✂️ To slice 📉 To reduce ➖ A reduction 🤕 A wound 🏃 To take shortcut 💇 To trim 📄 Divided 💰 A share 🏫 To skip 🎤 To record 👗 A style 🙈 To ignore 🧥 Shaped 🥩 A meat piece 🎵 A song ✂️ Shortened 💇 Trimmed ⬆️ A higher level 💔 A hurtful remark ⚾ A swing ⛏️ A trench 🥤 Diluted 🌱 Mown 💧 To dilute 🦷 To grow 🚫 An absence 🏓 To hit with spin 😒 An insult 📚 Trimmed pages 🐂 Castrated 🐎 To castrate

cut

5 6.1

A long narrow opening or channel made in the ground

noun
/kʌt/

: corte

The river carved a wide cut through the valley over millions of years.
rock cut
vertical cut
cut surface

We we had a report that there was a fence cut at at night.

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Examples

Jogeshwari, created around 1,500 years ago, is a rock-cut cave shrine to the Hindu god Shiva.

Academic text (2007)
The next day, we stepped outside to heaps of cut grass, to a circle of bare earth.

Fiction book (1996)
One cut going this way and one cut going that way.
There was a hole cut through the wood floor and then a dirt hole.
This is a corner of this cut, so some fish might be staged up in here.
This is called rock cut instead of stacked construction.
It was a rock cut chamber blocked up with stones.
With his paddles, Chuck maneuvers the raft toward the cut in the reef.

Fiction book (2000)
The workers dug a deep cut to lay the new pipeline.
During the storm, a massive cut formed in the hillside, causing a landslide.

Synonyms

channel

vscut

11 4.4

A long narrow groove made by water or tools

is a broader trench or passage made by digging or erosion

Idioms

to cut someone's throat

Offensive

44 8.4

To betray or hurt someone to get an advantage

to cut the cord

Informal

16 6.6

To stop depending on someone or something and become independent

to cut red tape

9 3.7

To remove official rules and extra paperwork that delay action

cut from the same cloth

Informal

6 5.2

Very similar in character and background

a cut above

5 4.3

Clearly better than others in quality or style

to cut out the middleman

5 3.7

Buy or sell directly from the maker without using other sellers

to cut a rug

Archaic

4 8.4

To dance with a lot of energy and have fun

to cut to ribbons

Informal

4 7.4

To beat someone completely in a competition or argument

to cut to the quick

Literature

3 7.9

To hurt someone's feelings very deeply

to cut through the red tape

2 4.4

Remove slow official rules to make things happen faster

to fish or cut bait

Informal

2 8.8

Choose to act now or step aside so someone else can

to cut the umbilical cord

Informal

2 6.8

To become independent from parents and make your own decisions

to cut a figure

Informal

1 7.6

To stand out and make people notice you

to cut the cheese

NSFW

1 9.6

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

measure twice, cut once

Informal

1 6.3

To check something carefully before you do it to avoid mistakes

to cut off your nose to spite your face

Informal

1 9.8

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

to cut the apron strings

Informal

1 7.7

To become independent from your parents and live on your own

to cut a dash

Informal

1 7.2

To attract attention by looking smart and stylish

to cut a wide swath

Informal

1 7.7

Have a strong effect on many people or things

mad as a cut snake

Australian

1 9.9

Feeling extremely angry and acting wildly

to cut down the tall poppy

Australian

1 9.9

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

to cut one's teeth

1 6.9

To gain first experience in a job or activity

to cut to the nitty-gritty

Informal

1 7.4

Start talking about the most important details of a topic

cut of one's jib

Archaic

9.9

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

to cut one's coat according to one's cloth

Informal

7.7

To spend only what you can afford

to cut his stick

9.9

To leave a place quickly, often to avoid trouble

to cut your cloth to suit your purse

Archaic

7.9

To live within the money you have

Compounds

tax cut

608 3.2

A government decision to reduce the taxes people have to pay

spending cut

119 3.3

A decision by a government or organization to use less money

budget cut

103 2.8

Less money given to a department or service in a budget

clear-cut

45 4.2

Easy to see and understand

pay cut

29 2.8

A reduction in the money a worker receives from their job

clean-cut

18 3.8

Having a neat, smart look and tidy clothes

cut-and-dry

16 4.1

Clear and simple, not likely to change

low-cut

NSFW

13 3.5

Clothes with a low neckline or back that show more skin

cut out

12 3.4

A shape removed from paper or cloth with scissors

cut off

11 4.4

Separated by cutting from a larger thing

final cut

Specialized

10 4.2

A finished and approved version of a film ready for release

cut rate

10 3.3

A price lower than the usual one

cut-and-dried

10 4.7

Simple and clear because it follows fixed rules

crew cut

8 3.0

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

rough cut

Specialized

6 4.8

An early edited version of a film before final changes

cut of meat

6 2.7

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

fresh-cut

5 2.7

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

cut price

5 2.0

A lower price than normal

cut-rate

5 3.7

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

price cut

5 1.4

A fall in the amount you pay for something

salary cut

3 3.4

A smaller amount of pay that a worker receives

jump cut

Specialized

2 6.8

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

cut-up

Archaic

2 7.8

A person who acts silly to make others laugh

cut of beef

2 2.8

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

cut glass

1 5.3

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

rough-cut

Specialized

1 4.9

Shaped but not smoothed or fully finished

cut-through

1 4.9

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

cut-price

1 3.0

Sold at a lower price than usual

brush cut

1 4.2

A short haircut with hair standing upright like a brush

fresh cut

1 2.7

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

deep cut

Jargon

1 8.4

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

jump-cut

Specialized

1 7.6

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

cut-and-thrust

Specialized

1 9.7

A fight with swords or knives using cutting and stabbing moves

cut of pork

1 2.5

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

cut-in

Specialized

1 7.2

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

cut of lamb

1 2.5

A piece of meat from a lamb that you cook

cut-in

Specialized

1 7.7

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

cut of veal

1 4.4

A piece of meat from a young calf for eating

fatty cut of meat

1 3.3

A piece of meat with a lot of fat

cut-rate sale

1 2.7

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

sword-cut

Archaic

1 8.1

A scar on the skin made by a sword

wide-cut

1 3.7

Clothing made wider than usual to fit loosely

cut of mutton

1 6.8

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

underboob cut

NSFW

9.9

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

How Deep

gorge

31 5.3

cut

5 6.1

channel

71 3.8

ditch

131 1.0

Surface Forms

cut singular

cuts plural

Etymology

Cut for a trench or channel comes from removing earth to make a passage, like a slice through the ground, so a cut in the land is a channel.