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cut
(kŭt)v. cut, cut·ting, cuts
v.tr.
1. To penetrate with a sharp edge; strike a narrow opening in.
2. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever: cut cloth with scissors.
3. To sever the edges or ends of; shorten: cut one's hair.
4. To mow, reap, or harvest: cut grain; cut grass.
5. To fell by sawing; hew.
6. To have (a new tooth) grow through the gums.
7.
a. To form or shape by severing or incising: a doll that was cut from paper.
b. To form or shape by grinding: cut a diamond.
8.
a. To form by penetrating, probing, or digging: cut a trench.
b. To exhibit the appearance or give the impression of: cuts a fine figure on the dance floor.
9.
a. To separate from a main body; detach: cut a limb from a tree.
b. To separate from a group: cut a calf from a herd.
c. To discharge from a group or number: had to cut six players from the team.
10. To pass through or across; cross: a sailboat cutting the water.
11. Games To divide (a deck of cards) into two parts, as in completing a shuffle or in exposing a card at random.
12. To reduce the size, extent, or duration of; curtail or shorten: cut a payroll; cut a budget; cut the cooking time in half.
13.
a. To remove or delete: cut a line from a poem.
b. Computers To remove (a segment) from a document or graphics file for storage in a buffer.
14. To lessen the strength of; dilute: cut whiskey with water.
15. To dissolve by breaking down the fat of: Soap cuts grease.
16. To injure the feelings of; hurt keenly.
17. To refuse to speak to or recognize; snub: cut me dead at the party.
18. To fail to attend purposely: cut a class.
19. Informal To cease; stop: cut the noise; cut an engine.
20. Sports
a. To strike (a ball) so that it spins in a reverse direction.
b. To throw or hit (a ball) on a curving trajectory.
21.
a. To perform: cut a caper.
b. To make out and issue: cut a check to cover travel expenses.
22. To arrange or reach (an agreement).
23. Slang To be able to manage; handle successfully: couldn't cut the long hours anymore.
24. To stop filming (a movie scene).
25.
a. To record a performance on (a phonograph record or other medium).
b. To make a recording of (a song, for example).
26. To edit (a movie or audio recording).
27. Vulgar Slang To expel (a discharge of intestinal gas).
28. To injure (oneself) by penetrating the skin with a sharp object.
v.intr.
1. To make an incision or a separation: Cut along the dotted line.
2. To allow incision or severing: Butter cuts easily.
3. To function as a sharp-edged instrument.
4.
a. To remove part of something, such as a text or film.
b. Computers To remove a part of a document or graphics file and store it in a buffer.
5. To grow through the gums. Used of teeth.
6. To injure someone's feelings: a remark that cut without mercy.
7. To change direction abruptly: Cut to the left at the next intersection.
8. To go directly and often hastily: cut across a field.
9. Games To divide a pack of cards into two parts, especially in order to make a chance decision or selection.
10. To make an abrupt transition to another segment of film, video, or audio: cut from one shot to another.
11. To be very astute and penetrating: an analysis that cuts deep.
12. To inflict self-injury by penetrating the skin with a sharp object.
n.
1. The act of cutting.
2. The result of cutting, especially an opening or wound made by a sharp edge.
3. A part that has been cut from a main body: a cut of beef; a cut of cloth.
4. A passage made by digging or probing.
5. The elimination or removal of a part: a cut in a speech.
6. A reduction: a cut in salary.
7. Sports The remainder of contestants in a competition, especially in golf, after some have been eliminated: did very well but still missed the cut.
8. The style in which a garment is cut: a suit of traditional cut.
9. A haircut.
10. Informal A portion of profits or earnings; a share.
11. A wounding remark; an insult.
12. An unexcused absence, as from school or a class.
13. A step in a scale of value or quality; degree: a cut above the average.
14. Printing
a. An engraved block or plate.
b. A print made from such a block.
15. Sports
a. A stroke that causes a ball to spin in a reverse direction.
b. A curve in the trajectory of a ball or puck.
16. Baseball A swing of a bat.
17. Games The act of dividing a deck of cards into two parts, as before dealing.
18. One of the objects used in drawing lots.
19. A transition between segments of film, video, or audio.
20. A movie at a given stage in its editing: approved the final cut for distribution.
21. A single selection of music from a recording, especially a phonograph recording.
adj.
Phrasal Verbs: 1. Having the ends or edges cut: admired his newly cut hair.
2. Having been cut or clipped off: cut grass that blew in the wind.
3. Printing Having the page edge slit or trimmed. Used of a book.
4. Ground to a specific shape: cut gemstones.
5. Slang Circumcised. Used of a man or boy.
cut back
1. To shorten by cutting; prune.
2. To reduce or decrease: cut back production.
cut down
1. To kill or strike down.
2. To alter by removing extra or additional fittings: cut down a car for racing.
3. To reduce the amount taken or used: cutting down on one's intake of rich foods.
cut in
1. To move into a line of people or things out of turn.
2. To interrupt: During the debate my opponent kept cutting in.
3. To interrupt a dancing couple in order to dance with one of them.
4. To connect or become connected into an electrical circuit.
5. To mix in with or as if with cutting motions: Measure out the flour and use a pair of knives to cut the shortening in.
6. To include, especially among those profiting.
cut off
1. To separate from others; isolate.
2. To stop suddenly; discontinue.
3. To shut off; bar.
4. To interrupt the course or passage of: The infielder cut off the throw to the plate.
5. To interrupt or break the line of communication of: The telephone operator cut us off.
6. To disinherit: cut their heirs off without a cent.
cut out
1. To remove by or as if by cutting.
2. To form or shape by or as if by cutting.
3. To take the place of; supplant.
4. To suit or fit by nature: I'm not cut out to be a hero.
5. To assign beforehand or by necessity; predetermine: We've got our work cut out for us.
6. To deprive: felt cut out of all the fun.
7. To stop; cease.
8. Informal To depart hastily.
9. Chiefly Southern US To turn off (a light or television set).
cut up Informal
Idioms: 1. To behave in a playful, comic, or boisterous way; clown.
2. To criticize severely.
a cut above
One that is superior to another or others.
cut a fat hog Texas
To take on more than one is able to accomplish: "Boy, has he cut a fat hog, as they say down home" (Hughes Rudd).
cut and run
To leave an unsettled situation or abandon a risky enterprise.
cut a wide swath
To make a big display; draw much attention.
cut bait
To abandon an activity or enterprise.
cut both ways
To have both favorable and unfavorable results or implications.
cut corners
To do something in the easiest or most inexpensive way.
cut from the same cloth
Similar or the same.
cut it Informal
To perform up to expectations or a required standard; be acceptable.
cut loose
To speak or act without restraint: cut loose with a string of curses.
cut no ice
To make no effect or impression: an objection that cut no ice with management.
cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face
To injure oneself in taking revenge against another.
cut (one's) losses
To withdraw from a losing situation.
cut (one's) teeth on
To learn or do as a beginner or at the start of one's career.
cut short
To stop before the end; abbreviate.
cut (someone) down to size
To deflate the self-importance of (someone).
cut the cheese Vulgar Slang
To expel intestinal gas.
cut the mustard
To perform up to expectations or to a required standard.
cut to the chase
To get to the matter at hand.
[Middle English cutten.]
cut′ta·ble adj.
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cut
(kʌt)vb, cuts, cutting or cut
1. to open up or incise (a person or thing) with a sharp edge or instrument; gash
2. (of a sharp instrument) to penetrate or incise (a person or thing)
3. to divide or be divided with or as if with a sharp instrument: cut a slice of bread.
4. (intr) to use a sharp-edged instrument or an instrument that cuts
5. (tr) to trim or prune by or as if by clipping: to cut hair.
6. (Agriculture) (tr) to reap or mow (a crop, grass, etc)
7. (Veterinary Science) (tr) to geld or castrate
8. (sometimes foll by: out) to make, form, or shape by cutting: to cut a suit.
9. (Mining & Quarrying) (tr) to hollow or dig out; excavate: to cut a tunnel through the mountain.
10. to strike (an object) sharply
11. (Individual Sports, other than specified) (tr) sport to hit (a ball) with a downward slicing stroke so as to impart spin or cause it to fall short
12. (Cricket) cricket to hit (the ball) to the off side, usually between cover and third man, with a roughly horizontal bat
13. to hurt or wound the feelings of (a person), esp by malicious speech or action
14. (tr) informal to refuse to recognize; snub
15. (tr) informal to absent oneself from (an activity, location, etc), esp without permission or in haste: to cut class.
16. (tr) to abridge, shorten, or edit by excising a part or parts
17. (often foll by: down) to lower, reduce, or curtail: to cut losses.
18. (tr) to dilute or weaken: heroin that was cut with nontoxic elements.
19. (tr) to dissolve or break up: to cut fat.
20. (when: intr, foll by across or through) to cross or traverse: the footpath cuts through the field.
21. (intr) to make a sharp or sudden change in direction; veer
22. (Zoology) to grow (teeth) through the gums or (of teeth) to appear through the gums
23. (Film) (intr) films
a. to call a halt to a shooting sequence
b. (foll by to) to move quickly to another scene
24. (Film) films to edit (film)
25. (tr) to switch off (a light, car engine, etc)
26. (Music, other) (tr) (of a performer, recording company, etc) to make (a record or tape of a song, concert, performance, etc)
27. (Card Games) cards
a. to divide (the pack) at random into two parts after shuffling
b. (intr) to pick cards from a spread pack to decide dealer, partners, etc
28. (General Engineering) (tr) to remove (material) from an object by means of a chisel, lathe, etc
29. (General Engineering) (tr) (of a tool) to bite into (an object)
30. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (intr) (of a horse) to injure the leg just above the hoof by a blow from the opposite foot
31. cut a caper cut capers
a. to skip or jump playfully
b. to act or behave playfully; frolic
32. cut both ways
a. to have both good and bad effects
b. to affect both sides of something, as two parties in an argument, etc
33. cut a dash to behave or dress showily or strikingly; make a stylish impression
34. cut a person dead informal to ignore a person completely
35. cut a good figure to appear or behave well
36. cut a poor figure to appear or behave badly
37. cut and run informal to make a rapid escape
38. cut it slang be successful in doing something
39. cut it fine informal to allow little margin of time, space, etc
40. cut corners to do something in the easiest or shortest way, esp at the expense of high standards: we could finish this project early only if we cut corners.
41. cut loose to free or become freed from restraint, custody, anchorage, etc
42. cut no ice informal to fail to make an impression
43. cut one's losses to give up spending time, money, or energy on an unprofitable or unsuccessful activity
44. cut one's teeth on informal
a. to use at an early age or stage
b. to practise on
adj
45. detached, divided, or separated by cutting
46. (Botany) botany incised or divided: cut leaves.
47. made, shaped, or fashioned by cutting
48. reduced or diminished by or as if by cutting: cut prices.
49. (Veterinary Science) gelded or castrated
50. weakened or diluted
51. Brit a slang word for drunk
52. hurt; resentful
53. cut and dried informal settled or arranged in advance
54. (Cookery) cut lunch Austral and NZ a sandwich lunch carried from home to work, school, etc
n
55. the act of cutting
56. a stroke or incision made by cutting; gash
57. (Cookery) a piece or part cut off, esp a section of food cut from the whole: a cut of meat.
58. the edge of anything cut or sliced
59. a passage, channel, path, etc, cut or hollowed out
60. an omission or deletion, esp in a text, film, or play
61. a reduction in price, salary, etc
62. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a decrease in government finance in a particular department or area, usually leading to a reduction of services, staff numbers, etc
63. (Electrical Engineering) short for power cut
64. (Forestry) chiefly US and Canadian a quantity of timber cut during a specific time or operation
65. informal a portion or share
66. informal a straw, slip of paper, etc, used in drawing lots
67. (Clothing & Fashion) the manner or style in which a thing, esp a garment, is cut; fashion
68.
a. Irish informal a person's general appearance: I didn't like the cut of him.
b. Irish derogatory a dirty or untidy condition: look at the cut of your shoes.
69. a direct route; short cut
70. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the US name for block15
71. (Individual Sports, other than specified) sport the spin of a cut ball
72. (Cricket) cricket a stroke made with the bat in a roughly horizontal position
73. (Film) films an immediate transition from one shot to the next, brought about by splicing the two shots together
74. (Music, other) informal an individual piece of music on a record; track
75. words or an action that hurt another person's feelings
76. a refusal to recognize an acquaintance; snub
77. (Education) informal chiefly US an unauthorized absence, esp from a school class
78. (Chemistry) chem a fraction obtained in distillation, as in oil refining
79. (General Engineering) the metal removed in a single pass of a machine tool
80. (Tools)
a. the shape of the teeth of a file
b. their coarseness or fineness
81. (Civil Engineering) Brit a stretch of water, esp a canal
82. a cut above informal superior (to); better (than)
83. (Golf) make the cut golf to better or equal the required score after two rounds in a strokeplay tournament, thus avoiding elimination from the final two rounds
84. (Golf) miss the cut golf to achieve a greater score after the first two rounds of a strokeplay tournament than that required to play in the remaining two rounds
[C13: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian kutte to cut, Icelandic kuti small knife]
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cut
(kʌt)v. cut, cut•ting,
adj., n. v.t.
1. to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object.
2. to divide with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever; carve: to cut a rope.
3. to detach or remove with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; lop off; extract: to cut a slice of bread; to cut an article from the newspaper.
4. to hew or saw down; fell: to cut timber.
5. to trim by clipping, shearing, paring, or pruning: to cut hair.
6. to mow; reap; harvest: to cut grain.
7. to abridge or shorten; edit by omitting parts: to cut a speech.
8. to lower, reduce, diminish, or curtail: to cut prices.
9. to dilute or adulterate: to cut whiskey.
10. to dissolve: a detergent that cuts grease.
11. to intersect; cross.
12. Informal. to cease; discontinue: Cut the kidding.
13. to halt the running of, as a liquid or an engine; stop.
14. to grow (a tooth) through the gum.
15. to type or write on (a stencil) for mimeographing.
16. to make or fashion by cutting, as a statue, jewel, or garment.
17. to produce a pattern in (glass) by grinding and polishing.
18. to refuse to recognize socially; shun: Her friends began to cut her.
19. to strike sharply, as with a whip.
20. to absent oneself from: to cut classes.
21.
a. to stop (a scene or shot being filmed).
b. to edit (a film).
22. to wound the feelings of severely.
23.
a. to divide (a pack of cards) at random into two or more parts, as by removing cards from the top.
b. to take (a card) from a deck.
24.
a. to record a selection on (a phonograph record or magnetic tape).
b. to make a recording of (a song, album of music, etc.).
25. to castrate or geld.
26. to hit (a ball) so as to change the course and often to cause spin.
27. to hollow out; excavate; dig: to cut a trench.
28. to perform or make: to cut capers; to cut a deal.
29. Computers. to remove (an object) from a file for storage in a buffer.
v.i. 30. to penetrate or divide something, as with a sharp-edged instrument.
31. to admit of being cut.
32. to move or cross, esp. in the most direct way: to cut across an empty lot.
33.
a. to shift suddenly from one film or television shot to another.
b. to stop the action of a scene (used as a command by a director).
34. to make a sudden or sharp change in direction; swerve: We cut to the left.
35. to strike a person, animal, etc., sharply, as with a whip.
36. to wound the feelings severely: His criticism cut deep.
37. to cut a pack of cards.
38. Informal. to leave hastily.
39. (of a horse) to interfere.
40. Computers. to remove an object from a file for storage in a buffer.
41. cut across, to go beyond considerations of; transcend: a tax program that cuts across party lines.
42. cut back,
a. to shorten by cutting off the end.
b. to curtail or discontinue: to cut back steel production.
c. to return to an earlier event, as in the plot of a novel.
d. Football. to reverse direction suddenly by moving in the diagonally opposite course.
43. cut down,
a. Also, cut down on. to lessen or curtail; decrease: to cut down on snacks.
b. to strike and cause to fall.
c. to destroy, kill, or disable: The hurricane cut down everything in its path.
d. to remodel or reduce in size, as a garment.
44. cut in,
a. to move or thrust oneself, a vehicle, etc., abruptly between others.
b. to interpose; interrupt: to cut in with a remark.
c. to interrupt a dancing couple in order to dance with one of them.
d. to include, as in a business deal or card game.
e. to blend (shortening) into flour by means of a knife.
45. cut off,
a. to intercept.
b. to interrupt.
c. to stop suddenly; discontinue.
d. to halt the operation of; turn off.
e. to shut off or shut out.
f. to disinherit.
g. to sever; separate.
46. cut out,
a. to omit, delete, or remove; excise.
b. to form by or as if by cutting.
c. to refrain from; discontinue; stop: to cut out smoking.
d. to oust and replace a rival; supplant.
e. to part an animal from a herd.
f. to plan; arrange: You have your work cut out for you.
g. to move out of one's lane of traffic.
h. Slang. to leave suddenly.
i. (of an engine, machine, etc.) to stop running.
47. cut up,
adj. a. to cut into pieces or sections.
b. to lacerate; wound.
c. to distress mentally; injure.
d. Informal. to play pranks; misbehave.
48. divided into pieces or detached by cutting: cut flowers.
49. fashioned by cutting; having the surface shaped or ornamented by grinding, polishing, etc.: cut diamonds.
50. reduced by or as if by cutting: cut prices.
51. indented or cleft, as a leaf.
52. Slang. drunk.
n. 53. the result of cutting, as an incision, wound, passage, or channel.
54. the act of cutting; a stroke or blow, as with a knife or whip.
55. a piece cut off.
56. a share, esp. of earnings or profits: an agent's cut.
57. a haircut, often with a styling.
58. a reduction in price, salary, etc.
59. the manner or fashion in which anything is cut: the cut of a dress.
60. style; manner; kind: a man of his cut.
61. a passage or course straight across or through: a cut through the woods.
62. an excision or omission of a part.
63. a part or quantity of text deleted or omitted.
64. a quantity cut, esp. of lumber.
65. a refusal to recognize an acquaintance.
66. an act, speech, etc., that wounds the feelings.
67. an engraved plate or block of wood used for printing.
68. a printed picture or illustration.
69. an absence, as from a class, at which attendance is required.
70. a part of an animal carcass usu. cut as one piece for meat.
71.
a. the act of cutting a ball.
b. the spin imparted.
72. a blow with the edge of the blade instead of the tip in fencing.
73. one of several pieces of straw, paper, etc., used in drawing lots.
74.
a. the transition from one shot or scene to another in an edited film.
b. an edited version of a film.
c. an act or instance of editing a film.
75. an individual song, musical piece, etc., on a record or tape.
Idioms: 1. a cut above, somewhat superior to.
2. cut a figure, to give a certain impression of oneself: to cut a distinguished figure.
3. cut and run,
a. to cut the anchor cable and set sail, as in an emergency.
b. to leave as hurriedly as possible; flee.
4. cut both ways, to have or result in advantages as well as disadvantages.
5. cut fine, to calculate precisely, without allowing for possible error or accident.
6. cut it, Informal. to perform effectively or successfully.
7. cut off one's nose to spite one's face, to damage oneself by acting spitefully against another.
8. cut out for, fitted for; capable of: not cut out for a military career.
9. cut short, to end abruptly before completion.
10. cut to the chase, Informal. to get to the point.
11. make the cut, Informal.
a. to attain a particular goal; make the grade.
b. to survive an elimination process, as of a sports team: Only two of the proposals made the cut.
[1175–1225; Middle English cutten, kytten, Old English *cyttan]
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Past participle: cut
Gerund: cutting
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cut
A rapid movement between scenes, to add pace and excitement to the narrative
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| Noun | 1. | cut - a share of the profits; "everyone got a cut of the earnings" share, percentage, portion, part - assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" |
| 2. | cut - (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next; "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt" transition - a passage that connects a topic to one that follows jump cut - an immediate transition from one scene to another | |
| 3. | cut - a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation furrow - a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow) | |
| 4. | cut - a step on some scale; "he is a cut above the rest" | |
| 5. |  cut - a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"lesion - an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) | |
| 6. | cut - a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass roast, joint - a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion confit - a piece of meat (especially a duck) cooked slowly in its own fat meat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food chop - a small cut of meat including part of a rib chine - cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone leg - the limb of an animal used for food side of meat, side - a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food forequarter - the front half of a side of meat hindquarter - the back half of a side of meat cut of beef - cut of meat from beef cattle rib - cut of meat including one or more ribs entrecote - cut of meat taken from between the ribs shank - a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg brisket - a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef steak - a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish loin - a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump sirloin - the portion of the loin (especially of beef) just in front of the rump tenderloin, undercut - the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column neck - a cut of meat from the neck of an animal shoulder - a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg cut of veal - cut of meat from a calf cut of mutton - cut of meat from a mature sheep cut of lamb - cut of meat from a lamb saddle - cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins rack - rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton cut of pork - cut of meat from a hog or pig | |
| 7. | cut - a remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all" contumely, insult, revilement, vilification, abuse - a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team" | |
| 8. |  cut - 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"excerpt, excerption, extract, selection - a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" | |
| 9. | cut - 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" | |
| 10. | cut - the style in which a garment is cut; "a dress of traditional cut" fashion - the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior | |
| 11. | cut - a canal made by erosion or excavation canal - long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation | |
| 12. |  cut - a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional" | |
| 13. |  cut - in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball" | |
| 14. |  cut - (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball; "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"squash rackets, squash racquets, squash - a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets badminton - a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net lawn tennis, tennis - a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court | |
| 15. | cut - 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" division - the act or process of dividing | |
| 16. | cut - the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels" opening - becoming open or being made open; "the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for" surgical incision, incision, section - the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) | |
| 17. | cut - the act of cutting something into parts; "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess" division - the act or process of dividing dissection - cutting so as to separate into pieces scission - the act of dividing by cutting or splitting slicing - the act of cutting into slices undercut - a cut made underneath to remove material | |
| 18. | cut - the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut" shortening - act of decreasing in length; "the dress needs shortening" haircut - the act of cutting the hair shearing - removing by cutting off or clipping | |
| 19. | cut - the act of reducing the amount or number; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget" budget cut - the act of reducing budgeted expenditures pay cut, salary cut - the act of reducing a salary cost cutting - the act of cutting costs price cut, price cutting - cutting the price of merchandise to one lower than the usual or advertised price spending cut - the act of reducing spending tax cut - the act of reducing taxation; "the new administration's large tax cut was highly controversial" | |
| 20. | cut - an unexcused absence from class; "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class" absence - failure to be present | |
| Verb | 1. | cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" manicure - trim carefully and neatly; "manicure fingernails" scissor - cut with or as if with scissors plane, shave - cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood" pink - cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing jag - cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge carve - form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice" julienne - cut into long thin strips; "julienne the potatoes" undercut - cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall hack - cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest" fell, strike down, cut down, drop - cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" trim, pare - remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber" circumcise - cut the skin over the clitoris indent - cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication; "indent the documents" shear - cut or cut through with shears; "shear the wool off the lamb" tap - cut a female screw thread with a tap hob - cut with a hob drill, bore - make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall" dissect - cut open or cut apart; "dissect the bodies for analysis" bisect - cut in half or cut in two; "bisect a line" transect - cut across or divide transversely; "the trails transect the property" trisect - cut in three; "trisect a line" chatter - cut unevenly with a chattering tool cut away - remove by cutting off or away; "cut away the branch that sticks out" tomahawk - cut with a tomahawk rebate - cut a rebate in (timber or stone) cradle - cut grain with a cradle scythe incise - make an incision into by carving or cutting trench - cut or carve deeply into; "letters trenched into the stone" disunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" saw - cut with a saw; "saw wood for the fireplace" lop, sever, discerp - cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body" chase - cut a groove into; "chase silver" crosscut, cut across - cut using a diagonal line rip - cut (wood) along the grain |
| 2. |  cut - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"shorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness" spill - reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail) quench - reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance cut - have a reducing effect; "This cuts into my earnings" retrench - make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench" slash - cut drastically; "Prices were slashed" thin out - make sparse; "thin out the young plants" thin - make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution" detract, take away - take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character" deflate - reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency" inflate - increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency" downsize - reduce in size or number; "the company downsized its research staff" subtract - take off or away; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French" | |
| 3. |  cut - turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" peel off - leave a formation yaw - swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it" | |
| 4. | cut - make an incision or separation; "cut along the dotted line" cut - allow incision or separation; "This bread cuts easily" | |
| 5. | cut - discharge from a group; "The coach cut two players from the team" | |
| 6. | cut - form by probing, penetrating, or digging; "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face" cut - form or shape by cutting or incising; "cut paper dolls" blast - make with or as if with an explosion; "blast a tunnel through the Alps" | |
| 7. | cut - style and tailor in a certain fashion; "cut a dress" fashion - the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior gore - cut into gores; "gore a skirt" design - create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner; "Chanel designed the famous suit" | |
| 8. | cut - hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction; "cut a Ping-Pong ball" hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face" | |
| 9. |  cut - make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"write - communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week" check - write out a check on a bank account | |
| 10. | cut - cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" | |
| 11. | cut - intentionally fail to attend; "cut class" miss - fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week" bunk off, play hooky - play truant from work or school; "The boy often plays hooky" | |
| 12. | cut - be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" | |
| 13. | cut - give the appearance or impression of; "cut a nice figure" | |
| 14. | cut - move (one's fist); "his opponent cut upward toward his chin" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" | |
| 15. | cut - pass directly and often in haste; "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner" cut - pass through or across; "The boat cut the water" go across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" | |
| 16. | cut - pass through or across; "The boat cut the water" move through, pass across, pass through, transit, pass over - make a passage or journey from one place to another; "The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;" "Some travelers pass through the desert" cut - pass directly and often in haste; "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner" | |
| 17. | cut - make an abrupt change of image or sound; "cut from one scene to another" switch, change, shift - lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" cut - stop filming; "cut a movie scene" cut away - move quickly to another scene or focus when filming; "`cut away now!' the director shouted" cut to - move to another scene when filming; "The camera cut to the sky" | |
| 18. | cut - stop filming; "cut a movie scene" stop - cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief" cut - make an abrupt change of image or sound; "cut from one scene to another" | |
| 19. | cut - make a recording of; "cut the songs"; "She cut all of her major titles again" cut - record a performance on (a medium); "cut a record" | |
| 20. | cut - record a performance on (a medium); "cut a record" cut - make a recording of; "cut the songs"; "She cut all of her major titles again" | |
| 21. | cut - create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" produce, create, make - create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" cut - record a performance on (a medium); "cut a record" | |
| 22. | cut - form or shape by cutting or incising; "cut paper dolls" cut - form by probing, penetrating, or digging; "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face" | |
| 23. | cut - perform or carry out; "cut a caper" | |
| 24. | cut - function as a cutting instrument; "This knife cuts well" | |
| 25. | cut - allow incision or separation; "This bread cuts easily" cut - make an incision or separation; "cut along the dotted line" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | |
| 26. | cut - divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult; "Wayne cut"; "She cut the deck for a long time" | |
| 27. |  cut - cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"kill - cause to cease operating; "kill the engine" | |
| 28. | cut - reap or harvest; "cut grain" | |
| 29. | cut - fell by sawing; hew; "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia" fell, strike down, cut down, drop - cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" | |
| 30. | cut - penetrate injuriously; "The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead" | |
| 31. | cut - refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting" | |
| 32. | cut - shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of; "cut my hair" shorten - make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches" French - cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking; "French the potatoes" crop - cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short" | |
| 33. | cut - weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" do away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish - terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" cut out - delete or remove; "Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the newspaper article" | |
| 34. | cut - dissolve by breaking down the fat of; "soap cuts grease" | |
| 35. | cut - have a reducing effect; "This cuts into my earnings" | |
| 36. | cut - cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation" | |
| 37. |  cut - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, castrate, shorten - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" | |
| 38. | cut - lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" weaken - lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body" water down - make less strong or intense; "water down the mixture" | |
| 39. | cut - have grow through the gums; "The baby cut a tooth" acquire, develop, produce, grow, get - come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" cut - grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | |
| 40. | cut - grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" cut - have grow through the gums; "The baby cut a tooth" grow - increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore" | |
| 41. | cut - cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse" | |
| Adj. | 1. | cut - 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" uncut - not cut |
| 2. | cut - fashioned or shaped by cutting; "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet" | |
| 3. | cut - with parts removed; "the drastically cut film" abridged - (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an abridged version" | |
| 4. |  cut - made neat and tidy by trimming; "his neatly trimmed hair" | |
| 5. | cut - (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of newly mown hay" botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" | |
| 6. | cut - (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit; "the cut pages of the book" uncut - (of pages of a book) having adjacent leaves still joined at the fore edge; "a book with its leaves still uncut" | |
| 7. | cut - (of a male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut horse" | |
| 8. | cut - (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the slashed prices attracted buyers" | |
| 9. | cut - mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup" |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
cut
verb
1. slit, saw, score, nick, slice, slash, pierce, hack, penetrate, notch Thieves cut a hole in the fence. You can hear the saw as it cuts through the bone.
5. shape, carve, engrave, chisel, form, score, fashion, chip, sculpture, whittle, sculpt, inscribe, hew Geometric motifs are cut into the stone walls.
9. reduce, lower, slim (down), diminish, slash, decrease, cut back, rationalize, ease up on, downsize The first priority is to cut costs.
reduce increase, expand, enlarge, augment
reduce increase, expand, enlarge, augment
10. abridge, edit, shorten, curtail, condense, abbreviate, précis He has cut the play judiciously.
abridge extend, add to, fill out, expand on, enlarge on
abridge extend, add to, fill out, expand on, enlarge on
11. delete, take out, excise, edit out, expurgate The audience wants more music and less drama, so we've cut some scenes.
12. stop, suspend, interrupt, discontinue They used pressure tactics such as cutting food and water supplies.
13. hurt, wound, upset, sting, grieve, pain, hurt someone's feelings The personal criticism has cut him deeply.
14. (Informal) ignore, avoid, slight, blank (slang), snub, spurn, freeze (someone) out (informal), cold-shoulder, turn your back on, send to Coventry, look straight through (someone) She just cut me in the street.
ignore receive, greet, embrace, hail, welcome with open arms, accept gladly
ignore receive, greet, embrace, hail, welcome with open arms, accept gladly
noun
1. incision, nick, rent, stroke, rip, slash, groove, slit, snip The operation involves making several cuts in the cornea.
3. reduction, fall, lowering, slash, decrease, cutback, diminution The economy needs an immediate 2 per cent cut in interest rates.
a cut above something or someone (Informal) superior to, better than, more efficient than, more reliable than, streets ahead of, more useful than, more capable than, more competent than He's a cut above the usual boys she goes out with.
cut and dried (Informal) clear-cut, settled, fixed, organized, automatic, sorted out (informal), predetermined, prearranged We are aiming for guidelines, not cut and dried answers.
cut out for something suited, designed, fitted, suitable, adapted, equipped, adequate, eligible, competent, qualified She wasn't cut out for motherhood.
cut someone down kill, take out (slang), massacre, slaughter, dispatch, slay (archaic), blow away (slang, chiefly U.S.), mow down He was cut down in a hail of bullets.
cut someone down to size make (someone) look small, humble, humiliate, bring low, take (someone) down a peg (informal), abash, crush, put (someone) in their place, take the wind out of (someone's) sails It's high time someone cut that arrogant little creep down to size.
cut someone off
1. separate, isolate, sever, keep apart The exiles had been cut off from all contact with their homeland.
2. interrupt, stop, break in, butt in, interpose 'But sir, I'm under orders to -' Clark cut him off. 'Don't argue with me.'
3. disinherit, renounce, disown His father cut him off without a penny.
cut someone out (Informal) exclude, eliminate, oust, displace, supersede, supplant He felt that he was being cut out of the decision-making process completely.
cut someone short interrupt, stop, break in, butt in, interpose Veronica cut him short by saying, `I don't want to hear about it.'
cut something back
1. reduce, check, lower, slash, decrease, curb, lessen, economize, downsize, retrench, draw or pull in your horns (informal) The government has cut back on defence spending.
cut something down
cut something off discontinue, disconnect, suspend, halt, obstruct, bring to an end The rebels have cut off the electricity supply from the capital.
cut something out
2. stop, cease, refrain from, pack in, kick (informal), give up, sever You can cut that behaviour out right now.
cut something short bring to an end, stop, check, halt, dock, postpone, terminate, break off, abort, pull the plug on, truncate, leave unfinished His career was cut tragically short by a car crash.
cut something up chop, divide, slice, carve, dice, mince Cut the sausages up and cook them over a medium heat.
cut up upset, disturbed, distressed, stricken, agitated, heartbroken, desolated, dejected, wretched Terry was very cut up by Jim's death.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
cut
verb2. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument:
4. To turn aside sharply from a straight course:
Nautical: yaw.
5. To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:
6. To lessen the strength of by or as if by admixture:
7. To slight (someone) deliberately:
Informal: coldshoulder.
Idioms: close the door on, give someone the cold shoulder, give someone the go-by, turn one's back on.
cut across
To pass through or over:
cut back
phrasal verb
cut down
1. To cause the death of:
Idioms: put an end to, put to sleep.
2. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow:
bring down, down, drop, fell, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, strike down, throw.
Slang: deck.
Idiom: lay low.
cut in
phrasal verb
cut off
2. To cause the death of:
Idioms: put an end to, put to sleep.
cut out
2. To desist from, cease, or discontinue (a habit, for example):
Slang: kick.
cut up
1. Informal. To behave in a rowdy, improper, or unruly fashion:
Informal: horse around.
3. The act or process of decreasing:
4. Informal. That which is allotted:
allocation, allotment, allowance, dole, lot, measure, part, portion, quantum, quota, ration, share, split.
Slang: divvy.
5. A deliberate slight:
Informal: cold shoulder, go-by.
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Translations
توقَّفجرحجُرْحقَصّـهقَطْع، جُرح، إنقِطاع، قَص، تَخْفيض
řezatříznout seříznutírozřezatsejmout
skæresnitstoppestudsetilskæring
leikkausleikataleikattuetuillahaava
porezati serezsjeći
átvágellógemelkiszabmeghúz
fara òvert fyrirgera viî, dragaklippa á atriîiklippa í burt, fjarlægjaminnka
切る切断削減する横切る減らす
자르다자른 부분
apsimesti nematančiamatkirstiatpjautiauginysbe kompromisų
cirptgrieztievainotizgrieztizņemt ārā
rezaťskrátiť si cestustopuliať savystrihnúť
izrezatiodrezatiposekatiprekinitirazrezati
skäraskärsårsnittgivklippa
ตัดบาด ทำให้บาดบาดแผล
cắtcắt trúng tayvết cắt
cut
[kʌt] (cut (vb: pt, pp))A. N
1. (in skin) → corte m, cortadura f; (= wound) → herida f (Med) (= incision) → corte m, incisión f; (= slash) → tajo m; (with knife) → cuchillada f; (with whip) → latigazo m (Cards) → corte m
he's got a cut on his forehead → tiene un corte en la frente
he had a cut on his chin from shaving → se había hecho un corte or se había cortado en la barbilla al afeitarse
he was treated for minor cuts and bruises → recibió asistencia médica por heridas y hematomas
there's a cut in his jacket → lleva una raja en la chaqueta
to be a cut above sb he's a cut above the others → está por encima de los demás
the cut and thrust of politics → la esgrima política
the unkindest cut of all → el golpe más duro
he's got a cut on his forehead → tiene un corte en la frente
he had a cut on his chin from shaving → se había hecho un corte or se había cortado en la barbilla al afeitarse
he was treated for minor cuts and bruises → recibió asistencia médica por heridas y hematomas
there's a cut in his jacket → lleva una raja en la chaqueta
to be a cut above sb he's a cut above the others → está por encima de los demás
the cut and thrust of politics → la esgrima política
the unkindest cut of all → el golpe más duro
2. (= reduction) (in wages, prices, production) → rebaja f, reducción f; (in expenditure, budget) → corte m, recorte m; (in tax, interest rates) → bajada f, rebaja f; (in staff, workforce) → reducción f, recorte f; (= deletion) → corte m; (= deleted part) → trozo m suprimido (Elec) → apagón m, corte m
public spending cuts → cortes mpl presupuestarios
wage cuts → rebajas fpl de sueldo
to take a cut in salary → aceptar una reducción de sueldo
they made some cuts in the text → hicieron algunos cortes en el texto, suprimieron algunas cosas del texto
public spending cuts → cortes mpl presupuestarios
wage cuts → rebajas fpl de sueldo
to take a cut in salary → aceptar una reducción de sueldo
they made some cuts in the text → hicieron algunos cortes en el texto, suprimieron algunas cosas del texto
8.
see short E
see short E
B. VT
1. [+ meat, bread, cards] → cortar
to cut one's finger → cortarse el dedo
to cut sb free (from wreckage) → liberar a algn; (when tied up) → desatar or soltar a algn
to cut sth in half → cortar algo por la mitad
to cut sth open [+ fruit, vegetable, body, package] → abrir algo
I cut my hand open on a tin → me corté la mano en una lata
he cut his head open → se abrió la cabeza
to cut sth (in)to pieces → cortar algo en pedazos
to cut an army to pieces → aniquilar un ejército
to cut sth to size → cortar algo a la medida
to cut sb's throat → degollar a algn
he is cutting his own throat (fig) → labra su propia ruina
to cut sth in two → cortar or partir algo en dos
you could cut the atmosphere with a knife → se mascaba or respiraba la tensión en el ambiente
see also fine 1 B2
see also ice A1
see also loss A2
see also tooth A1
to cut one's finger → cortarse el dedo
to cut sb free (from wreckage) → liberar a algn; (when tied up) → desatar or soltar a algn
to cut sth in half → cortar algo por la mitad
to cut sth open [+ fruit, vegetable, body, package] → abrir algo
I cut my hand open on a tin → me corté la mano en una lata
he cut his head open → se abrió la cabeza
to cut sth (in)to pieces → cortar algo en pedazos
to cut an army to pieces → aniquilar un ejército
to cut sth to size → cortar algo a la medida
to cut sb's throat → degollar a algn
he is cutting his own throat (fig) → labra su propia ruina
to cut sth in two → cortar or partir algo en dos
you could cut the atmosphere with a knife → se mascaba or respiraba la tensión en el ambiente
see also fine 1 B2
see also ice A1
see also loss A2
see also tooth A1
2. (= shape) [+ stone, glass, jewel] → tallar; [+ key, hole] → hacer; [+ channel] → abrir, excavar; [+ engraving, record] → grabar
to cut one's way through → abrirse camino por
see also coat A1
to cut one's way through → abrirse camino por
see also coat A1
3. (= clip, trim) [+ hedge, grass] → cortar; [+ corn, hay] → segar
to get one's hair cut → cortarse el pelo
to get one's hair cut → cortarse el pelo
4. (= reduce) [+ wages, prices, production] → reducir, rebajar (by 5% en un 5 por cien) [+ expenditure] → reducir, recortar; [+ taxes, interest rates] → bajar, rebajar; [+ staff, workforce] → reducir, recortar; [+ speech, text] → acortar, hacer cortes en; [+ film] → cortar, hacer cortes en; (= delete) [+ passage] → suprimir, cortar; (= interrupt) → interrumpir, cortar
she cut two seconds off the record → mejoró or rebajó la plusmarca en dos segundos
we cut the journey time by half → reducimos el tiempo de viaje a la mitad
to cut sth/sb short → interrumpir algo/a algn
see also corner A1
she cut two seconds off the record → mejoró or rebajó la plusmarca en dos segundos
we cut the journey time by half → reducimos el tiempo de viaje a la mitad
to cut sth/sb short → interrumpir algo/a algn
see also corner A1
7. (esp US)
to cut classes → hacer novillos, ausentarse de clase
to cut sb dead → negar el saludo or (LAm) cortar a algn
to cut classes → hacer novillos, ausentarse de clase
to cut sb dead → negar el saludo or (LAm) cortar a algn
8. (= turn off) [+ engine] → parar; (= stop) [+ electricity supply] → cortar, interrumpir
cut all this soft-soaping and tell me what you want → deja ya de darme coba y dime qué quieres
cut all this soft-soaping and tell me what you want → deja ya de darme coba y dime qué quieres
9. (= adulterate) [+ cocaine etc] → cortar
C. VI
1. [person, knife] → cortar; [material] → cortarse
paper cuts easily → el papel se corta fácilmente
she cut into the melon → cortó el melón
will that cake cut into six? → ¿se puede dividir el pastel en seis?
to cut loose (from sth) → deshacerse (de algo)
it cuts both ways → tiene doble filo
paper cuts easily → el papel se corta fácilmente
she cut into the melon → cortó el melón
will that cake cut into six? → ¿se puede dividir el pastel en seis?
to cut loose (from sth) → deshacerse (de algo)
it cuts both ways → tiene doble filo
2. (Math etc) [lines] → cortarse
3. (= hurry) I must cut along now → tengo que marcharme ya
to cut and run → largarse, escaparse
to cut to the chase (esp US) → ir al grano, dejar de marear la perdiz
to cut and run → largarse, escaparse
to cut to the chase (esp US) → ir al grano, dejar de marear la perdiz
4. (Cine, TV) (= change scene) → cortar y pasar
they cut from the palace to the castle scene → cortan y pasan del palacio a la escena del castillo
cut! → ¡corten!
they cut from the palace to the castle scene → cortan y pasan del palacio a la escena del castillo
cut! → ¡corten!
5. (Cards) → cortar
cut across VT + PREP
1. → atajar por
to cut across a field → atajar por un campo
to cut across country → atajar por el campo
to cut across a field → atajar por un campo
to cut across country → atajar por el campo
2. (fig) this cuts across the usual categories → esto rebasa las categorías establecidas
cut back
A. VT + ADV
1. (= prune) [+ plant] → podar
2. (= reduce) [+ production, expenditure, staff] → reducir, recortar
to cut sth back by 50% → reducir algo en un 50 por ciento
to cut sth back by 50% → reducir algo en un 50 por ciento
B. VI + ADV
2. (Cine) (= flash back) → volver (to a)
cut down
A. VT + ADV
B. VI + ADV you're drinking too much, you really should cut down → bebes demasiado, deberías moderarte
to cut down on [+ fatty food] → reducir el consumo de; [+ expenditure] → moderar, reducir; [+ public services] → recortar, reducir
I'm cutting down on coffee and cigarettes → estoy intentando tomar menos café y fumar menos
to cut down on [+ fatty food] → reducir el consumo de; [+ expenditure] → moderar, reducir; [+ public services] → recortar, reducir
I'm cutting down on coffee and cigarettes → estoy intentando tomar menos café y fumar menos
cut in
A. VI + ADV (in conversation) → interrumpir (Aut) → meterse delante
to cut in on a conversation → interrumpir una conversación
to cut in on a conversation → interrumpir una conversación
B. VT + ADV to cut sb in (on sth) → incluir a algn (en algo)
cut into VI + PREP to cut into one's holidays → interrumpir sus vacaciones
we shall have to cut into our savings → tendremos que usar una parte de los ahorros
we shall have to cut into our savings → tendremos que usar una parte de los ahorros
cut off VT + ADV
1. (with scissors, knife) → cortar; (= amputate) → amputar, quitar
they cut off his head → le cortaron la cabeza
to cut off one's nose to spite one's face → tirar piedras contra su propio tejado
they cut off his head → le cortaron la cabeza
to cut off one's nose to spite one's face → tirar piedras contra su propio tejado
2. (= disconnect) [+ telephone, gas] → cortar, desconectar
we've been cut off (Telec) → nos han cortado la comunicación
we've been cut off (Telec) → nos han cortado la comunicación
3. (= interrupt) to cut sb off in the middle of a sentence → cortar or interrumpir a algn en mitad de una frase, no dejar terminar a algn
to cut off sb's supplies → cortar or interrumpir el suministro a algn
to cut off sb's supplies → cortar or interrumpir el suministro a algn
4. (= isolate) → aislar
I feel very cut off, living out here in the country → me siento muy aislado, viviendo aquí en el campo
cut off by floods → aislado por las inundaciones
we were cut off by the snow → quedamos bloqueados por la nieve
the village was cut off for several days by the snow → la aldea quedó aislada or incomunicada por la nieve durante varios días
to cut o.s. off from sth/sb → aislarse de algo/algn
to cut off the enemy's retreat → cortar la retirada al enemigo
to cut sb off without a penny → desheredar completamente a algn
I feel very cut off, living out here in the country → me siento muy aislado, viviendo aquí en el campo
cut off by floods → aislado por las inundaciones
we were cut off by the snow → quedamos bloqueados por la nieve
the village was cut off for several days by the snow → la aldea quedó aislada or incomunicada por la nieve durante varios días
to cut o.s. off from sth/sb → aislarse de algo/algn
to cut off the enemy's retreat → cortar la retirada al enemigo
to cut sb off without a penny → desheredar completamente a algn
cut out
A. VT + ADV
1. [+ article, picture] → recortar; [+ dress, skirt etc] → cortar; [+ diseased part] → extirpar
to be cut out for sth/to do sth → estar hecho para ser algo/hacer algo
he's not cut out to be a poet → no tiene madera de poeta
you'll have your work cut out for you → te va a costar trabajo
he had his work cut out to finish it → tuvo que trabajar duro para terminarlo
to be cut out for sth/to do sth → estar hecho para ser algo/hacer algo
he's not cut out to be a poet → no tiene madera de poeta
you'll have your work cut out for you → te va a costar trabajo
he had his work cut out to finish it → tuvo que trabajar duro para terminarlo
2. (= exclude) [+ unnecessary details] → eliminar, suprimir; [+ light] → tapar; [+ intermediary, middleman] → saltarse a, eliminar
he cut his nephew out of his will → borró de su testamento la mención del sobrino
you can cut that out for a start! → ¡para empezar deja de hacer eso!
cut out the singing! → ¡basta ya de cantar!
cut it out! → ¡basta ya!
he cut his nephew out of his will → borró de su testamento la mención del sobrino
you can cut that out for a start! → ¡para empezar deja de hacer eso!
cut out the singing! → ¡basta ya de cantar!
cut it out! → ¡basta ya!
4. (= delete) → suprimir
cut through VI + PREP
1. (lit) [+ bone, cable] → atravesar, traspasar; [+ jungle, undergrowth] → abrirse camino a través de
2. (= take short cut via) → atajar por, cortar por
to cut through the lane → atajar or cortar por el callejón
to cut through the lane → atajar or cortar por el callejón
3. (= circumvent) → saltarse, sortear
we have to find a way to cut through all this red tape → hay que encontrar la manera de saltarse or sortear todo este papeleo
we have to find a way to cut through all this red tape → hay que encontrar la manera de saltarse or sortear todo este papeleo
cut up
A. VT + ADV
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[ˈkʌt] vb [cut] [ˈkʌt] (pt, pp) vt
(with scissors, knife, gen) → couper; [+ meat] → découper
I'll cut some bread → Je vais couper du pain.
to cut oneself → se couper
to cut one's finger → se couper le doigt
I cut my foot on a piece of glass → Je me suis coupé au pied avec un morceau de verre.
to cut a hole in sth → faire un trou dans qch
to cut one's nails → se couper les ongles
to cut one's hair → se couper les cheveux
to get one's hair cut → se faire couper les cheveux
to cut o.s. loose (from ropes, binding etc) → se libérer
He managed to reach the knife and cut himself loose → Il parvint à s'emparer du couteau et se libéra en coupant ses liens.
I'll cut some bread → Je vais couper du pain.
to cut oneself → se couper
to cut one's finger → se couper le doigt
I cut my foot on a piece of glass → Je me suis coupé au pied avec un morceau de verre.
to cut a hole in sth → faire un trou dans qch
to cut one's nails → se couper les ongles
to cut one's hair → se couper les cheveux
to get one's hair cut → se faire couper les cheveux
to cut o.s. loose (from ropes, binding etc) → se libérer
He managed to reach the knife and cut himself loose → Il parvint à s'emparer du couteau et se libéra en coupant ses liens.
[+ grass, lawn] → tondre
(to specific shape) [+ key, hedge, crystal] → tailler
(= remove) [+ scene, episode] → supprimer
to cut sth short [+ conversation, interview] → couper court à qch; [+ holiday, visit, stay, trip] → interrompre qch
(= make) to cut a deal → faire un marché, conclure un marché
(= cope) he can't cut it → il n'est pas à la hauteur, il n'est pas cap
vi
[scissors, knife] → couper
to cut loose (fig) (free o.s. from sb's influence or authority) → se libérer
to cut loose from sb/sth → se libérer de qn/qch
to cut loose from sb/sth → se libérer de qn/qch
to cut and run → mettre les bouts
to cut both ways → être à double tranchant
n
(= lowering) (in prices, interest rates, taxes, salary) → baisse f; (in costs, spending) → réduction f
a cut in prices → une baisse des prix
a cut in interest rates → une baisse des taux d'intérêts
a cut in government spending → une réduction des dépenses publiques
a cut in prices → une baisse des prix
a cut in interest rates → une baisse des taux d'intérêts
a cut in government spending → une réduction des dépenses publiques
(= shape, design) [clothes] → coupe f
[jewel] → taille f
(= haircut) → coupe f cut and blow-dry
adj [jewel] → taillé(e)
cut back
vt sep [+ plants] → tailler
[+ production, expenditure] → réduire
cut back on
vt fus [+ spending, investment] → économiser sur; [+ food, fat] → réduire; [+ treats] → se permettre moins decut down
vt sep [+ tree] → abattre
(fig) to cut sb down to size → remettre qn à sa place
cut down on
vt fus (= reduce intake of) [+ fat, salt, alcohol] → réduire sa consommation decut in
vi (= remove) [+ piece, part] → couper
[+ area, town] → isoler
(= disconnect) [+ electricity, gas, water supply] → couper
The electricity was cut off → L'électricité a été coupée.
we've been cut off (on phone, during a call) → nous avons été coupés; (permanently) → la ligne a été coupée
The electricity was cut off → L'électricité a été coupée.
we've been cut off (on phone, during a call) → nous avons été coupés; (permanently) → la ligne a été coupée
cut out
vt sep [+ picture] → découper
(= remove) → supprimer
(= stop using, stop taking) [+ alcohol, fatty food] → arrêter
to cut out smoking → arrêter de fumer
to cut out cigarettes → arrêter la cigarette
to cut out smoking → arrêter de fumer
to cut out cigarettes → arrêter la cigarette
cut up
vt sep (= dissect) [+ dead animal, corpse] → disséquer
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vb: pret, ptp <cut>NOUN
= result of cutting → Schnitt m; (= wound) → Schnittwunde f, → Schnitt m; he was treated for minor cuts and bruises → er wurde wegen kleinerer Schnittwunden und Prellungen behandelt; to make a cut in something → in etw (acc) → einen Einschnitt machen
= act of cutting → Schnitt m; (with sword, whip) → Hieb m, → Schlag m; I need a cut → ich muss mir die Haare schneiden lassen; his hair could do with a cut → seine Haare könnten mal wieder geschnitten werden; a cut from his sword → ein Schlag mit seinem Schwert; he’s/it’s a cut above the rest of them → er/es ist den anderen um einiges überlegen; the cut and thrust of politics/publishing → das Spannungsfeld der Politik/der Trubel des Verlagswesens; the cut and thrust of the debate → die Hitze der Debatte
= reduction in prices → Senkung f, → Herabsetzung f; (in quality) → Verminderung f; (in quantity, length etc) → Verringerung f; (in expenses, salaries, expenditure, budget etc) → Kürzung f; (in working hours, holidays) → (Ver)kürzung f; (in programme, text, film) → Kürzung f; (in production, output) → Einschränkung f; a cut in prices/taxes → eine Senkung der Preise/Steuern (gen), → eine Preis-/Steuersenkung; a 1% cut in interest rates → eine 1%ige Senkung des Zinssatzes; he had to take a cut in (his) salary → er musste eine Gehaltskürzung hinnehmen; the censor had made so many cuts → die Zensur hatte so viel gestrichen
of meat → Stück nt
= share inf → Anteil m, → Teil m; to get one’s cut → seinen Teil or Anteil bekommen; to take one’s cut → sich (dat) → seinen Teil or Anteil nehmen; a cut of the profits/proceeds → ein Teil m → der Gewinne/Einnahmen
= gibe → Spitze f, → spitze Bemerkung; that remark was a cut at me → diese Bemerkung war auf mich gemünzt; the unkindest cut of all (prov) → der schlimmste Schlag
= route, waterway = short route → Abkürzung f; (= connecting alleyway etc) → Verbindungsweg m; (= canal) → Kanal m
Elec → Unterbrechung f (→ in +gen); (planned) → Sperre f; power/electricity cut → Stromausfall m; (planned) → Stromsperre f
Sport to give a cut to the ball → den Ball anschneiden
ADJECTIVE
→ geschnitten; bread → (auf)geschnitten; grass → gemäht; prices → ermäßigt, herabgesetzt; to have a cut finger/hand/lip → eine Schnittwunde am Finger/an der Hand/an der Lippe haben; finely cut features → fein geschnittene Züge pl; a well-cut dress → ein gut geschnittenes Kleid; cut flowers → Schnittblumen pl; hand-cut crystal → handgeschliffenes Kristall; the cut version of a film → die gekürzte or (= censored also) zensierte Fassung eines Films ? half-cut
→ geschnitten; bread → (auf)geschnitten; grass → gemäht; prices → ermäßigt, herabgesetzt; to have a cut finger/hand/lip → eine Schnittwunde am Finger/an der Hand/an der Lippe haben; finely cut features → fein geschnittene Züge pl; a well-cut dress → ein gut geschnittenes Kleid; cut flowers → Schnittblumen pl; hand-cut crystal → handgeschliffenes Kristall; the cut version of a film → die gekürzte or (= censored also) zensierte Fassung eines Films ? half-cut
TRANSITIVE VERB
= make cut in with knife, scissors → schneiden; fabric → zuschneiden; cake → anschneiden; rope → durchschneiden; (Naut) → kappen; grass → mähen; to cut one’s finger/lip/leg → sich (dat) → am Finger/an der Lippe/am Bein schneiden; (with knife, razor etc also) → sich (dat) → in den Finger/in die Lippe/ins Bein schneiden; to cut one’s nails → sich (dat) → die Nägel schneiden; to cut oneself (shaving) → sich (beim Rasieren) schneiden; to cut something in half/three → etw halbieren/dritteln, etw in zwei/drei Teile schneiden; the road cuts the village in two → die Straße schneidet das Dorf in zwei Teile; to cut a hole in something → ein Loch in etw (acc) → schneiden; to cut to pieces → zerstückeln; sb’s reputation → zerstören; to cut open → aufschneiden; he cut his head open → er hat sich (dat) → den Kopf aufgeschlagen; to have or get one’s hair cut → sich (dat) → die Haare schneiden lassen; to cut somebody free/loose → jdn losschneiden
= make by cutting steps → schlagen, hauen; channel, trench → graben, ausheben; figure (in wood) → schnitzen (in aus); (in stone) → hauen (in aus); glass, crystal, diamond → schleifen; suit, dress, skirt → zuschneiden; key → anfertigen; to cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth (prov) → sich nach der Decke strecken; to cut a fine/sorry figure → eine gute/schlechte Figur machen or abgeben
= break off electricity → abstellen; gas → (ab)sperren, abstellen; power supply → unterbrechen; ties, links → abbrechen; to cut all one’s ties (fig) → alle Verbindungen abbrechen (with zu)
= reduce prices → senken, herabsetzen; quality → vermindern; quantity → reduzieren; working hours, holidays → (ver)kürzen; expenses, salary, text, programme, film → kürzen; production, output → verringern, einschränken
= remove part of programme, text, film → streichen; to cut and paste text (Comput) text etc → ausschneiden; they cut him from the team → sie warfen ihn aus dem Team
= cause pain or suffering to → schmerzen; the wind cut his face → der Wind schnitt ihm ins Gesicht ? quick N a
Sport ball → (an)schneiden
= stop engine → abstellen; (inf) noise → aufhören mit; cut the crap! (sl) → hör mit dem Scheiß auf! (inf)
= divide if we cut the profits three ways → wenn wir den Gewinn dritteln or unter drei verteilen or aufteilen
set structures
? to cut sb/sth short to cut somebody short → jdm das Wort abschneiden; to cut something short → etw vorzeitig abbrechen; to cut a long story short → kurz und gut, der langen Rede kurzer Sinn
? to cut sb dead (Brit) → jdn wie Luft behandeln
? to cut a deal (esp US inf) → ein Geschäft machen
? to cut a tooth → zahnen, einen Zahn bekommen; to cut one’s teeth on something (fig) → sich (dat) → die (ersten) Sporen mit or an etw (dat) → verdienen
? to cut it fine (Brit) → knapp bemessen or kalkulieren; don’t cut it too fine with your essay → lass es mit deinem Aufsatz nicht auf die letzte Minute ankommen; £10 would be cutting it rather fine → £ 10 wären etwas knapp (bemessen); 2.20 would be cutting it a bit fine → 2.20 Uhr wäre ein bisschen knapp; aren’t you cutting it a bit fine? → ist das nicht ein bisschen knapp?
? to cut one’s losses → eine Sache abschließen, ehe der Schaden (noch) größer wird
? to cut sb/sth short to cut somebody short → jdm das Wort abschneiden; to cut something short → etw vorzeitig abbrechen; to cut a long story short → kurz und gut, der langen Rede kurzer Sinn
? to cut sb dead (Brit) → jdn wie Luft behandeln
? to cut a deal (esp US inf) → ein Geschäft machen
? to cut a tooth → zahnen, einen Zahn bekommen; to cut one’s teeth on something (fig) → sich (dat) → die (ersten) Sporen mit or an etw (dat) → verdienen
? to cut it fine (Brit) → knapp bemessen or kalkulieren; don’t cut it too fine with your essay → lass es mit deinem Aufsatz nicht auf die letzte Minute ankommen; £10 would be cutting it rather fine → £ 10 wären etwas knapp (bemessen); 2.20 would be cutting it a bit fine → 2.20 Uhr wäre ein bisschen knapp; aren’t you cutting it a bit fine? → ist das nicht ein bisschen knapp?
? to cut one’s losses → eine Sache abschließen, ehe der Schaden (noch) größer wird
INTRANSITIVE VERB
instrument, knife, scissors → schneiden; (lawn mower) → mähen, schneiden; to cut loose (Naut) → losmachen; (fig) → sich losmachen; (US inf) → loslegen (inf)
? to cut both ways (fig) → ein zweischneidiges Schwert sein
? to cut and run → abhauen (inf), → die Beine in die Hand nehmen (inf)
? to cut both ways (fig) → ein zweischneidiges Schwert sein
? to cut and run → abhauen (inf), → die Beine in die Hand nehmen (inf)
Film = change scenes → überblenden (to zu); (= stop filming) → aufhören, abbrechen; cut! → Schnitt!, aus! ? chase
PHRASAL VERBS
? cut across vi +prep obj
? cut away vt sep → wegschneiden; the dress was cut away at the back → das Kleid war hinten or im Rücken (tief) ausgeschnitten
? cut back vi
? cut down vt sep
? cut in vi
? cut into vi +prep obj
? cut off vt sep
? cut out vi (engine, radio transmission) → aussetzen vt sep
? cut through vt sep he couldn’t cut his way through → es gelang ihm nicht durchzukommen; we cut through the housing estate → wir gingen/fuhren durch die Siedlung; the boat cut through the waves → das Boot bahnte sich seinen Weg durch die Wellen
? cut up vi to cut up rough (Brit inf) → Krach schlagen (inf) vt sep
? cut across vi +prep obj
(lit) → hinübergehen/-fahren etc (→ prep obj über +acc); you can cut across here → Sie können hier hinüber; if you cut across the fields → wenn Sie über die Felder gehen; to cut across country → querfeldein gehen/fahren etc
(fig) theory etc → widersprechen (→ prep obj +dat); this problem cuts across all ages → dieses Problem betrifft alle Altersgruppen
? cut away vt sep → wegschneiden; the dress was cut away at the back → das Kleid war hinten or im Rücken (tief) ausgeschnitten
? cut back vi
(= reduce expenditure etc) → sich einschränken; to cut back on expenses etc → die Ausgaben etc einschränken; to cut back on production → die Produktion zurückschrauben; to cut back on smoking/sweets → weniger rauchen/Süßigkeiten essen
vt sep plants → zurückschneiden
? cut down vt sep
(= make smaller) number, expenses → einschränken; text → zusammenstreichen (→ to auf +acc); to cut somebody down to size → jdn auf seinen Platz verweisen
usu pass (= kill) → dahinraffen (geh); a young man cut down in his prime → ein junger Mann, der im Frühling seiner Jahre dahingerafft wurde (liter)
vi (= reduce intake, expenditure etc) → sich einschränken; to cut down on something → etw einschränken; to cut down on smoking → das Rauchen einschränken; to cut down on sweets → weniger Süßigkeiten essen ? cut in vi
(= interrupt) → sich einschalten (→ on in +acc); to cut in on somebody → jdn unterbrechen; to cut in on something → sich in etw (acc) → einschalten
(= cut towards the centre) (blade) → einschneiden; to cut in on somebody’s market → sich in jds Revier (acc) → drängen (inf); he cut in to the centre of the pitch → er zog ins Mittelfeld herüber
(Aut: = swerve in front) → sich direkt vor ein anderes/das andere Auto hineindrängen; to cut in in front of somebody → jdn schneiden; he cut in so sharply that the car behind had to swerve → er zog so schnell herüber, dass das nachfolgende Auto ausweichen musste
vt sep to cut somebody in on something → jdn an etw (dat) → beteiligen ? cut into vi +prep obj
(= make a cut in) cake, meat → anschneiden
(= swerve into) line of traffic → sich drängeln in (+acc); woods, alleyway → schnell einbiegen in (+acc)
(= interrupt) conversation → fallen in (+acc)
? cut off vt sep
(with knife etc) → abschneiden; (with sword etc) → abschlagen; to cut off somebody’s head → jdm den Kopf abschlagen
town, supply → abschneiden; allowance → sperren; to cut off the enemy’s retreat/supplies → dem Feind den Rückzug/die Zufuhr abschneiden; his deafness cut him off from others → seine Taubheit schnitt ihn von der Umwelt ab; we’re very cut off out here → wir leben hier draußen sehr abgeschieden; that’s it, you’re cut off (US inf: = no more alcohol) → okay, dir reichts für heute (inf)
(= disconnect) gas, telephone etc → abstellen; we’ve been cut off (Telec) → wir sind unterbrochen worden
(= break off) discussion, relations → abbrechen; to cut somebody off in the middle of a sentence → jdn mitten im Satz unterbrechen
? cut out vi (engine, radio transmission) → aussetzen vt sep
(= form by cutting) coat, dress → zuschneiden; they had cut out a path through the jungle → sie hatten (→ sich dat) → einen Weg durch den Dschungel geschlagen or gebahnt
(= delete) → (heraus)streichen; (= not bother with) → verzichten auf (+acc), → sich (dat) → schenken; smoking, swearing etc → aufhören mit, sein lassen (inf); double glazing cuts out the noise → Doppelfenster verhindern, dass der Lärm hereindringt; cut it out! (inf) → hör auf damit!, lass das (sein)! (inf); cut out the nonsense → lass den Unsinn; and you can cut out the self-pity for a start! → und mit Selbstmitleid brauchst du gar nicht erst zu kommen or anzufangen!
(fig) to be cut out for something → zu etw geeignet or gemacht sein; to be cut out to be something → dazu geeignet sein, etw zu sein or zu werden; he’s not cut out to be a doctor → er ist nicht zum Arzt geeignet, er hat nicht das Zeug zum Arzt
to have one’s work cut out → alle Hände voll zu tun haben
? cut through vt sep he couldn’t cut his way through → es gelang ihm nicht durchzukommen; we cut through the housing estate → wir gingen/fuhren durch die Siedlung; the boat cut through the waves → das Boot bahnte sich seinen Weg durch die Wellen
? cut up vi to cut up rough (Brit inf) → Krach schlagen (inf) vt sep
cut
:cut loaf
n → aufgeschnittenes Brot
cutoff
n
(Tech, device) → Ausschaltmechanismus m
(also cutoff point) → Trennlinie f
cutout
n
(= model) → Ausschneidemodell nt; (= figure, doll) → Ausschneidepuppe f; his characters are just cardboard cuts → seine Figuren sind einfach nur oberflächlich; cut book → Ausschneidebogen m
(Elec) → Sperre f
adj
model etc → zum Ausschneiden
cut-price
cut-rate
adj → zu verbilligtem Tarif
cut sheet feed
n (Comput) → Einzelblatteinzug m
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[kʌt] (cut (vb: pt, pp))1. n
a. (gen) → taglio (Med) → taglio, incisione f (Cards) → alzata
the cut and thrust of politics → i vivaci contrasti della politica
he's a cut above the others → è di gran lunga migliore degli altri
the cut and thrust of politics → i vivaci contrasti della politica
he's a cut above the others → è di gran lunga migliore degli altri
b. (reduction, in salary, spending) → riduzione f, taglio; (deletion, in film, text) → taglio
power cut → interruzione di corrente elettrica
to take a cut in salary → avere una riduzione dello stipendio
power cut → interruzione di corrente elettrica
to take a cut in salary → avere una riduzione dello stipendio
c. (of clothes, hair) → taglio
2. adj (flowers) → reciso/a; (glass) → intagliato/a
3. vt
a. (gen) → tagliare (Cards) → alzare
to cut one's finger → tagliarsi un dito
to cut a tooth → mettere un dente
to cut sth in half/in two → tagliare qc a metà/in due
he is cutting his own throat (fig) → si sta dando la zappa sui piedi
to cut to pieces (army) (fig) → fare a pezzi, distruggere
to cut sth to size → tagliare qc su misura
to cut open → aprire con un coltello (or con le forbici )
he cut his head open → si è spaccato la testa
to cut sb free → liberare qn (tagliando qc)
it cut me to the quick or the heart (fig) → mi ha ferito profondamente
to cut one's finger → tagliarsi un dito
to cut a tooth → mettere un dente
to cut sth in half/in two → tagliare qc a metà/in due
he is cutting his own throat (fig) → si sta dando la zappa sui piedi
to cut to pieces (army) (fig) → fare a pezzi, distruggere
to cut sth to size → tagliare qc su misura
to cut open → aprire con un coltello (or con le forbici )
he cut his head open → si è spaccato la testa
to cut sb free → liberare qn (tagliando qc)
it cut me to the quick or the heart (fig) → mi ha ferito profondamente
b. (shape, gen, jewel) → tagliare; (steps, channel) → scavare; (key) → fare una copia di, riprodurre; (glass) → lavorare; (figure, statue) → scolpire; (engrave) → incidere, intagliare; (record) → incidere
to cut one's way through → aprirsi la strada attraverso
to cut one's coat according to one's cloth (fig) → non fare il passo più lungo della gamba
to cut one's way through → aprirsi la strada attraverso
to cut one's coat according to one's cloth (fig) → non fare il passo più lungo della gamba
d. (reduce, wages, prices, production) → ridurre; (expenses) → ridurre, limitare, tagliare; (speech) → abbreviare; (text, film) → tagliare; (interrupt) → interrompere
to cut sb/sth short → interrompere qn/qc
to cut 30 seconds off a record (Sport) → abbassare un record di 30 secondi
to cut sb/sth short → interrompere qn/qc
to cut 30 seconds off a record (Sport) → abbassare un record di 30 secondi
e. (intersect) → intersecare, tagliare
4. vi
a. (person, knife) → tagliare
she cut into the melon → ha affondato il coltello nel melone
it cuts both ways (fig) → è un'arma a doppio taglio
to cut and run (fam) → tagliare la corda
to cut loose (from sth) (fig) → staccarsi (da qc)
she cut into the melon → ha affondato il coltello nel melone
it cuts both ways (fig) → è un'arma a doppio taglio
to cut and run (fam) → tagliare la corda
to cut loose (from sth) (fig) → staccarsi (da qc)
b. (hurry) to cut across country/through the lane → tagliare per la campagna/per il sentiero
I must cut along now → ora devo avviarmi
I must cut along now → ora devo avviarmi
c. (Cine) the film cut from the bedroom to the garden → la scena del film si è spostata dalla stanza da letto al giardino
cut! → stop!
cut! → stop!
cut away vt + adv → tagliare via
cut across vi + prep (fig) (barriers, boundaries) → trascendere
cut back
cut down vt + adv
b. (reduce, consumption, expenses) → ridurre, tagliare
to cut sb down to size (fig) → sgonfiare or ridimensionare qn
to cut sb down to size (fig) → sgonfiare or ridimensionare qn
cut in vi + adv to cut in (on) (interrupt, conversation) → intromettersi (in) (Aut) → tagliare la strada (a)
cut off vt + adv
b. (disconnect, telephone, gas) → tagliare; (engine) → spegnere
we've been cut off (Telec) → è caduta la linea
we've been cut off (Telec) → è caduta la linea
c. (isolate) → isolare
they feel very cut off → si sentono tagliati fuori dal mondo or isolati
to cut o.s. off from sth/sb → allontanarsi or isolarsi da qc/qn
to cut off the enemy's retreat → tagliare la ritirata al nemico
to cut sb off without a penny → diseredare qn
they feel very cut off → si sentono tagliati fuori dal mondo or isolati
to cut o.s. off from sth/sb → allontanarsi or isolarsi da qc/qn
to cut off the enemy's retreat → tagliare la ritirata al nemico
to cut sb off without a penny → diseredare qn
cut out
1. vi + adv (engine) → spegnersi
2. vt + adv
cut up
1. vt + adv
a. (gen) → tagliare; (chop, food) → sminuzzare
b. (fam) to be cut up about sth (hurt) → rimanere sconvolto/a per qc; (annoyed) → essere arrabbiato/a per qc
2. vi + adv to cut up rough (fam) → perdere le staffe
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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(kat) – present participle ˈcutting: past tense past participle cut – verb1. to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge. He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.
2. to separate or divide by cutting. She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.
3. to make by cutting. She cut a hole in the cloth.
4. to shorten by cutting; to trim. to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.
5. to reduce. They cut my wages by ten per cent.
6. to remove. They cut several passages from the film.
7. to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of). I cut my hand on a piece of glass.
8. to divide (a pack of cards).
9. to stop. When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!'
10. to take a short route or way. He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.
11. to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure). An axis cuts a circle in two places.
12. to stay away from (a class, lecture etc). He cut school and went to the cinema.
13. (also cut dead) to ignore completely. She cut me dead in the High Street.
noun1. the result of an act of cutting. a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.
2. the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc. the cut of the jacket.
3. a piece of meat cut from an animal. a cut of beef.
ˈcutter noun1. a person or thing that cuts. a wood-cutter; a glass-cutter.
2. a type of small sailing ship.
ˈcutting noun1. a piece of plant cut off and replanted to form another plant.
2. an article cut out from a newspaper etc. She collects cuttings about the Royal Family.
3. a trench dug through a hillside etc, in which a railway, road etc is built.
adjective insulting or offending. a cutting remark.
cut glass glass with ornamental patterns cut on the surface, used for drinking glasses etc.
ˈcut-price cheaper than normal. cut-price goods; a cut-price store.
ˈcut-throat noun a murderer.
adjective fierce; ruthless. cut-throat business competition.
a cut above (obviously) better than. He's a cut above the average engineer.
cut and dried fixed and definite. cut-and-dried opinions.
cut back to reduce considerably: The government cut back (on) public spending (noun ˈcutback) cut both ways
to affect both parts of a question, both people involved, good and bad points etc. That argument cuts both ways!
cut a dash to have a smart or striking appearance. He cuts a dash in his purple suit.
cut down1. to cause to fall by cutting. He has cut down the apple tree.
2. to reduce (an amount taken etc). I haven't given up smoking but I'm cutting down.
cut in to interrupt. She cut in with a remark.
cut it fine to allow barely enough time, money etc for something that must be done.
cut no ice to have no effect. This sort of flattery cuts no ice with me.
cut off1. to interrupt or break a telephone connection. I was cut off in the middle of the telephone call.
2. to separate. They were cut off from the rest of the army.
3. to stop or prevent delivery of. They've cut off our supplies of coal.
cut one's losses to decide to spend no more money, effort etc on something which is proving unprofitable.
cut one's teeth to grow one's first teeth. The baby's cutting his first tooth.
cut out1. to stop working, sometimes because of a safety device. The engines cut out (noun ˈcut-out).
2. to stop. I've cut out smoking.
cut short1. to make shorter than intended. He cut short his holiday to deal with the crisis.
2. to cause (someone) to stop talking by interrupting them. I tried to apologize but he cut me short.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
cut
→ جُرْح, يُقَطِّعُ, يَقْطَعُ řezat, říznout se, říznutí rift, skære schneiden, Schnitt, sich schneiden κόβομαι, κόβω, κόψιμο cortar, cortarse, corte leikata, leikkaus couper, coupure, se couper porezati se, rez, sjeći tagliare, taglio 切ってけがをする, 切る, 切断 자르다, 자른 부분 snee, snijden kutt, kutte, skjære cięcie, skaleczyć się, uciąć cortar, corte порез, порезаться, резать skära, skärsår ตัด, บาด ทำให้บาด, บาดแผล kesme, kesmek cắt, cắt trúng tay, vết cắt 切, 切口, 割伤Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cut
n. cortada, cortadura;
vt. cortar;
to ___ down → rebajar, reducir;
to ___ off → extirpar, amputar; [oneself] cortarse.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- I've been cut off
- A cut and blow-dry, please
- Don't cut too much off
- Have you cut my type of hair before?
- He's cut himself (US)
He has cut himself (UK)
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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n cortada, herida; vt (pret & pp cut; ger cutting) cortar; Did you cut your finger?..¿Se cortó en el dedo?; to — down (on) (fam) usar or consumir menos, bajar(le) a; You need to cut down on salt..Tiene que consumir menos sal; to — off cortar, amputar; to — oneself cortarse; Did you cut yourself?.. ¿Se cortó?; to — one’s nails cortarse las uñas; to have one’s hair — cortarse el peloEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.