Definition of cut
(adj)
separated into
parts or
laid open or penetrated with a
sharp edge or instrument; "the cut
surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists"
fashioned or
shaped by cutting; "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet"
(of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves
trimmed or slit; "the cut pages of the book"
(of a
male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut horse"
mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup"
(noun)
a
share of the profits; "everyone got a cut of the earnings"
(verb)
separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
form by probing, penetrating, or digging; "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The
sweat cut
little rivulets into her face"
hit (a ball) with a
spin so that it turns in the
opposite direction; "cut a Ping-Pong ball"
make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please
make the
check out to me"
create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"
cause to
stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"
reap or harvest; "cut grain"
refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him
dead at the meeting"
cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut
short the conversation"