🎬 To mix scenes ✂️ To cut patterns

to intercut

1 8.1

To cut cloth or leather in a crossing pattern to make a design

verb
/ˈɪntərˌkʌt/

: cortar en cruz

To create excitement, the editor chose to intercut action sequences with calm moments of dialogue.

Examples

INTERCUT with shots of beautiful and intricate automata.

Fiction book (1996)
The documentary intercuts interviews with the breathtaking imagery of nature to emphasize the themes.
The director decided to intercut scenes of the cityscape with the characters' reactions to the events.

Synonyms

to chase

vsto intercut

Specialized

1 9.1

To cut a narrow groove into a wall or other surface

creates alternating or crossing slashes to form a patterned surface

Surface Forms

intercut infinitive

intercut past

intercut past participle

intercutting present participle

intercuts third person singular

Morphology

intercut = cut (transparent) = inter + cut

The formation 'inter-' + 'cut' straightforwardly yields the idea of making alternating or crossing cuts, a predictable morphological derivation.

Etymology

Intercut comes from the parts inter- meaning 'between' and cut, so it means making cuts that go 'between' each other. Picture an artisan making slashes that cross or alternate to form a design, and you can see why to intercut also means to make a series of alternating cuts.