to cut in
3
4.8
- phrasal verb
- /kʌt ɪn/
- Specialized
:
incorporar a
- Scatter in the butter and pulse 7-8 times to cut in the butter well.
- cut in butter
- cut in shortening
- cut in with a pastry blender
Examples
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Cut in the generators.
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Now, alternately add 1 large box Velveeta, cut in cubes.
Blog text (9) -
- Cut in all burners.
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Mix the dry ingredients in the bowl, and cut in the butter, leaving some pea-sized chunks.
Blog text (5) -
1/3 cup butter, cut in chunks (you can use Crisco).
Blog text (24) -
Tonight, pepper-pot soup to start, followed by curried turtle, rice and peas, and a Bombay mango cut in half and filled with vanilla ice cream.
Fiction book (1996) -
For a flaky pie crust, you should cut in cold butter into the flour until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs.
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To make the biscuit dough, first, cut in the shortening using a fork or pastry cutter.
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While preparing the cake, remember to cut in the butter thoroughly until it is well blended with the flour.
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How Mixed
Surface Forms
Morphology
cut + in
The vehicle sense is partially derivable: 'in' signals movement into space and 'cut' can be metaphorically extended to mean a sharp intrusion, so a learner might guess an insertion into another lane. However, the specific traffic-related consequence (leaving too little space) and the conventionalized abruptness of the maneuver are not fully predictable from the literal words, so prior exposure is typically needed.
Etymology
Cut in in cooking describes using a knife or pastry tool to 'cut' fat into flour until the mix looks like crumbs, so it means 'to mix fat into dry ingredients with a cutting motion'.