cut
- noun
- /kʌt/
- The suit was made of dark blue sharkskin, Italian in cut, lined with paisley-patterned fabric.
And I feel like a straight leg cut looks best on girls with no hips.
- And I feel like a straight leg cut looks best on girls with no hips.
Examples
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I like the square cut and it's got a good coverage too.
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I think this one is probably cut for women.
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But I think the cut of this is fabulous.
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And I feel like a straight leg cut looks best on girls with no hips.
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It's a classic cut from the '70s but I just made it more modern.
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For travel, he wore a tan suit of conservative cut and carried only a valise.
Fiction book (1992) -
These are very like straight cut, baggy, oversized kind of look.
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This dress features a beautiful cut that flatters all body types.
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The designer showcased a modern cut during the fashion show.
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Her new jacket has a tailored cut that gives it a sharp look.
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
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 Fitted
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cut in clothing comes from the action of shaping cloth with scissors, so the 'cut' of a garment is the way it is formed by those cuts.