CUT
\kˈʌt], \kˈʌt], \k_ˈʌ_t]\
Definitions of CUT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
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in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball"
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an unexcused absence from class; "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"
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the act of reducing the amount or number; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"
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the act of shortening something by cutting off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut"
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the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
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a canal made by erosion or excavation
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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"
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cut down; "the tree is down"
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refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"
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(of a male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut horse"
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a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
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informal: 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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make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"
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(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of new-mown hay"
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(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the slashed prices attracted buyers"
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a remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all"
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cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"
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mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup"
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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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(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball; "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"
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the style in which a garment is cut; "a dress of traditional cut"
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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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(film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next; "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt"
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a share of the profits; "everyone got a cut of the earnings"
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a step on some scale; "he is a cut above the the rest"
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grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
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have grow through the gums; "The baby cut a tooth"
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cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape"
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have a reducing effect; "This cuts into my earnings"
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dissolve by breaking down the fat of; "soap cuts grease"
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shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of; "cut my hair"
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penetrate injuriously; "The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead"
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fell by sawing; hew; "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia"
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reap or harvest; "cut grain"
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hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction; "cut a pingpong ball"
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separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
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divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult; "Wayne cut"; "She cut the deck for a long time"
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make an incision or separation; "cut along the dotted line"
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allow incision or separation; "This bread cuts easily"
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function as a cutting instrument; "This knife cuts well"
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perform or carry out; "cut a caper"
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form or shape by cutting or incising; "cut paper dolls"
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form by probing, penetrating, or digging; "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face"
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create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"
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record a performance on (a medium); "cut a record"
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make a recording of; "cut the songs"; "She cut all of her major titles again"
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stop filming; "cut a movie scene"
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make an abrupt change of image or sound; "cut from one scene to another"
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pass through or across; "The boat cut the water"
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pass directly and often in haste; "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner"
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move (one's fist); "his opponent cut upward toward his chin"
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give the appearance or impression of; "cut a nice figure"
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discharge from a group; "The coach cut two players from the team"
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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"
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(of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit; "the cut pages of the book"
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fashioned or shaped by cutting; "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet"
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having a long rip or tear; "a split lip"
By Princeton University
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reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
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in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball"
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an unexcused absence from class; "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"
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the act of reducing the amount or number; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"
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the act of shortening something by cutting off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut"
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the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
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the division of a deck of cards before dealing; "his cutting the cards before every deal soon became a ritual"
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a stroke (in tennis or badminton or squash) that puts reverse spin on the ball; "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"
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a canal made by erosion or excavation
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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"
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cut down; "the tree is down"
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refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"
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(of a male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut horse"
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a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
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informal: 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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make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"
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(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of new-mown hay"
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(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the slashed prices attracted buyers"
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a remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all"
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cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"
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mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide.
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To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.
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To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.
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To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.
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To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out.
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To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick.
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To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles.
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To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance.
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To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc.
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To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.
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To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
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To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument.
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To make a stroke with a whip.
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To interfere, as a horse.
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To move or make off quickly.
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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.
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An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.
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A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.
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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.
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A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad.
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The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut.
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A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber.
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An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts.
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The act of dividing a pack cards.
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The right to divide; as, whose cut is it?
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Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment.
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A common work horse; a gelding.
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The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
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A skein of yarn.
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Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.
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Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved.
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Overcome by liquor; tipsy.
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To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
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To drive (an object ball) to either side by hitting it fine on the other side with the cue ball or another object ball.
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To strike (a ball) with the racket inclined or struck across the ball so as to put a certain spin on the ball.
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To drive (a ball) to one side by hitting with another ball.
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A slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin so given to the ball.
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A stroke on the off side between point and the wicket; also, one who plays this stroke.
By Oddity Software
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To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
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To drive (an object ball) to either side by hitting it fine on the other side with the cue ball or another object ball.
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To strike (a ball) with the racket inclined or struck across the ball so as to put a certain spin on the ball.
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To drive (a ball) to one side by hitting with another ball.
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A slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin so given to the ball.
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A stroke on the off side between point and the wicket; also, one who plays this stroke.
By Noah Webster.
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To cleave or separate with a sharp instrument; make an incision in; divide; trim; intersect; diminish; colloquially, to pass deliberately without recognition; wound deeply; divide (a pack of cards) at random; colloquially, to absent oneself from; as, to cut a class.
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To make an incision; do the work of a sharp instrument; as, the knife cuts well; to make a short cut by going across; as, we cut across the field.
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An incision or wound made by a sharp instrument; gash; a sharp stroke; a slight; a groove, made by digging; a slice; a straight, short passage; as, a short cut to a place; a block on which an engraving is made; the fashion of a garment; shape; colloquially, the deliberate ignoring of an acquaintance; the division of a pack of cards; one of several pieces used in drawing lots; a reduction in price.
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Cutting.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To make an incision: to cleave or pass through: to divide: to carve or hew: to wound or hurt: to affect deeply: to castrate:-pr.p. cutting; pa.t. and pa.p. cut.
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A cleaving or dividing: a stroke or blow: an incision or wound: a piece cut off: an engraved block, or the picture from it: manner of cutting, or fashion.
By Daniel Lyons
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An incision; blow; piece cut off; small engraving; near passage.
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To make incision in; cleave; hew; wound or pain.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To divide, trim, or shape, as with a knife; make a cut; server; clip; hew; wound.
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To hurt; pain; grieve.
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To pass without recognition.
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Formed or affected by cutting; wounded; severed.
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An incision; a gash; slit.
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A cutting motion or action.
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A short way, as across a corner.
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Fashion; form; style.
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Print. An engraved black, or a picture printed from it.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Gashed; divided, &c. Cut and dry or dried, prepared for use. Cut-grass, spear-grass.
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The opening, cleft, gash, or wound, made by an edged instrument; a stroke or blow, as with a whip; a wound to one's feelings; a channel made by cutting or digging; a piece cut off; a near passage by which an angle is cut off; a picture cut or carved on wood or metal; the stamp on which a picture is carved, and by which it is impressed; the impression; the act of dividing a pack of cards; shape in which a thing is cut. To draw cuts, to draw lots, as of paper cut for the purpose.
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To separate or cleave as with a knife; to make an incision; to sever; to divide; to hew; to mow; to carve; to wound or affect deeply; to intersect or cross; to castrate.
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To sever, as a knife; to lie divided by a knife; to divide by passing through; to perform a surgical operation by cutting, especially in lithotomy; to divide a pack of cards. To cut across, to pass by a shorter course, so as to cut off an angle. To cut asunder, to cut in pieces; to sever. To cat down, to fell by severing. To cut off, to separate one part from another; to extirpate; to put to untimely death; to interrupt; to intercept; to end; to finish. To cut out, to remove by cutting or carving: to contrive or prepare to take the precedence of. To cut out a ship, to enter a harbour, and seize and carry off a ship by a sudden attack. To cut short, to stop by interruption; to shorten; to abridge. To cut up, to cut in pieces; to eradicate; to criticise severely; to affect deeply. To cut one's acquaintance, to meet him in the street or elsewhere, and pretend not to see or recognize him. To cut a caper, to frisk about. To cut a dash, to make a show.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To separate by a cutting instrument; to divide; to sever; to hew, as timber; to penetrate or pierce; to affect deeply; to intersect or cross; to intercept.
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A stroke or blow with a sharp instrument; a cleft; a notch; a gash; a channel or ditch made by digging or cutting; a part cut off; a carving or engraving, likewise the print from it; form; shape; fashion.
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Divided; carved; intersected.
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Divided; pierced; deeply affected: to cut a figure, to show off conspicuously: to cut a joke, to be witty and sociable: to cut down, to reduce; to retrench; to fell, as timber: to cut off, to separate; to destroy; to intercept: to cut up, to divide into pieces: to be cut up, applied to an army in the field that has lost many men in killed and wounded: to cut out, to remove a part; to shape: to cut out a ship, to enter a harbour and seize and carry off a ship by a sudden attack: to cut short, to abridge: to cut one's acquaintance, to refuse or avoid recognising him when meeting or passing each other: to cut a knot, to effect anything by short and strong measures: to cut the cards, to divide a pack into two portions: to cut and dry, or dried, prepared for use: to cut in, to divide; to join in anything suddenly: to draw cuts, to draw lots by means of straws or pieces of paper, & c., cut in pieces of different lengths and held between the forefinger and thumb.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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A common expression for the division or solution of continuity made by a sharp instrument.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. An opening made with a sharp instrument; a gash; a wound;—a stroke or blow with an edged instrument, whip, or the like;—a harsh remark, or avoidance of one’s acquaintance;—a notch, passage, or channel made by cutting;—a portion severed or cut off;—an engraved block; the impression from an engraving;—the act of dividing a pack of cards;—the right to divide;—manner in which a thing is cut for formed; shape; style; fashion.
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Prepared for use.
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The action of a sharp or edged instrument; the impression or separation of continuity, made by an edge; a wound made by cutting; a channel made by art; a part cut off from the rest; a small particle, a shred; a lot cut off a stick; a near passage, by which some angle is cut off; a picture cut or carved upon a stamp of wood, or copper, and impressed from it; the act or practice of dividing a pack of cards; fashion, form, shape, manner of cutting into shape; a fool or cully; Cut and long tail, men of all kinds.
By Thomas Sheridan
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