to cut
- verb
- /kʌt/
- He learned how to cut a piece of wood safely with a saw.
- cut in half
- cut into pieces
- cut firewood
Use a sword to cut away, to cut away, and to carve.
- Use a sword to cut away, to cut away, and to carve.
- So just like this, you can cut the jalapenos.
- He said you have to cut once and cut deep.
- What they did was they cut the balloon.
- So from the inner crease, cut the crease and sweep up.
- And then we're going to cut the shape in to match.
- Divide it in half, cut it like this.
Examples
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You take a sheet of paper, you cut a rectangle into it.
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But this shear will cut it quite cleanly too.
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Well, I thought I felt someone cut off a lock of my hair.
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Let me cut the cable.
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So next, cut the box on the power supply, cut the CPU.
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That's on nice and square, so we want to cut that there.
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The last step is to cut sushi and enjoy.
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So just like this, you can cut the jalapenos.
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There, you can see the pane of glass he cut out in order to break in.
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So you're going to need to cut your avocado in half.
Synonyms
To break something into two or more parts
To cut something into thin flat pieces with a knife
To cut something into pieces using a sharp tool like a knife or axe
To cut something completely away from a larger thing with a knife or tool
To make a long narrow cut in something
To make something into smaller pieces using a knife or tool
To cut something into smaller pieces by sharp blows again and again with a knife or axe
To cut forcefully with a knife or sharp tool
To cut hair or plants shorter with scissors
To remove something by cutting, often with a sharp blow
Make something into smaller pieces using scissors or a knife
Cut or move quickly and smoothly through air and water
To cut something into thin slices
To cut something in two using a sharp tool like an axe
To remove a part from something with a knife or tool
Antonyms
Idioms
Deliberately do something that hurts you more than the person you want to punish
- Informal
To become independent from your parents and live on your own
- Informal
To become independent from parents and make your own decisions
- Australian
To criticize someone who stands out to make them seem less successful
- Informal
To check something carefully before you do it to avoid mistakes
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To do something quickly or cheaply by skipping important steps so the result is lower quality
- Informal
To have fun and act without control, or to remove someone from their job
- Informal
To leave very little time before something happens and risk being late
- Informal
To make someone less proud by showing they are not as good as they think
- Jargon
To make a message clear so people notice it despite distractions
Make speech or writing clearer by removing complicated management language
Compounds
- Specialized
A sudden change between two film shots that makes action or time seem to skip
- Specialized
A short announcement that interrupts a program to give local news or alerts
An event when shops sell goods at much lower prices for a short time to clear old stock
- Specialized
A sudden cut between shots in a film that shows time passing or makes the action jump
How Deep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cut comes from an old short word meaning 'to make a slice' or 'open with a sharp edge', so to cut is to divide or make an opening in something with a blade.