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cut > 73 senses
ADJECTIVE	1	cut	Separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
	2	cut	Fashioned or shaped by cutting
	3	cut, shortened	With parts removed
	4	cut, trimmed	Made neat and tidy by trimming
	5	cut, mown	(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
	6	cut	(of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
	7	cut, emasculated, gelded	(of a male animal) having the testicles removed
	8	cut, split	Having a long rip or tear
	9	cut, gashed, slashed	Wounded by cutting deeply
	10	cut, cut down, down	Cut down
	11	cut, slashed	(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
	12	cut, thinned, weakened	Mixed with water
NOUN	1	cut	The act of reducing the amount or number
	2	cut, gash, slash, slice	A wound made by cutting
	3	cut, cut of meat	A piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
	4	cut, track	A distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
	5	cut, cutting	The act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
	6	cut	A share of the profits
	7	cut	A step on some scale
	8	cut, gash	A trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
	9	cut	(film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
	10	cut, cutting	The act of cutting something into parts
	11	cut, deletion, excision	The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
	12	cut	The style in which a garment is cut
	13	cut, cutting, cutting off	The act of shortening something by cutting off the ends
	14	cut, baseball swing, swing	In baseball
	15	cut, stinger	A remark capable of wounding mentally
	16	cut	A canal made by erosion or excavation
	17	cut, snub, cold shoulder	A refusal to recognize someone you know
	18	cut, undercut	(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
	19	cut, cutting	The division of a deck of cards before dealing
	20	cut	An unexcused absence from class
VERB	1	cut	Separate with or as if with an instrument
	2	cut, reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, bring down	Cut down on
	3	cut, swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew	Turn sharply
	4	cut	Make an incision or separation
	5	cut	Discharge from a group
	6	cut	Form by probing, penetrating, or digging
	7	cut, tailor	Style and tailor in a certain fashion
	8	cut	Hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
	9	cut, write out, issue, make out	Make out and issue
	10	cut, edit, edit out	Cut and assemble the components of
	11	cut, skip	Intentionally fail to attend
	12	cut, hack	Informal: be able to manage or manage successfully
	13	cut	Give the appearance or impression of
	14	cut	Move (one's fist)
	15	cut	Pass directly and often in haste
	16	cut	Pass through or across
	17	cut	Make an abrupt change of image or sound
	18	cut	Stop filming
	19	cut	Make a recording of
	20	cut	Record a performance on (a medium)
	21	cut, burn	Create by duplicating data
	22	cut	Form or shape by cutting or incising
	23	cut	Perform or carry out
	24	cut	Function as a cutting instrument
	25	cut	Allow incision or separation
	26	cut	Divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
	27	cut, switch off, turn off, turn out	Cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
	28	cut	Reap or harvest
	29	cut	Fell by sawing
	30	cut	Penetrate injuriously
	31	cut, ignore, disregard, snub	Refuse to acknowledge
	32	cut	Shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
	33	cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise	Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
	34	cut	Dissolve by breaking down the fat of
	35	cut	Have a reducing effect
	36	cut, cut off	Cease, stop
	37	cut, abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, contract, reduce	Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
	38	cut, dilute, thin, thin out, reduce	Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
	39	cut	Have grow through the gums
	40	cut	Grow through the gums
	41	cut, geld	Cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)

cut > pronunciation
Sounds	kah't
Rhymes	abbot, abut, accredit, and 364 more rhymes in aht at the HyperDic website...

cut > adjective 1
Meaning	Separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument.
Examples	"the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists"
Similar	chopped, shredded, sliced; cut up; incised; perforated; pierced, perforated, perforate, punctured; severed, cut off; split
Contrary	uncut

cut > adjective 2
Meaning	Fashioned or shaped by cutting.
Examples	"a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet"
Similar	cut out; hewn, hand-hewn; sheared; slashed
Contrary	uncut, rough

cut > adjective 3
Meaning	With parts removed.
Examples	"the drastically cut film"
Synonyms	shortened
Similar to	abridged

cut > adjective 4
Meaning	Made neat and tidy by trimming.
Synonyms	trimmed
Similar	clipped
Contrary	untrimmed, uncut

cut > adjective 5
Meaning	(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine.
Synonyms	mown
Category	vegetation, flora
Contrary	unmown, uncut

cut > adjective 6
Meaning	(of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit.
Examples	"the cut pages of the book"
Contrary	uncut

cut > adjective 7
Meaning	(of a male animal) having the testicles removed.
Examples	"a cut horse"
Synonyms	emasculated, gelded
Similar to	castrated, unsexed

cut > adjective 8
Meaning	Having a long rip or tear.
Synonyms	split
Similar to	injured

cut > adjective 9
Meaning	Wounded by cutting deeply.
Synonyms	gashed, slashed
Similar to	injured

cut > adjective 10
Meaning	Cut down.
Synonyms	cut down, down
Similar to	felled, downed

cut > adjective 11
Meaning	(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply.
Synonyms	slashed
Similar to	decreased, reduced

cut > adjective 12
Meaning	Mixed with water.
Examples	"sold cut whiskey"
Synonyms	thinned, weakened
Similar to	diluted, dilute

cut > noun 1, act
Meaning	The act of reducing the amount or number.
Examples	"the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"
Narrower	budget cut; pay cut, salary cut; cost cutting; price cutting, price cut; spending cut; taxcut
Broader	decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down

cut > noun 2, state
Meaning	A wound made by cutting.
Examples	"he put a bandage over the cut"
Synonyms	gash, slash, slice
Broader	wound, lesion

cut > noun 3, food
Meaning	A piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass.
Synonyms	cut of meat
Narrower	roast, joint; chop; chine; leg; side, side of meat; forequarter; hindquarter; cut of beef; rib; shank; shin; brisket; steak; loin; sirloin; tenderloin, undercut; neck; cut of veal; cut of mutton; cut of lamb; saddle; rack; cut of pork
Broader	meat

cut > noun 4, communication
Meaning	A distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc.
Examples	"he played the first cut on the cd"
Synonyms	track
Broader	excerpt, extract, selection

cut > noun 5, act
Meaning	The act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge.
Examples	"his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
Synonyms	cutting
Narrower	notch, nick, snick; slash, gash; incision, section, surgical incision
Broader	opening

cut > noun 6, possession
Meaning	A share of the profits.
Examples	"everyone got a cut of the earnings"
Part of	loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money
Narrower	rake-off, vigorish
Broader	share, portion, part, percentage

cut > noun 7, state
Meaning	A step on some scale.
Examples	"he is a cut above the the rest"
Broader	gradation, step

cut > noun 8, artifact
Meaning	A trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation.
Synonyms	gash
Broader	furrow

cut > noun 9, communication
Meaning	(film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next.
Examples	"the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt"
Narrower	jump cut
Broader	transition

cut > noun 10, act
Meaning	The act of cutting something into parts.
Examples	"his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"
Synonyms	cutting
Narrower	severance, severing; dissection; scission; slicing; undercut
Broader	division

cut > noun 11, communication
Meaning	The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage.
Synonyms	deletion, excision
Broader	editing, redaction

cut > noun 12, cognition
Meaning	The style in which a garment is cut.
Examples	"a dress of traditional cut"
Broader	fashion

cut > noun 13, act
Meaning	The act of shortening something by cutting off the ends.
Examples	"the barber gave him a good cut"
Synonyms	cutting, cutting off
Narrower	clip, clipping, snip; haircut; trim, trimming, clipping; shearing
Broader	shortening

cut > noun 14, act
Meaning	In baseball. A batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball.
Examples	"he took a vicious cut at the ball"
Synonyms	baseball swing, swing
Broader	stroke, shot

cut > noun 15, communication
Meaning	A remark capable of wounding mentally.
Examples	"the unkindest cut of all"
Synonyms	stinger
Broader	abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification

cut > noun 16, artifact
Meaning	A canal made by erosion or excavation.
Broader	canal

cut > noun 17, act
Meaning	A refusal to recognize someone you know.
Synonyms	snub, cold shoulder
Broader	rebuff, slight

cut > noun 18, act
Meaning	(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball.
Examples	"cuts do not bother a good tennis player"
Synonyms	undercut
Category	squash, squash racquets, squash rackets; badminton; tennis, lawn tennis
Broader	stroke, shot

cut > noun 19, act
Meaning	The division of a deck of cards before dealing.
Examples	"he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"; "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual"
Synonyms	cutting
Part of	card game, cards
Broader	division

cut > noun 20, act
Meaning	An unexcused absence from class.
Examples	"he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"
Broader	absence

cut > verb 1, contact
Meaning	Separate with or as if with an instrument.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Model	They cut the newspapers
Examples	"Cut the rope"
Entailed by	amputate, cut off; circumcise; butcher, slaughter; pierce; cut out; cleave
Narrower	manicure; scissor; plane, shave; slice, slice up; pink; jag; carve, cut up; carve; carve, chip at; cube, dice; julienne; chop, hack; undercut; hack; chop, chop up; fell, drop, strike down, cut down; nick, chip; nick, snick; chip, knap, cut off, break off; pare, trim; circumcise; furrow, chamfer, chase; indent; mortise, mortice; mow, cut down; shear; slash, gash; slash, cut down; tap; hob; bore, drill; nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off; dissect; bisect; trisect; whittle, pare; chatter; cut away; tomahawk; sabre, saber; rebate; cradle; incise; trench; dock, tail, bob; slit, slice; saw; discerp, sever, lop; chase; bevel, chamfer; crosscut, cut across; rip
Broader	separate, disunite, divide, part
See also	cut into; cut out; cut away; cut off; cut out; cut up
Nouns	cutting; cutter; cutter

cut > verb 2, change
Meaning	Cut down on. Make a reduction in.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Model	They will cut the duet
Examples	"The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
Synonyms	reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, bring down
Narrower	shorten; quench; retrench; slash; thin out; thin; take away, detract; deflate; inflate; shave, knock off
Broader	decrease, lessen, minify
Similar to	cut

cut > verb 3, motion
Meaning	Turn sharply. Change direction abruptly.
Pattern	Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP
Examples	"The car cut to the left at the intersection"
Synonyms	swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew
Narrower	peel off; yaw
Broader	turn

cut > verb 4, contact
Meaning	Make an incision or separation.
Pattern	Somebody ----s PP
Examples	"cut along the dotted line"
Similar to	cut
Nouns	cutting; cutting

cut > verb 5, social
Meaning	Discharge from a group.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Examples	"The coach cut two players from the team"
Broader	free, discharge

cut > verb 6, creation
Meaning	Form by probing, penetrating, or digging.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face"
Broader	make, create
Similar to	cut

cut > verb 7, creation
Meaning	Style and tailor in a certain fashion.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	They cut the cape
Examples	"cut a dress"
Synonyms	tailor
Category	fashion
Narrower	gore
Broader	design

cut > verb 8, contact
Meaning	Hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"cut a pingpong ball"
Category	sport, athletics
Broader	hit

cut > verb 9, communication
Meaning	Make out and issue.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	The banks cut the check
Examples	"cut a ticket"
Synonyms	write out, issue, make out
Narrower	check
Broader	write

cut > verb 10, change
Meaning	Cut and assemble the components of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	They will cut the duet
Examples	"cut recording tape"
Synonyms	edit, edit out
Broader	change, alter, modify
Similar to	abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
Nouns	cutting

cut > verb 11, stative
Meaning	Intentionally fail to attend.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"cut class"
Synonyms	skip
Narrower	bunk off, play hooky
Broader	miss

cut > verb 12, social
Meaning	Informal: be able to manage or manage successfully.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"she could not cut the long days in the office"
Synonyms	hack
Broader	cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage

cut > verb 13, perception
Meaning	Give the appearance or impression of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"cut a nice figure"
Broader	look, appear, seem

cut > verb 14, motion
Meaning	Move (one's fist).
Pattern	Somebody ----s PP
Examples	"his opponent cut upward toward his chin"
Category	boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs
Broader	move

cut > verb 15, motion
Meaning	Pass directly and often in haste.
Pattern	Somebody ----s PP
Examples	"We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner"
Broader	pass, go through, go across
Similar to	cut

cut > verb 16, motion
Meaning	Pass through or across.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Examples	"The boat cut the water"
Broader	transit, pass through, pass across, pass over
Similar to	cut

cut > verb 17, motion
Meaning	Make an abrupt change of image or sound.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
Examples	"cut from one scene to another"
Narrower	cut away
Broader	switch, shift, change
Similar to	cut
See also	cut to
Nouns	cutting

cut > verb 18, motion
Meaning	Stop filming.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"cut a movie scene"
Broader	stop
Similar to	cut

cut > verb 19, creation
Meaning	Make a recording of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	They will cut the duet
Examples	"cut the songs"; "She cut all of her major titles again"
Broader	record, tape
Similar to	cut

cut > verb 20, creation
Meaning	Record a performance on (a medium).
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"cut a record"
Broader	record, tape
Similar to	cut, burn; cut

cut > verb 21, creation
Meaning	Create by duplicating data.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"cut a disk"
Synonyms	burn
Broader	produce, make, create
Similar to	cut

cut > verb 22, creation
Meaning	Form or shape by cutting or incising.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"cut paper dolls"
Broader	make, create
Similar to	cut
Nouns	cutting; cutting

cut > verb 23, creation
Meaning	Perform or carry out.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"cut a caper"
Broader	perform, execute, do

cut > verb 24, contact
Meaning	Function as a cutting instrument.
Pattern	Something ----s
Examples	"This knife cuts well"
Broader	function, work, operate, go, run

cut > verb 25, contact
Meaning	Allow incision or separation.
Pattern	Something ----s
Examples	"This bread cuts easily"
Broader	be
Similar to	cut

cut > verb 26, contact
Meaning	Divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something
Examples	"Wayne cut"; "She cut the deck for a long time"
Broader	shuffle, ruffle, mix
Nouns	cutting

cut > verb 27, contact
Meaning	Cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"cut the engine"
Synonyms	switch off, turn off, turn out
Narrower	kill
Broader	throw, flip, switch
Contrary	switch on, turn on

cut > verb 28, contact
Meaning	Reap or harvest.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	They cut rye in the field
Examples	"cut grain"
Broader	reap, harvest, glean

cut > verb 29, contact
Meaning	Fell by sawing. Hew.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia"
Broader	fell, drop, strike down, cut down

cut > verb 30, contact
Meaning	Penetrate injuriously.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP
Model	They cut themselves
Examples	"The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead"
Broader	penetrate, perforate

cut > verb 31, communication
Meaning	Refuse to acknowledge.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Examples	"She cut him dead at the meeting"
Synonyms	ignore, disregard, snub
Broader	treat, handle, do by

cut > verb 32, change
Meaning	Shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"cut my hair"
Narrower	shave, trim; crop
Broader	shorten

cut > verb 33, change
Meaning	Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
Synonyms	prune, rationalize, rationalise
Broader	eliminate, get rid of, do away with
See also	cut back; cut back; cut out

cut > verb 34, change
Meaning	Dissolve by breaking down the fat of.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Examples	"soap cuts grease"
Broader	dissolve, resolve, break up

cut > verb 35, change
Meaning	Have a reducing effect.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP
Examples	"This cuts into my earnings"
Broader	decrease, lessen, minify
Similar to	reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down

cut > verb 36, change
Meaning	Cease, stop.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"
Synonyms	cut off
Broader	interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
See also	cut off

cut > verb 37, change
Meaning	Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, contract, reduce
Narrower	bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten; digest, condense, concentrate
Broader	decrease, lessen, minify
Contrary	elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
Similar to	edit, cut, edit out

cut > verb 38, change
Meaning	Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"cut bourbon"
Synonyms	dilute, thin, thin out, reduce
Narrower	water down
Broader	weaken
Nouns	cutting

cut > verb 39, body
Meaning	Have grow through the gums.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"The baby cut a tooth"
Broader	grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
Similar to	cut

cut > verb 40, body
Meaning	Grow through the gums.
Pattern	Something ----s
Examples	"The new tooth is cutting"
Broader	grow
Similar to	cut

cut > verb 41, body
Meaning	Cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses).
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	geld
Broader	emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise