cut
/kʌt/ adjective C2- Having been cut.
- Reduced. · The pitcher threw a cut fastball that was slower than his usual pitch.· Cut brandy is a liquor made of brandy and hard grain liquor.
- Carved into a shape; not raw.
- Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
- Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
- Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- cut across To take a shortcut over or through (a place).
- cut along To depart for another place; make a move; set off.
- cut away To fail to show something; to stop before showing somethi...
- cut back To reduce the amount of (something).
- cut down To cut downward.
- cut in To intrude or interrupt.
- cut into Synonym of cut in (to include)
- cut off To remove by cutting.
- cut on To turn on (e.g. a light, a television, etc.).
- cut out Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, o...
- cut through To take a shortcut through.
- cut up To cut upward.
From the library
So the Woodman raised his axe, and as the Wildcat ran by he gave it a quick blow that cut the beast’s head clean off from its body, and it rolled over at his feet in two pieces.
He assembled a good many Foxes and publicly advised them to cut off their tails, saying that they would not only look much better without them, but that they would get rid of the weight of the brush, which was a very great inconvenience.
The old man was attired in a suit of glistening watered silk, trimmed with steel buttons, beautifully cut and polished.
But, you see, the Land of Oz has never been civilized, for we are cut off from all the rest of the world.
Other matches
- cut To perform an incision on, for example with a k... A1
- cut The act of cutting. B1
- cut An instruction to cease recording. C2
- cut across To take a shortcut over or through
- cut along To depart for another place
- cut away To fail to show something
- cut back To reduce the amount of
- cut down To cut downward.
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