Dictionary Entry
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.
3 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 103 senses
Definitions
- 1past tense & past participle
of Cut
- 2transitive verb
To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide.
- 3transitive verb
To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.
- 4transitive verb
To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.
- 5transitive verb
To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.
- 6transitive verb
To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out.
- 7transitive verb
To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick.
- 8transitive verb
To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles.
- 9transitive verb
To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance.
- 10transitive verb
To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc.
- 11intransitive verb
To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.
- 12intransitive verb
To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- 13intransitive verb
To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument.
- 14intransitive verb
To make a stroke with a whip.
- 15intransitive verb
To interfere, as a horse.
- 16intransitive verb
To move or make off quickly.
- 17intransitive 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.
- 18noun
An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.
- 19noun
A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.
- 20noun
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.
- 21noun
A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad.
- 22noun
The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut.
- 23noun
A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber.
- 24noun
An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts.
- 25noun
The act of dividing a pack cards.
- 26noun
The right to divide; as, whose cut is it?
- 27noun
Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment.
- 28noun
A common work horse; a gelding.
- 29noun
The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
- 30noun
A skein of yarn.
- 31adjective
Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.
- 32adjective
Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved.
- 33adjective
Overcome by liquor; tipsy.
- 34noun
an unexcused absence from class
"he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"
- 35noun
the act of reducing the amount or number
"the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"
- 36noun
the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
"the barber gave him a good cut"
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- 37noun
the act of cutting something into parts
"his cuts were skillful"
"his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"
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- 38noun
the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
"his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
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- 39noun
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"
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- 40noun
(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
"cuts do not bother a good tennis player"
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- 41noun
in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
"he took a vicious cut at the ball"
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- 42noun
a refusal to recognize someone you know
"the snub was clearly intentional"
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- 43noun
a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
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- 44noun
a canal made by erosion or excavation
- 45noun
the style in which a garment is cut
"a dress of traditional cut"
- 46noun
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"
- 47noun
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"
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- 48noun
(film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
"the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt"
- 49noun
a remark capable of wounding mentally
"the unkindest cut of all"
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- 50noun
a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- 51noun
a share of the profits
"everyone got a cut of the earnings"
- 52noun
a wound made by cutting
"he put a bandage over the cut"
- 53noun
a step on some scale
"he is a cut above the rest"
- 54verb
cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
"the vet gelded the young horse"
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- 55verb
grow through the gums
"The new tooth is cutting"
- 56verb
have grow through the gums
"The baby cut a tooth"
- 57verb
cut and assemble the components of
"edit film"
"cut recording tape"
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- 58verb
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
"cut bourbon"
- 59verb
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened"
- 60verb
cease, stop
"cut the noise"
"We had to cut short the conversation"
- 61verb
cut down on; make a reduction in
"reduce your daily fat intake"
"The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
- 62verb
have a reducing effect
"This cuts into my earnings"
- 63verb
dissolve by breaking down the fat of
"soap cuts grease"
- 64verb
weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
"We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
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- 65verb
shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
"cut my hair"
- 66verb
refuse to acknowledge
"She cut him dead at the meeting"
- 67verb
make out and issue
"write out a check"
"cut a ticket"
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- 68verb
penetrate injuriously
"The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead"
- 69verb
fell by sawing; hew
"The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia"
- 70verb
reap or harvest
"cut grain"
- 71verb
hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
"cut a Ping-Pong ball"
- 72verb
cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
"Turn off the stereo, please"
"cut the engine"
- 73verb
separate with or as if with an instrument
"Cut the rope"
- 74verb
divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
"Wayne cut"
"She cut the deck for a long time"
- 75verb
make an incision or separation
"cut along the dotted line"
- 76verb
allow incision or separation
"This bread cuts easily"
- 77verb
function as a cutting instrument
"This knife cuts well"
- 78verb
style and tailor in a certain fashion
"cut a dress"
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- 79verb
perform or carry out
"cut a caper"
- 80verb
form or shape by cutting or incising
"cut paper dolls"
- 81verb
form by probing, penetrating, or digging
"cut a hole"
"cut trenches"
- 82verb
create by duplicating data
"cut a disk"
"burn a CD"
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- 83verb
record a performance on (a medium)
"cut a record"
- 84verb
make a recording of
"cut the songs"
"She cut all of her major titles again"
- 85verb
stop filming
"cut a movie scene"
- 86verb
make an abrupt change of image or sound
"cut from one scene to another"
- 87verb
pass through or across
"The boat cut the water"
- 88verb
pass directly and often in haste
"We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner"
- 89verb
turn sharply; change direction abruptly
"The car cut to the left at the intersection"
"The motorbike veered to the right"
- 90verb
move (one's fist)
"his opponent cut upward toward his chin"
- 91verb
give the appearance or impression of
"cut a nice figure"
- 92verb
discharge from a group
"The coach cut two players from the team"
- 93verb
be able to manage or manage successfully
"I can't hack it anymore"
"she could not cut the long days in the office"
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- 94verb
intentionally fail to attend
"cut class"
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- 95adjective
with parts removed
"the drastically cut film"
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- 96adjective
separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
"the cut surface was mottled"
"cut tobacco"
- 97adjective
(of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
"the cut pages of the book"
- 98adjective
fashioned or shaped by cutting
"a well-cut suit"
"cut diamonds"
- 99adjective
mixed with water
"sold cut whiskey"
"a cup of thinned soup"
- 100adjective
(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
"the slashed prices attracted buyers"
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- 101adjective
(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
"the smell of newly mown hay"
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- 102adjective
(of a male animal) having the testicles removed
"a cut horse"
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- 103adjective
made neat and tidy by trimming
"his neatly trimmed hair"
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