cut

  • (noun): The act of cutting.
  • (noun): The result of cutting.
  • (noun): An opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
  • (noun): A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
  • (noun): A share or portion.
  • (noun): A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
  • (noun): Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
  • (noun): In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
  • (noun): In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
  • (noun): A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play.
  • (noun): A particular version or edit of a film.
  • (noun): The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
  • (noun): The card obtained by dividing the pack.
  • (noun): The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.
  • (noun): A slab, especially of meat.
  • (noun): An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
  • (noun): A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
  • (noun): An unkind act; a cruelty.
  • (noun): A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
  • (noun): A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
  • (noun): A haircut.
  • (noun): The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
  • (noun): A string of railway cars coupled together.
  • (noun): An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
  • (noun): A common workhorse; a gelding.
  • (noun): The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
  • (noun): A skein of yarn.
  • (noun): That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
  • (noun): A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
  • (noun): A time period when one tries to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
  • (noun): A hidden or secure place.
  • (verb): (heading) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
  • (verb): To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
  • (verb): (heading, social) To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
  • (verb): (audio, usually as imperative) To cease recording activities.
  • (verb): To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
  • (verb): To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
  • (verb): To remove and place in memory for later use.
  • (verb): To enter a queue in the wrong place.
  • (verb): To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
  • (verb): To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
  • (verb): To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
  • (verb): To change direction suddenly.
  • (verb): To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
  • (verb): To write.
  • (verb): To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
  • (verb): To exhibit (a quality).
  • (verb): To stop or disengage.
  • (verb): 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.
  • (verb): To lose body mass after bulking, aiming to keep the additional muscle but lose the fat.
  • (verb): To perform (a dancing movement etc.).
  • (adjective): (participial adjective) Having been cut.
  • (adjective): Reduced.
  • (adjective): Omitted from a literary, musical or other work.
  • (adjective): (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
  • (adjective): (of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
  • (adjective): Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
  • (adjective): Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation
  • (adjective): Emotionally hurt.
  • (adjective): Eliminated from consideration during a recruitment drive.
  • (adjective): Removed from a team roster.
  • (adjective): Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
  • He made a fine cut with his sword.
  • a smooth or clear cut
  • Look at this cut on my finger!
  • a cut for a railroad
  • The lawyer took a cut of the profits.