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Sounds | kah't |
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Rhymes | abbot, abut, accredit, and 364 more rhymes in aht at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument. |
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Examples | "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists" |
Similar | chopped, shredded, sliced; cut up; incised; perforated; pierced, perforated, perforate, punctured; severed, cut off; split |
Contrary | uncut |
Meaning | Fashioned or shaped by cutting. |
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Examples | "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet" |
Similar | cut out; hewn, hand-hewn; sheared; slashed |
Contrary | uncut, rough |
Meaning | With parts removed. |
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Examples | "the drastically cut film" |
Synonyms | shortened |
Similar to | abridged |
Meaning | Made neat and tidy by trimming. |
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Synonyms | trimmed |
Similar | clipped |
Contrary | untrimmed, uncut |
Meaning | (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine. |
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Synonyms | mown |
Category | vegetation, flora |
Contrary | unmown, uncut |
Meaning | (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit. |
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Examples | "the cut pages of the book" |
Contrary | uncut |
Meaning | (of a male animal) having the testicles removed. |
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Examples | "a cut horse" |
Synonyms | emasculated, gelded |
Similar to | castrated, unsexed |
Meaning | Having a long rip or tear. |
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Synonyms | split |
Similar to | injured |
Meaning | Wounded by cutting deeply. |
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Synonyms | gashed, slashed |
Similar to | injured |
Meaning | Cut down. |
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Synonyms | cut down, down |
Similar to | felled, downed |
Meaning | (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply. |
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Synonyms | slashed |
Similar to | decreased, reduced |
Meaning | Mixed with water. |
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Examples | "sold cut whiskey" |
Synonyms | thinned, weakened |
Similar to | diluted, dilute |
Meaning | The act of reducing the amount or number. |
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Examples | "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget" |
Narrower | budget cut; pay cut, salary cut; cost cutting; price cutting, price cut; spending cut; taxcut |
Broader | decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down |
Meaning | A wound made by cutting. |
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Examples | "he put a bandage over the cut" |
Synonyms | gash, slash, slice |
Broader | wound, lesion |
Meaning | A piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass. |
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Synonyms | cut of meat |
Narrower | roast, joint; chop; chine; leg; side, side of meat; forequarter; hindquarter; cut of beef; rib; shank; shin; brisket; steak; loin; sirloin; tenderloin, undercut; neck; cut of veal; cut of mutton; cut of lamb; saddle; rack; cut of pork |
Broader | meat |
Meaning | A distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc. |
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Examples | "he played the first cut on the cd" |
Synonyms | track |
Broader | excerpt, extract, selection |
Meaning | The act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge. |
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Examples | "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels" |
Synonyms | cutting |
Narrower | notch, nick, snick; slash, gash; incision, section, surgical incision |
Broader | opening |
Meaning | A share of the profits. |
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Examples | "everyone got a cut of the earnings" |
Part of | loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money |
Narrower | rake-off, vigorish |
Broader | share, portion, part, percentage |
Meaning | A step on some scale. |
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Examples | "he is a cut above the the rest" |
Broader | gradation, step |
Meaning | A trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation. |
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Synonyms | gash |
Broader | furrow |
Meaning | (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next. |
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Examples | "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt" |
Narrower | jump cut |
Broader | transition |
Meaning | The act of cutting something into parts. |
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Examples | "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess" |
Synonyms | cutting |
Narrower | severance, severing; dissection; scission; slicing; undercut |
Broader | division |
Meaning | The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage. |
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Synonyms | deletion, excision |
Broader | editing, redaction |
Meaning | The style in which a garment is cut. |
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Examples | "a dress of traditional cut" |
Broader | fashion |
Meaning | The act of shortening something by cutting off the ends. |
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Examples | "the barber gave him a good cut" |
Synonyms | cutting, cutting off |
Narrower | clip, clipping, snip; haircut; trim, trimming, clipping; shearing |
Broader | shortening |
Meaning | In baseball. A batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball. |
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Examples | "he took a vicious cut at the ball" |
Synonyms | baseball swing, swing |
Broader | stroke, shot |
Meaning | A remark capable of wounding mentally. |
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Examples | "the unkindest cut of all" |
Synonyms | stinger |
Broader | abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification |
Meaning | A canal made by erosion or excavation. |
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Broader | canal |
Meaning | A refusal to recognize someone you know. |
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Synonyms | snub, cold shoulder |
Broader | rebuff, slight |
Meaning | (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball. |
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Examples | "cuts do not bother a good tennis player" |
Synonyms | undercut |
Category | squash, squash racquets, squash rackets; badminton; tennis, lawn tennis |
Broader | stroke, shot |
Meaning | The division of a deck of cards before dealing. |
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Examples | "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"; "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual" |
Synonyms | cutting |
Part of | card game, cards |
Broader | division |
Meaning | An unexcused absence from class. |
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Examples | "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class" |
Broader | absence |
Meaning | Separate with or as if with an instrument. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Model | They cut the newspapers |
Examples | "Cut the rope" |
Entailed by | amputate, cut off; circumcise; butcher, slaughter; pierce; cut out; cleave |
Narrower | manicure; scissor; plane, shave; slice, slice up; pink; jag; carve, cut up; carve; carve, chip at; cube, dice; julienne; chop, hack; undercut; hack; chop, chop up; fell, drop, strike down, cut down; nick, chip; nick, snick; chip, knap, cut off, break off; pare, trim; circumcise; furrow, chamfer, chase; indent; mortise, mortice; mow, cut down; shear; slash, gash; slash, cut down; tap; hob; bore, drill; nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off; dissect; bisect; trisect; whittle, pare; chatter; cut away; tomahawk; sabre, saber; rebate; cradle; incise; trench; dock, tail, bob; slit, slice; saw; discerp, sever, lop; chase; bevel, chamfer; crosscut, cut across; rip |
Broader | separate, disunite, divide, part |
See also | cut into; cut out; cut away; cut off; cut out; cut up |
Nouns | cutting; cutter; cutter |
Meaning | Cut down on. Make a reduction in. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Model | They will cut the duet |
Examples | "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
Synonyms | reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, bring down |
Narrower | shorten; quench; retrench; slash; thin out; thin; take away, detract; deflate; inflate; shave, knock off |
Broader | decrease, lessen, minify |
Similar to | cut |
Meaning | Turn sharply. Change direction abruptly. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "The car cut to the left at the intersection" |
Synonyms | swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew |
Narrower | peel off; yaw |
Broader | turn |
Meaning | Make an incision or separation. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "cut along the dotted line" |
Similar to | cut |
Nouns | cutting; cutting |
Meaning | Discharge from a group. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "The coach cut two players from the team" |
Broader | free, discharge |
Meaning | Form by probing, penetrating, or digging. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face" |
Broader | make, create |
Similar to | cut |
Meaning | Style and tailor in a certain fashion. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | They cut the cape |
Examples | "cut a dress" |
Synonyms | tailor |
Category | fashion |
Narrower | gore |
Broader | design |
Meaning | Hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "cut a pingpong ball" |
Category | sport, athletics |
Broader | hit |
Meaning | Make out and issue. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | The banks cut the check |
Examples | "cut a ticket" |
Synonyms | write out, issue, make out |
Narrower | check |
Broader | write |
Meaning | Cut and assemble the components of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | They will cut the duet |
Examples | "cut recording tape" |
Synonyms | edit, edit out |
Broader | change, alter, modify |
Similar to | abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce |
Nouns | cutting |
Meaning | Intentionally fail to attend. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "cut class" |
Synonyms | skip |
Narrower | bunk off, play hooky |
Broader | miss |
Meaning | Informal: be able to manage or manage successfully. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "she could not cut the long days in the office" |
Synonyms | hack |
Broader | cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage |
Meaning | Give the appearance or impression of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "cut a nice figure" |
Broader | look, appear, seem |
Meaning | Move (one's fist). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "his opponent cut upward toward his chin" |
Category | boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs |
Broader | move |
Meaning | Pass directly and often in haste. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner" |
Broader | pass, go through, go across |
Similar to | cut |
Meaning | Pass through or across. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "The boat cut the water" |
Broader | transit, pass through, pass across, pass over |
Similar to | cut |
Meaning | Make an abrupt change of image or sound. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "cut from one scene to another" |
Narrower | cut away |
Broader | switch, shift, change |
Similar to | cut |
See also | cut to |
Nouns | cutting |
Meaning | Stop filming. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "cut a movie scene" |
Broader | stop |
Similar to | cut |
Meaning | Make a recording of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | They will cut the duet |
Examples | "cut the songs"; "She cut all of her major titles again" |
Broader | record, tape |
Similar to | cut |
Meaning | Record a performance on (a medium). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "cut a record" |
Broader | record, tape |
Similar to | cut, burn; cut |
Meaning | Create by duplicating data. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "cut a disk" |
Synonyms | burn |
Broader | produce, make, create |
Similar to | cut |
Meaning | Form or shape by cutting or incising. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "cut paper dolls" |
Broader | make, create |
Similar to | cut |
Nouns | cutting; cutting |
Meaning | Perform or carry out. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "cut a caper" |
Broader | perform, execute, do |
Meaning | Function as a cutting instrument. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "This knife cuts well" |
Broader | function, work, operate, go, run |
Meaning | Allow incision or separation. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "This bread cuts easily" |
Broader | be |
Similar to | cut |
Meaning | Divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "Wayne cut"; "She cut the deck for a long time" |
Broader | shuffle, ruffle, mix |
Nouns | cutting |
Meaning | Cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "cut the engine" |
Synonyms | switch off, turn off, turn out |
Narrower | kill |
Broader | throw, flip, switch |
Contrary | switch on, turn on |
Meaning | Reap or harvest. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | They cut rye in the field |
Examples | "cut grain" |
Broader | reap, harvest, glean |
Meaning | Fell by sawing. Hew. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia" |
Broader | fell, drop, strike down, cut down |
Meaning | Penetrate injuriously. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
Model | They cut themselves |
Examples | "The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead" |
Broader | penetrate, perforate |
Meaning | Refuse to acknowledge. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
Examples | "She cut him dead at the meeting" |
Synonyms | ignore, disregard, snub |
Broader | treat, handle, do by |
Meaning | Shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "cut my hair" |
Narrower | shave, trim; crop |
Broader | shorten |
Meaning | Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" |
Synonyms | prune, rationalize, rationalise |
Broader | eliminate, get rid of, do away with |
See also | cut back; cut back; cut out |
Meaning | Dissolve by breaking down the fat of. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Examples | "soap cuts grease" |
Broader | dissolve, resolve, break up |
Meaning | Have a reducing effect. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "This cuts into my earnings" |
Broader | decrease, lessen, minify |
Similar to | reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down |
Meaning | Cease, stop. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation" |
Synonyms | cut off |
Broader | interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off |
See also | cut off |
Meaning | Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, contract, reduce |
Narrower | bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten; digest, condense, concentrate |
Broader | decrease, lessen, minify |
Contrary | elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate |
Similar to | edit, cut, edit out |
Meaning | Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "cut bourbon" |
Synonyms | dilute, thin, thin out, reduce |
Narrower | water down |
Broader | weaken |
Nouns | cutting |
Meaning | Have grow through the gums. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "The baby cut a tooth" |
Broader | grow, develop, produce, get, acquire |
Similar to | cut |
Meaning | Grow through the gums. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "The new tooth is cutting" |
Broader | grow |
Similar to | cut |
Meaning | Cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Synonyms | geld |
Broader | emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise |