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cut
  1. An opening resulting from cutting.
  2. The act of cutting.
  3. The result of cutting.
  4. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
  5. (specifically) An artificial navigation as distingished from a navigable river
  6. A share or portion.
  7. (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
  8. (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
  9. (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
  10. (golf) 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.
  11. (theater) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play.
  12. (film) A particular version or edit of a film.
  13. The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
  14. The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.
  15. A slab, especially of meat.
  16. (fencing) 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. A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
  19. (archaeology) 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.
  20. A haircut.
  21. (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
  22. A string of railway cars coupled together.
  23. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
  24. (obsolete) A common workhorse; a gelding.
  25. (slang, dated) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
  26. A skein of yarn.
  27. (slang) That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
  28. Synonyms:
  29. Examples:
    1. “The cut on your finger should heal within a few days.”
      “The butcher would skillfully execute the cut with his sharpened knife.”
      “The booming economy has resulted in a significant cut in unemployment.”
cutter
  1. A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
  2. (nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.
  3. A foretooth; an incisor.
  4. A heavy-duty motor boat for official use.
  5. (nautical) A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
  6. (cricket) A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.
  7. (baseball) A cut fastball.
  8. (slang) A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.
  9. (slang) A person who practices self-injury.
  10. (obsolete) An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.
  11. (obsolete) A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.
  12. (obsolete) A kind of soft yellow brick, easily cut, and used for facework.
  13. A light sleigh drawn by one horse.
  14. Synonyms:
  15. Examples:
    1. “The above-mentioned red Jell-O is an easy dessert if you happen to have a heart-shaped cookie cutter.”
      “A U.S. Coast Guard cutter had transferred a pump and two Coast Guard ratings had jumped aboard with it.”
      “A doper tried to open his chest widthwise with a linoleum cutter, but succeeded only in ruining Shea's uniform and cutting his hand.”
cutting
  1. (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
  2. (countable) A section removed from the larger whole.
  3. (countable) A newspaper clipping.
  4. (countable) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
  5. (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
  6. (uncountable) The editing of film or other recordings.
  7. (uncountable) Self-harm; the act of cutting one's own skin.
  8. (machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
  9. (countable) A narrow passage, dug for a road, railway or canal to go through.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “She suddenly produced a cutting from a newspaper article and slammed it down on the desk in front of Patrick.”
      “The woman reached into the pocket of her dress and took out what appeared to be a small cutting from a magazine.”
      “The plants are propagated by planting a small cutting from the upper part of the root with the leaves adhering.”
cutaway
  1. (television) A cut to a shot of person listening to a speaker so that the audience can see the listener's reaction.
  2. (television) The interruption of a continuously filmed action by inserting a view of something else.
  3. A coat with a tapered frontline.
  4. A diagram or model having outer layers removed so as to show the interior
  5. An indentation in the upper bout of a guitar's body adjacent to the neck, allowing easier access to the upper frets.
  6. Synonyms:
cutline
  1. (journalism, broadcasting) In production, a hypothetical line that separates items that will be executed and publicized, versus items that will be cut.
  2. (journalism, broadcasting) A caption under a photograph, or more narrowly just the explanatory text block under a photograph, excluding the title.
  3. (software) In software testing, a hypothetical line that separates tests that will be performed from tests that may not be performed due to lack of time.
  4. (surveying, travel) A linear cleared area through undeveloped land.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “Double-check the wording and information in any graphic or cutline that goes with your editorial.”
      “The cutline explains that Tiger Woods is practicing for a major tournament.”
      “If you're not going to give away the news in your lead, don't give it away in the headline or front-page photo cutline either.”
cutwork
  1. A form of embroidery in which intervening fabric is cut away
  2. Examples:
    1. “She finally settled on a pale blue blouse lavishly embellished with cutwork embroidery, and a long, navy skirt, worn with three-inch DKNY heels.”
      “Charming cutwork on the jars will be ideal for holding your favourite spices and pickles.”
      “Fiber-Etch, a liquid used in embroidery or cutwork embroidery, dissolves any plant fiber including cotton, linen, and rayon.”
cuttee
  1. One who is cut (deliberately ignored, as a social snub).
cuttability
  1. The quality or degree of being cuttable.
cutability
  1. Alternative form of cuttability
cuttingness
  1. The quality or degree of being cutting.
cutmark
  1. (archeology) The mark left by a cut.
cuts
cutmarks
  1. plural of cutmark
cuttings
  1. plural of cutting
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A little ahead was a group of girls who had come prepared with bagfuls of paper cuttings.”
      “A boffin has invented a car that runs on grass, or pigeon poo, or privet cuttings.”
      “His recent cuttings files have, lest we forget, taken in two splurges of coverage that only heightened the sense of smouldering hostility.”
cutaways
cutlines
  1. plural of cutline
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The reporter visitors will probably write headlines and cutlines at first, equipping them to suggest them later.”
      “We have seen cutlines and statements by the administration and others talking about London terrorized, terror in London.”
      “For those of you who missed it, here are some quick headlines and cutlines.”
cutworks
  1. plural of cutwork
cuttees
  1. plural of cuttee
cutters
  1. plural of cutter
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The pruning machines were simply reciprocating cutters or flails mounted on a tractor.”
      “Router bits and shaper cutters are available in several profiles, making it easy to achieve traditional door frame joinery.”
      “The timber cutters in turn provided extra income for nearby farmers during lean times to transport it to Laura the nearest railhead.”
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