English Dictionary

cut

/kʌt/

verb

To perform an incision on, for example with a knife. / To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument. / To form or shape by cutting. / (slang) To wound with a knife.

He carefully cut the cake into slices.

意味（1）

To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.

You must cut this flesh from off his breast.

意味（2）

To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.

Would you please cut the cake?

意味（3）

To form or shape by cutting.

I have three diamonds to cut today.

意味（4）

(slang) To wound with a knife.

We don't want your money no more. We just going to cut you.

意味（5）

(intransitive) To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.

The patient said she had been cutting since the age of thirteen.

意味（6）

To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.

“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”

意味（7）

To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.

Sarcasm cuts to the quick.

意味（8）

To castrate or geld.

to cut a horse

意味（9）

To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.

意味（10）

(intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.

The panels of white-wood that cuts like cheese, / But lasts like iron for things like these;

意味（11）

To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.

Travis was cut from the team.

意味（12）

To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.

意味（13）

To reduce, especially intentionally.

They're going to cut salaries by fifteen percent.

意味（14）

To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).

I cut fifth period to hang out with Angela.

意味（15）

(transitive, social) To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.

After the incident at the dinner party, people started to cut him on the street.

意味（16）

(intransitive, film) To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.

The camera then cut to the woman on the front row who was clearly overcome and crying tears of joy.

意味（17）

(transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.

意味（18）

(transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.

Select the text, cut it, and then paste it in the other application.

意味（19）

(intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.

One student kept trying to cut in front of the line.

意味（20）

(intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.

This road cuts right through downtown.

意味（21）

(transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.

意味（22）

(transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.

意味（23）

(intransitive) To change direction suddenly.

The football player cut to his left to evade a tackle.

意味（24）

(transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two.

If you cut then I'll deal.

意味（25）

(transitive, slang) To make or negotiate.

I'll cut a check for you.

意味（26）

(transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.

The best malt whiskies are improved if they are cut with a dash of water.

意味（27）

(transitive) To exhibit (a quality).

Arsenal were starting to work up a head of steam and Tractor Boys boss Paul Jewell cut an increasingly frustrated figure on the touchline.

意味（28）

(transitive) To stop, disengage, or cease.

The schoolchildren were told to cut the noise.

意味（29）

(sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.

意味（30）

(bodybuilding) To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.

Coordinate term: bulk

意味（31）

To perform (a dancing movement etc.).

to cut a caper