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an unexcused absence from class
e.g. he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class
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the act of reducing the amount or number
e.g. the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget
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the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
e.g. the barber gave him a good cut
Synonym: cutting cutting off
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the act of cutting something into parts
e.g. his cuts were skillful
e.g. his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess
Synonym: cutting
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the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
e.g. his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels
Synonym: cutting
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the division of a deck of cards before dealing
e.g. he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal
e.g. the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual
Synonym: cutting
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(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
e.g. cuts do not bother a good tennis player
Synonym: undercut
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in baseball
a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
e.g. he took a vicious cut at the ball
Synonym: baseball swing swing
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a refusal to recognize someone you know
e.g. the snub was clearly intentional
Synonym: snub cold shoulder
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a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
Synonym: gash
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a canal made by erosion or excavation
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the style in which a garment is cut
e.g. a dress of traditional cut
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the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
e.g. an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors
e.g. both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause
Synonym: deletion excision
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a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
e.g. he played the first cut on the cd
e.g. the title track of the album
Synonym: track
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(film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
e.g. the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt
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a remark capable of wounding mentally
e.g. the unkindest cut of all
Synonym: stinger
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a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
Synonym: cut of meat
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a share of the profits
e.g. everyone got a cut of the earnings
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a wound made by cutting
e.g. he put a bandage over the cut
Synonym: gash slash slice
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a step on some scale
e.g. he is a cut above the rest
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cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
e.g. the vet gelded the young horse
Synonym: geld
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grow through the gums
e.g. The new tooth is cutting
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have grow through the gums
e.g. The baby cut a tooth
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cut and assemble the components of
e.g. edit film
e.g. cut recording tape
Synonym: edit edit out
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lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
e.g. cut bourbon
Synonym: dilute thin thin out reduce
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reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
e.g. The manuscript must be shortened
Synonym: abridge foreshorten abbreviate shorten contract reduce
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cease, stop
e.g. cut the noise
e.g. We had to cut short the conversation
Synonym: cut off
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cut down on
make a reduction in
e.g. reduce your daily fat intake
e.g. The employer wants to cut back health benefits
Synonym: reduce cut down cut back trim trim down trim back bring down
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have a reducing effect
e.g. This cuts into my earnings
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dissolve by breaking down the fat of
e.g. soap cuts grease
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weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
e.g. We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet
Synonym: prune rationalize rationalise
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shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
e.g. cut my hair
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refuse to acknowledge
e.g. She cut him dead at the meeting
Synonym: ignore disregard snub
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make out and issue
e.g. write out a check
e.g. cut a ticket
e.g. Please make the check out to me
Synonym: write out issue make out
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penetrate injuriously
e.g. The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead
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fell by sawing
hew
e.g. The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia
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reap or harvest
e.g. cut grain
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hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
e.g. cut a Ping-Pong ball
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cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
e.g. Turn off the stereo, please
e.g. cut the engine
e.g. turn out the lights
Synonym: switch off turn off turn out
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separate with or as if with an instrument
e.g. Cut the rope
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divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
e.g. Wayne cut
e.g. She cut the deck for a long time
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make an incision or separation
e.g. cut along the dotted line
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allow incision or separation
e.g. This bread cuts easily
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function as a cutting instrument
e.g. This knife cuts well
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style and tailor in a certain fashion
e.g. cut a dress
Synonym: tailor
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perform or carry out
e.g. cut a caper
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form or shape by cutting or incising
e.g. cut paper dolls
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form by probing, penetrating, or digging
e.g. cut a hole
e.g. cut trenches
e.g. The sweat cut little rivulets into her face
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create by duplicating data
e.g. cut a disk
e.g. burn a CD
Synonym: burn
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record a performance on (a medium)
e.g. cut a record
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make a recording of
e.g. cut the songs
e.g. She cut all of her major titles again
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stop filming
e.g. cut a movie scene
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make an abrupt change of image or sound
e.g. cut from one scene to another
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pass through or across
e.g. The boat cut the water
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pass directly and often in haste
e.g. We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner
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turn sharply
change direction abruptly
e.g. The car cut to the left at the intersection
e.g. The motorbike veered to the right
Synonym: swerve sheer curve trend veer slue slew
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move (one's fist)
e.g. his opponent cut upward toward his chin
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give the appearance or impression of
e.g. cut a nice figure
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discharge from a group
e.g. The coach cut two players from the team
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be able to manage or manage successfully
e.g. I can't hack it anymore
e.g. she could not cut the long days in the office
Synonym: hack
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intentionally fail to attend
e.g. cut class
Synonym: skip
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with parts removed
e.g. the drastically cut film
Synonym: shortened
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separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
e.g. the cut surface was mottled
e.g. cut tobacco
e.g. blood from his cut forehead
e.g. bandages on her cut wrists
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(of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
e.g. the cut pages of the book
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fashioned or shaped by cutting
e.g. a well-cut suit
e.g. cut diamonds
e.g. cut velvet
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mixed with water
e.g. sold cut whiskey
e.g. a cup of thinned soup
Synonym: thinned weakened
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(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
e.g. the slashed prices attracted buyers
Synonym: slashed
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(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
e.g. the smell of newly mown hay
Synonym: mown
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(of a male animal) having the testicles removed
e.g. a cut horse
Synonym: emasculated gelded
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made neat and tidy by trimming
e.g. his neatly trimmed hair
Synonym: trimmed