; toincise ; todivide Synonym: 切 cut 開 嚿 牛扒 / cut 开 嚿 牛扒 [Hong Kong Cantonese ] ― kat1 hoi1 gau6 ngau4 paa4-2 [Jyutping] ― to cut a steak into pieces tocut ; toreduce Synonym: 削減 / 削减 ( xuējiǎn ) cut budget [Hong Kong Cantonese ] ― kat1 bat1 zik4 [Jyutping] ― to reduce allocated budget toenter aqueue at the wrong place; to switch directions suddenlycut 線/ cut 线[Hong Kong Cantonese ] ― kat1 sin3 [Jyutping] ― to change lanes when driving toterminate ; toend ; tosever cut 線/ cut 线[Hong Kong Cantonese ] ― kat1 sin3 [Jyutping] ― to end a callcut 單/ cut 单[Hong Kong Cantonese ] ― kat1 daan1 [Jyutping] ― to terminate an ordercut 咗 張 卡 佢 / cut 咗 张 卡 佢 [Hong Kong Cantonese ] ― kat1 zo2 zoeng1 kaat1 keoi5 [Jyutping] ― to cancel a credit card cut ( Hong Kong Cantonese )
( film and television ) An instruction tocease recording cut m (genitive singular cuit ,nominative plural cuit )
Cois Fharraige form ofcat ( “ cat ” ) Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
FromProto-North Sarawak *likud , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *likud .
cut
back ( the rear of body ) IPA (key ) : /ˈt͡sut/ Rhymes:-ut Syllabification:cut cut
supine ofcuś Borrowed fromMiddle English cot , fromOld Northern French cot ,cote ( “ hut, cottage ” ) .
cut m (plural cutiau )
hut ,shed Synonyms: cwt ,sièd cottage ,hovel Synonyms: bwthyn ,caban pen ,coop Synonyms: lloc ,ffald ,twlc cage Synonym: cawell FromEnglish kite .
cut m (plural cutiaid )
alternative form ofcud ( “ kite ” ) Synonym: barcud Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cut ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies