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cut

The word “cut” has 1 syllable: cut

It's pronounced as /kʌt/

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In the thesaurus, “cut” has 130 synonyms and 13 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for cut along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for cut

Antonyms for cut

Meanings of cut

  • noun
    1. The act of cutting.
    2. The result of cutting.
    3. An opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
    4. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
    5. A share or portion.
    6. A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
    7. Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
    8. In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
    9. 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.
    10. A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play.
    11. A particular version or edit of a film.
    12. The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
    13. The card obtained by dividing the pack.
    14. The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.
    15. A slab, especially of meat.
    16. An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
    17. A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
    18. An unkind act; a cruelty.
    19. A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
    20. 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.
    21. A haircut.
    22. The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
    23. A string of railway cars coupled together.
    24. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
    25. A common workhorse; a gelding.
    26. The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
    27. A skein of yarn.
    28. That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
    29. A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
    30. A time period when one tries to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
    31. A hidden or secure place.
  • verb
    1. (heading) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
    2. To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
    3. (heading, social) To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
    4. (audio, usually as imperative) To cease recording activities.
    5. To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
    6. To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
    7. To remove and place in memory for later use.
    8. To enter a queue in the wrong place.
    9. To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
    10. To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
    11. To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
    12. To change direction suddenly.
    13. To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
    14. To write.
    15. To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
    16. To exhibit (a quality).
    17. To stop or disengage.
    18. 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.
    19. To lose body mass after bulking, aiming to keep the additional muscle but lose the fat.
    20. To perform (a dancing movement etc.).
  • adjective
    1. (participial adjective) Having been cut.
    2. Reduced.
    3. Omitted from a literary, musical or other work.
    4. (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
    5. (of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
    6. Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
    7. Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
    8. Emotionally hurt.
    9. Eliminated from consideration during a recruitment drive.
    10. Removed from a team roster.
    11. Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.

Example Sentences

  • Please cut the paper along the dotted line.
  • He accidentally cut his finger while cooking dinner.
  • The company plans to cut unnecessary expenses this year.
  • She used scissors to cut the ribbon at the ceremony.
  • We need to cut the meeting short because of the storm.

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