cuts

Meanings

Noun

• a share of the profits
• (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
• a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
• a step on some scale
• a wound made by cutting
• a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
• a remark capable of wounding mentally
• a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
• the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
• the style in which a garment is cut
• a canal made by erosion or excavation
• a refusal to recognize someone you know
• in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
• (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
  • "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"
• the division of a deck of cards before dealing
• the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
• the act of cutting something into parts
  • "his cuts were skillful"
• the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
• the act of reducing the amount or number
  • "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"
• an unexcused absence from class
  • "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"
• plural of cut
• Corporal punishment at school.

Verb

• separate with or as if with an instrument
• cut down on; make a reduction in
• turn sharply; change direction abruptly
• make an incision or separation
• discharge from a group
• form by probing, penetrating, or digging
• style and tailor in a certain fashion
• hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
• make out and issue
• cut and assemble the components of
• intentionally fail to attend
• be able to manage or manage successfully
• give the appearance or impression of
• move (one's fist)
• pass directly and often in haste
• pass through or across
• make an abrupt change of image or sound
• stop filming
• make a recording of
• record a performance on (a medium)
• create by duplicating data
• form or shape by cutting or incising
• perform or carry out
• function as a cutting instrument
  • "This knife cuts well"
• allow incision or separation
  • "This bread cuts easily"
• divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
• cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
• reap or harvest
• fell by sawing; hew
• penetrate injuriously
• refuse to acknowledge
• shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
• weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
• dissolve by breaking down the fat of
  • "soap cuts grease"
• have a reducing effect
  • "This cuts into my earnings"
• cease, stop
• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
• have grow through the gums
• grow through the gums
• cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
• third-person singular simple present indicative of cut

Synonyms

abbreviate, abridge, baseball swing, bring down, burn, cold shoulder, contract, curve, cut, cut back, cut down, cut of meat, cut off, cutting, cutting off, deletion, dilute, disregard, edit, edit out, excision, foreshorten, gash, geld, hack, ignore, issue, make out, prune, rationalise, rationalize, reduce, sheer, shorten, skip, slash, slew, slice, slue, snub, stinger, swerve, swing, switch off, tailor, thin, thin out, track, trend, trim, trim back, trim down, turn off, turn out, undercut, veer, write out

Antonyms

expand, switch on