Meaning of cut | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of cutting.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
2. short (having a small distance from one end to another)
3. ISO 639-3 language code for Teutila Cuicatec
4. Abbreviation of Cutaway
5. An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
6. One that is superior to another or others.
7. short (having little duration)
8. To incise, to cut into the surface of something. To perform an incision on, for example with a knife. To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument
9. A time period when one attempts to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
10. To take on more than one is able to accomplish: "Boy, has he cut a fat hog, as they say down home" (Hughes Rudd).
11. dim-witted, slow
12. To perform an incision on, for example with a knife
13. The result of cutting.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
14. To leave an unsettled situation or abandon a risky enterprise.
15. To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument
16. a commune of Alba County, Romania
17. An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
18. To make a big display; draw much attention.
19. A type of coffee made out of roughly 80% milk and 30% coffee
20. To form or shape by cutting
21. a village in Cut, Alba County, Romania
22. Such a wound through human skin.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
23. To abandon an activity or enterprise.
24. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
25. To have both favorable and unfavorable results or implications.
26. Such a passage dug for a roadway for a paved road or railroad, a canal, a runway, etc.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
27. To do something in the easiest or most inexpensive way.
28. An artificial channel for marine navigation, as distinguished from a navigable river.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
29. Similar or the same.
30. A share or portion of profits.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
31. To perform up to expectations or a required standard; be acceptable.
32. A decrease or deletion.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
33. To speak or act without restraint: cut loose with a string of curses.
34. The manner or style in which a garment, other article of clothing, or sail is fashioned.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
35. A slab or slice, especially of meat.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
36. A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
37. Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
38. In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
39. In a stroke play competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
40. A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
    countable, especially, figuratively, uncountable
41. A particular version or edit of a film.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
42. The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
43. The card obtained by dividing the pack.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
44. A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
45. An unkind act; a cruelty.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
46. An insult.
    countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable
47. A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
48. A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
49. A haircut.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
50. The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
51. A dividing line in a Tumblr post, the content below which is hidden until the reader reveals it.
    Internet, countable, figuratively, uncountable
52. A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
53. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
54. A common workhorse; a gelding.
    countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable
55. The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
    countable, dated, figuratively, slang, uncountable
56. A skein of yarn.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
57. That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
    figuratively, slang, uncountable
58. A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
59. A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
    countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable
60. The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
61. A sleeveless vest worn by members of a motorcycle club.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He made a fine cut with his sword.”

“a smooth or clear cut”

“Look at this cut on my finger!”

“a cut through the hillside for a railroad”

“which great cut or ditch Sesostris […] purposed to have made a great deale wider and deeper.”

“The taxman always gets his cut, and that's fine as long as it's a haircut and not an amputation.”

“The bank robbers disbanded after everyone got their cut of the money.”

“Starting today, UE5 is free to download and use, with Epic taking a 5% cut on products created with it only after they earn over $1 million in gross revenue.”

“The boss took a 5% pay cut.”

“The editors went a little crazy making so many cuts.”

“I like the cut of that suit.”

“I like the cut of that jib.”

“with eyes severe and beard of formal cut”

“That’s our finest cut of meat.”

“Cope pushed away his coffee-cup and asked the young Greek for a cut of pie.”

“The director asked the cast to note down the following cuts.”

“the director's cut”

“The player next to the dealer makes a cut by placing the bottom half on top.”

“Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, showed his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed.”

“After several experiences like this, I began to entertain a sort of respect for Kooloo, as quite a man of the world. In good sooth, he turned out to be one; in one week's time giving me the cut direct, and lounging by without even nodding. He must have taken me for part of the landscape.”

“1966-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure We got out & there was a group of boppers, bout 25 of 'm in a group. They started yellin cuts, "queer" seemed to be the favorite they all began chanting it. "Hey, yer not gonna serve those queers, are ya Howie?"”

“The drummer on the last cut of their CD is not identified.”

“Best cuts: "The Evil Dude," "Kung Fu, Too!" "Mama Love," "New Orleans" (with a punchy vocal by Teresa Brewer).”

“That's the TL;DR, anyway. You can find a more detailed version under the cut.”

“The shunter has a lightweight portable radio transmitter by which, as he uncouples an incoming train into cuts for marshalling, he informs the Traffic Office of the number of wagons in each cut and its siding; [...].”

“a book illustrated with fine cuts”

“He's buy me a whit Cut, forth for to ride”

“Two women for stealing 30 cuttes of linen yarn.”

“Don't buy his coke: it's full of cut.”

“I'm laying in a cut 'bout to shoot me a mutt”

“I see Xzibit in the cut, hey, nigga, roll that weed up.”

“You don't mind me askin', why you want to sell? I mean, even from inside here, you can take a slice for just layin' in the cut.”

“In the cut, in the cut, rolling doobies up”

“Bitch I'm out, catch me chillin' in the cut. Me and my homies swag it out in the cut. It's a party going down in the cut.”

“Famous as fuck, but I’m still in the cut when they round up the troops.”

“She got me stuck. Like a truck, deep mud, deep ruts, way out in the cut. She got me stuck. Even four-wheel drive won't work this time, yeah.”

“We're off the beaten path from River Street downtown. So, it's, we're back here in the cut.”

CEFR level