cut
From Wiktionary
cut is part of the Basic English 850.
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[change] Pronunciation
- IPA: /kʌt/
- SAMPA: /"kVt/
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[change] Verb
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Plain form |
Third person singular |
Simple past |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- If you make something shorter or divide it in pieces, you cut it.
- To hurt with a blade.
- I cut my hand.
- To stop something.
- They cut the electricity.
- To edit, shorten, or censor (a film).
- The film was cut by ten minutes.
- (computers) If you remove something to put it somewhere else, you cut it.
- (film) If the picture changes from one scene to another, the scene cuts to another.
[change] Synonyms
- (make shorter) shorten, cut up, cut off, divide, slice, clip
- (hurt) slash, hack, incise, scratch, score, sever, slice, chop, nick
- (stop) stop, cut off, turn off
- (edit) edit, shorten, censor
[change] Antonyms
- (make shorter) lengthen, unite, paste together
- (hurt) heal, bandage
- (stop) turn on, start, start up
- (edit) lengthen
- (computers) paste
[change] Related words and phrases
- box cutter
- chop
- clip
- cutter
- cutting
- cut a rug
- cut back
- cut down
- cut in
- cut loose
- cut off
- cut out
- cut through
- cut up
- cut-up
- haircut
- injure
- paper cut
- slice
- undercut
[change] See also
[change] Noun
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Singular |
- A scratch, opening in the [{skin]] or a surface.
- She had a cut on her arm.
- A reduction; lessening.
- There was a cut in prices.
- A small piece removed by cutting is a cut.
- I will take a cut of beef.
[change] Synonyms
- (scratch) scratch, slice, slash, graze, incision, nick
- (reduction) reduction, lessening, decrease, cutback, decline, drop
- (small piece) cutlet, chop
[change] Antonyms
- (reduction) increase, augment, augmentation, boost, growth, proliferation, spread, expansion, multiplication
[change] Adjective
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Positive |
Comparative |
Superlative |
- If something is absent or not complete, it is cut.
