cut
cut is a 3-letter English word with 103 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Cut. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- past tense & past participle. of Cut
- transitive verb. To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide.
- transitive verb. To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.
- transitive verb. To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.
- transitive verb. To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.
- transitive verb. To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out.
- transitive verb. To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick.
- transitive verb. To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles.
- transitive verb. To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance.
- transitive verb. To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc.
- intransitive verb. To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.
- intransitive verb. To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- intransitive verb. To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument.
- intransitive verb. To make a stroke with a whip.
- intransitive verb. To interfere, as a horse.
- intransitive verb. To move or make off quickly.
- intransitive verb. To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the deal or trump, or to change the order of the cards to be dealt.
- noun. An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.
- noun. A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.
- noun. That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight.
- noun. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad.
- noun. The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut.
- noun. A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber.
- noun. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts.
- noun. The act of dividing a pack cards.
- noun. The right to divide; as, whose cut is it?
- noun. Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment.
- noun. A common work horse; a gelding.
- noun. The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
- noun. A skein of yarn.
- adjective. Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.
- adjective. Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved.
- adjective. Overcome by liquor; tipsy.
- noun. an unexcused absence from class
"he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"
- noun. the act of reducing the amount or number
"the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"
- noun. the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
"the barber gave him a good cut"
- noun. the act of cutting something into parts
"his cuts were skillful"
"his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"
- noun. the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
"his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
- noun. 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"
- noun. (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
"cuts do not bother a good tennis player"
- noun. in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
"he took a vicious cut at the ball"
- noun. a refusal to recognize someone you know
"the snub was clearly intentional"
- noun. a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
- noun. a canal made by erosion or excavation
- noun. the style in which a garment is cut
"a dress of traditional cut"
- noun. 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"
- noun. 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"
- noun. (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
"the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt"
- noun. a remark capable of wounding mentally
"the unkindest cut of all"
- noun. a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- noun. a share of the profits
"everyone got a cut of the earnings"
- noun. a wound made by cutting
"he put a bandage over the cut"
- noun. a step on some scale
"he is a cut above the rest"
- verb. cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
"the vet gelded the young horse"
- verb. grow through the gums
"The new tooth is cutting"
- verb. have grow through the gums
"The baby cut a tooth"
- verb. cut and assemble the components of
"edit film"
"cut recording tape"
- verb. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
"cut bourbon"
- verb. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened"
- verb. cease, stop
"cut the noise"
"We had to cut short the conversation"
- verb. cut down on; make a reduction in
"reduce your daily fat intake"
"The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
- verb. have a reducing effect
"This cuts into my earnings"
- verb. dissolve by breaking down the fat of
"soap cuts grease"
- verb. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
"We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
- verb. shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
"cut my hair"
- verb. refuse to acknowledge
"She cut him dead at the meeting"
- verb. make out and issue
"write out a check"
"cut a ticket"
- verb. penetrate injuriously
"The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead"
- verb. fell by sawing; hew
"The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia"
- verb. reap or harvest
"cut grain"
- verb. hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
"cut a Ping-Pong ball"
- verb. cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
"Turn off the stereo, please"
"cut the engine"
- verb. separate with or as if with an instrument
"Cut the rope"
- verb. divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
"Wayne cut"
"She cut the deck for a long time"
- verb. make an incision or separation
"cut along the dotted line"
- verb. allow incision or separation
"This bread cuts easily"
- verb. function as a cutting instrument
"This knife cuts well"
- verb. style and tailor in a certain fashion
"cut a dress"
- verb. perform or carry out
"cut a caper"
- verb. form or shape by cutting or incising
"cut paper dolls"
- verb. form by probing, penetrating, or digging
"cut a hole"
"cut trenches"
- verb. create by duplicating data
"cut a disk"
"burn a CD"
- verb. record a performance on (a medium)
"cut a record"
- verb. make a recording of
"cut the songs"
"She cut all of her major titles again"
- verb. stop filming
"cut a movie scene"
- verb. make an abrupt change of image or sound
"cut from one scene to another"
- verb. pass through or across
"The boat cut the water"
- verb. pass directly and often in haste
"We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner"
- verb. turn sharply; change direction abruptly
"The car cut to the left at the intersection"
"The motorbike veered to the right"
- verb. move (one's fist)
"his opponent cut upward toward his chin"
- verb. give the appearance or impression of
"cut a nice figure"
- verb. discharge from a group
"The coach cut two players from the team"
- verb. be able to manage or manage successfully
"I can't hack it anymore"
"she could not cut the long days in the office"
- verb. intentionally fail to attend
"cut class"
- adjective. with parts removed
"the drastically cut film"
- adjective. separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
"the cut surface was mottled"
"cut tobacco"
- adjective. (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
"the cut pages of the book"
- adjective. fashioned or shaped by cutting
"a well-cut suit"
"cut diamonds"
- adjective. mixed with water
"sold cut whiskey"
"a cup of thinned soup"
- adjective. (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
"the slashed prices attracted buyers"
- adjective. (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
"the smell of newly mown hay"
- adjective. (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
"a cut horse"
- adjective. made neat and tidy by trimming
"his neatly trimmed hair"
Synonyms
cutting, undercut, swing, snub, gash, deletion, excision, track, stinger, slash, slice, geld, edit, dilute, reduce, thin, abbreviate, abridge, contract, foreshorten, shorten, trim, prune, rationalise
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in cut:
Common word forms
cuts, cuter, cutes, cutest, cutted, cutter, cutting
Words from these letters
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