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🪚 Moves material up ⬆️ An upward cut ⬆️ To cut upward
to upcut

to upcut

8.3
To cut upward to remove small pieces from the work area
  • verb
  • /ˈʌpˌkʌt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cortar hacia arriba
  • When editing the film, she decided to upcut the scene for a smoother transition.

Examples

  • He will upcut the wood for the project.

  • To fit the joint properly, the woodworker had to upcut along the edge of the board.

  • The machinist used a special tool to upcut the groove in the metal plate.

  • The carpenter upcuts the edges of the table.

  • The carpenter decided to upcut the wood to create a smooth edge.

  • To improve the video quality, she needed to upcut the footage during editing.

  • He carefully upcut the metal piece to ensure a precise fit.

Antonyms

downcut
  • Specialized
7.7

A tool that cuts downward to pull small pieces down and leave a clean top surface

Surface Forms

upcut infinitive
upcutting present participle
upcuts third person singular
upcutted past
upcutted past participle

Morphology

upcut = cut (transparent) = up + cut

This sense is the verbal formation produced by prefixing 'up-' to 'cut' to indicate cutting in an upward direction.

Etymology

To upcut comes from up ('toward the top') and cut ('to slice or remove'), so it means to make a cut that moves material upward. That's why you might upcut a groove to lift out chips or upcut a video to shorten the beginning of a scene.