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Definition cut in British English

cut verb

verb
/kʌt/
1

to use a knife, pair of scissors, or other sharp tool to divide something into two or more pieces

Example

I'm going to cut the cake now.

Example

The telephone wires had been cut.

Example

The apples had been cut in half.

Example

Cut the pepper into small pieces.

Synonyms and related words
chop chop clip card chase chip away
1.1

to use a sharp tool to remove a piece from something

Example

I cut a slice of bread.

Example

Will you cut me a slice of pizza?

Example

You should cut that broken branch from the tree.

Example

Firemen had to cut a hole in the car roof to get him out.

Synonyms and related words
chop off clip crop card chase chip away
1.2

to use a sharp tool to make something shorter

Example

You need to cut your toenails.

Example

It's Ken's turn to cut the grass.

Example

I'm going to have my hair cut tomorrow.

Synonyms and related words
lengthen stretch shorten card chase chip away
2

to be capable of cutting in a particular way

Example

These scissors don't cut very well.

Synonyms and related words
chop chop clip
2.1

to be able to cut a particular substance

Example

a tool that cuts metal easily

Synonyms and related words
chop chop clip
3

to injure a part of your body with something sharp that cuts the skin

Example

Be careful not to cut your finger.

Example

He cut himself shaving.

Example

Her face was badly cut by flying glass.

Synonyms and related words
injure harm wound
4

to reduce something such as the amount or level of something

Example

Supermarkets are drastically cutting prices.

Example

We have cut our spending by 33%.

Synonyms and related words
salami-slice top-slice cut back
5

to remove a part of a computer document, especially in order to paste it into another place or document

Synonyms and related words
access archive back up
6

to stop the supply of something, or to stop something working

Example

The accident had cut the oxygen to her brain.

Example

All lines of communication had been cut.

Example

Could you cut the engine for a minute?

Synonyms and related words
interfere with inhibit disrupt break brick cannibalise
7

to make something such as a piece of writing, a speech, a film, or a broadcast shorter by removing parts from it

Example

You need to cut your speech by about 10 minutes.

Synonyms and related words
abridge adapt append
7.1

to remove parts from something such as a piece of writing, a speech, a film, or a broadcast, especially because they are not suitable

Example

They have cut some sex scenes from the film.

Synonyms and related words
abridge adapt append
8

to move quickly from one scene of a film to another

Example

The scene cuts to the interior of a large mansion.

Example

The camera jumps around cutting from reaction shot to reaction shot.

Example

We cut away to another close-up.

Synonyms and related words
animation behind the scenes cine-film
9

to divide a set of playing cards into two piles

Synonyms and related words
bid call cut
10

to divide an area into two or more parts

Example

The River Danube cuts Budapest in two.

Synonyms and related words
take apart take down divide
11

if a musician or band cuts a record, they record it

Synonyms and related words
accompany arrange articulation
12

to reduce the strength or effectiveness of something by mixing it with something else

Synonyms and related words
lessen reduce subside mix dissolve stir in
13

to pass through or across something

Example

the place where Kings Road cuts the High Street

Synonyms and related words
cross cut across push
Definition cut in British English

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