to cut

To become less thick or crowded, for example a crowd

To make a liquid weaker by adding water

Make a drink weaker by adding water or another liquid

To make a liquid thicker by removing water

To dance with a lot of energy and have fun

Very similar in character and background

To stop depending on someone or something and become independent

Buy or sell directly from the maker without using other sellers

Clearly better than others in quality or style

Remove slow official rules to make things happen faster

To beat someone completely in a competition or argument

To remove official rules and extra paperwork that delay action

Choose to act now or step aside so someone else can

The way someone looks or acts that shows what they are like

Deliberately do something that hurts you more than the person you want to punish

Have a strong effect on many people or things

To hurt someone's feelings very deeply

To become independent from your parents and live on your own

To pass gas from your bottom, usually said as a joke

To become independent from parents and make your own decisions

To attract attention by looking smart and stylish

To stand out and make people notice you

To criticize someone who stands out to make them seem less successful

To spend only what you can afford

To gain first experience in a job or activity

To leave a place quickly, often to avoid trouble

Start talking about the most important details of a topic

To live within the money you have

To betray or hurt someone to get an advantage

Feeling extremely angry and acting wildly

To check something carefully before you do it to avoid mistakes

To stop something suddenly before it is finished

Stop doing something annoying when someone tells you

To remove something by cutting it away from what it is attached to

To reduce how much you buy and use to save money and be healthier

Make an agreement after talking, often in business or politics

To make something into smaller pieces using a knife or tool

Move suddenly from one scene to another in a film or TV show

Make a person's hair shorter using scissors or clippers

To remove a shape from paper or cloth using scissors

Use less of something to save money or be healthier

Stop something earlier than planned

To make something smaller in amount or number

Cause serious harm to people or things with a sharp object

To go straight across a place, for example through land or a crowd

To make a tree or plant fall by cutting it at the base

To stop working suddenly

To move suddenly in front of someone to block their way

Make something into smaller pieces using scissors or a knife

To be chosen to join a team after a test or tryout

To spend less money to save or make more money

To do something quickly or cheaply by skipping important steps so the result is lower quality

Give someone a share of future profits

To have fun and act without control, or to remove someone from their job

To make a person or thing fall to the ground, often by force

Move suddenly in front of another vehicle leaving little space

To make the grass in a garden short using a lawnmower

To go through a place like a park to make a shorter route

Move ahead of people in a line without waiting for your turn

Break something into many small parts or hurt someone very badly

To stop another player in a game, often by tackling them

To move suddenly and rudely in front of someone while waiting or driving

Interrupt someone who is speaking or doing something

To leave very little time before something happens and risk being late

To return to an earlier scene in a film or TV show to show past events

To remove a part from something with a knife or tool

Step between two people who are dancing to take one partner

To go beyond usual boundaries like age or department

To trim stems or branches so a plant grows better

To make someone less proud by showing they are not as good as they think

Mix fat into flour with a cutting motion until crumbly

To switch quickly to another scene or camera angle during filming

To loosen and move soil with a tool like a spade

To cut down all the trees in an area at once

To make a message clear so people notice it despite distractions

To slowly take away someone's confidence or joy

To stop eating or drinking foods with added sugar

Treat someone less strictly because they are having trouble

To move around a place with no clear purpose

Stop wasting time and either act now or give up a plan that does not work

To cut the edge of wood or metal at an angle to make it slanted

To say things that make other people feel small

Act in a violent or aggressive way and cause trouble

To drop a load hanging under a helicopter for safety

To cause large damage or change across a wide area quickly

Remove people or things that are unnecessary and slow progress

Ignore pointless talk and focus on the real problem

Make speech or writing clearer by removing complicated management language

A government decision to reduce the taxes people have to pay

A decision by a government or organization to use less money

Less money given to a department or service in a budget

A reduction in the money a worker receives from their job

Easy to see and understand

A shape removed from paper or cloth with scissors

Separated by cutting from a larger thing

Having a neat, smart look and tidy clothes

Clothes with a low neckline or back that show more skin

A finished and approved version of a film ready for release

Simple and clear because it follows fixed rules

A very short men's hairstyle with the hair kept very close to the head

A piece of meat taken from a certain part of an animal

An early edited version of a film before final changes

A person who acts silly to make others laugh

A plant or food cut very recently so it still looks and smells new

A fall in the amount you pay for something

A smaller amount of pay that a worker receives

A type of glass shaped with many flat, shiny sides for decoration

A piece of beef from one part of a cow used for cooking

Clear and simple, not likely to change

A short route through a neighborhood that saves time by avoiding busy roads

A sudden change between two film shots that makes action or time seem to skip

A short haircut with hair standing upright like a brush

A piece of meat from a pig sold for cooking, like loin or shoulder

A price lower than the usual one

A short shot shown in a scene to give a detail or reaction

A short announcement that interrupts a program to give local news or alerts

Offered at a lower price than usual, often with lower quality

A song on an album that is not a hit but loved by fans

A piece of meat that shops sell soon after they prepare it

A piece of meat from a lamb that you cook

A piece of meat from an adult sheep that people cook and eat

A piece of meat from a young calf for eating

A lower price than normal

A fight with swords or knives using cutting and stabbing moves

Sold at a lower price than usual

An event when shops sell goods at much lower prices for a short time to clear old stock

A piece of meat with a lot of fat

A sudden cut between shots in a film that shows time passing or makes the action jump

Shaped but not smoothed or fully finished

A scar on the skin made by a sword

A low opening in clothing that shows the lower part of the breasts

Clothing made wider than usual to fit loosely