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to recut

to recut

3 4.1
Cut something again to improve or change it
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈkʌt/
translation icon : volver a cortar
  • Recut into a heart-like shape that became known as the Heart of the Ocean.
  • recut the film
  • recut the movie
  • recut the stem end

And I get the footage, the raw dailies, because I'm going to like recut the sequence in the dock.

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Examples

  • It's been recut and newly scored by David Byrne, and it might offer you some insight into your own patterns of distraction.

    Blog text (9)

  • I convinced Dad to let me recut the commercial.

    Fanboys (2009)

  • You know, the other route is to recut it as a two-parter for the TV series.

    Hitchcock (2012)

  • I recut most of the picture... to make it shorter and clearer.

    CQ (2001)

  • It wasn't very shiny, so Albert had it recut.

    Victoria & Abdul (2017)

  • We, uh--we recut some of the old stuff, and then I give you 30 seconds of McKay the statesman.

    The Candidate (1972)

  • The director decided to recut the film to enhance its pacing and clarity.

  • After receiving feedback, she was asked to recut the music video with new scenes.

  • The editor will recut the documentary to include more interviews and a different perspective.

Synonyms

to redo
vsto recut
47 2.1

Do something again to fix mistakes or make it better

focuses specifically on repeating a cutting action to change or improve it
to recarve
vsto recut
1 6.9

Cut new shapes or details into something that was already cut

is a general act of cutting something again to improve it
to resaw
vsto recut
  • Specialized
7.6

To saw a thick piece of wood again to make thinner boards

is about repeating removal of material rather than only thinning wood

How Edited

to remake
52 3.5
to rework
30 4.0
to recut
3 4.1
to cut
∞ 2.3
to trim
95 2.6

Surface Forms

recut infinitive
recutting present participle
recuts third person singular
recut past
recut past participle

Morphology

recut = cut (transparent) = re + cut

The prefix 're-' straightforwardly means 'again', so 'recut' means 'cut again' or 'edit again'.

Etymology

Recut comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the word cut meaning 'to cut', so it literally means 'to cut again'. That's why to recut something is to cut it once more, often to improve or change it.