Synonym: abbreviate, abridge, compress, condense, contract, curtail, reduce, sever, shorten, split. Antonym: bind, chain, fasten, knot, link, tie. Similar words: cute, cut up, cut out, cut off, cut in, cut down, cut into, cut back. Meaning: [kʌt] n. 1. the act of reducing the amount or number 2. a wound made by cutting 3. a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass 4. a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc 5. the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge 6. a share of the profits 7. a step on some scale 8. a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation 9. (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next 10. the act of cutting something into parts 11. the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage 12. the style in which a garment is cut 13. the act of shortening something by choping off the ends 14. in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball 15. a remark capable of wounding mentally 16. a canal made by erosion or excavation 17. a refusal to recognize someone you know 18. (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball 19. the division of a deck of cards before dealing 20. an unexcused absence from class. v. 1. separate with or as if with an instrument 2. cut down on; make a reduction in 3. turn sharply; change direction abruptly 4. make an incision or separation 5. discharge from a group 6. form by probing, penetrating, or digging 7. style and tailor in a certain fashion 8. hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction 9. make out and issue 10. cut and assemble the components of 11. intentionally fail to attend 12. be able to manage or manage successfully 13. give the appearance or impression of 14. move (one's fist) 15. pass directly and often in haste 16. pass through or across 17. make an abrupt change of image or sound 18. stop filming 19. make a recording of 20. record a performance on (a medium) 21. create by duplicating data 22. form or shape by cutting or incising 23. perform or carry out 24. function as a cutting instrument 25. allow incision or separation 26. divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult 27. cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch 28. reap or harvest 29. fell by sawing; hew 30. penetrate injuriously 31. refuse to acknowledge 32. shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of 33. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things 34. dissolve by breaking down the fat of 35. have a reducing effect 36. cease, stop 37. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements 38. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture 39. have grow through the gums 40. grow through the gums 41. cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses). adj. 1. separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument 2. fashioned or shaped by cutting 3. with parts removed 4. made neat and tidy by trimming 5. (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine 6. (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit 7. (of a male animal) having the testicles removed 8. wounded by cutting deeply 9. (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply 10. mixed with water.
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181. For Republicans it is almost an article of faith that this tax should be cut.
182. He pulled up under some trees and cut the engine.
183. This new kitchen cleaner is formulated to cut through grease and dirt.
184. Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you. Unhappy, with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional woes, your vision is cut short as though by a wall. Happy, the wall crumbles.
185. The tree that was due to be cut down has been reprieved for six months.
186. We are trying to cut the price of prescription drugs .
187. His shirt was too small for him and cut into the tender flesh at his armpit.
188. Half of the forest was cut down to make room for the road.
189. We'll get there quicker if we cut across the fields.
190. They aim to cut production lead times to under 18 months.
191. It would be wiser to cut out all alcohol during pregnancy.
192. Some reptiles can regrow their tails when they are cut away.
193. He sucked the blood from a cut on his finger.
194. If this bill is not paid within five days[sentencedict.com], your gas supply will be cut off.
195. It will be a saving to take a short cut.
196. He cut desperately at the rope in an attempt to free his foot.
197. The combine had cut a swathe around the edge of the field.
198. Norman cut open his pie and squirted tomato sauce into it.
199. With surgical precision he cut four inches off the legs of the jeans.
200. Overgrown deciduous shrubs can be cut back at this time of year.
201. If you cut a round fruit into two, each half is a hemisphere.
202. There are candles strategically placed — just in case we have another power cut.
203. Hand and catch you fell out of the tears,(http://sentencedict.com) but not cut the fundus you sad!
204. Two factories were closed in an attempt to cut costs.
205. if the short cut to learning, it also must be diligent.
206. Keep is cut and ground of disaster, is to use the whole life also enemy but the illusion.
207. No doubt he'd been looking forward to the wedding ever since it was announced, as an invaluable chance to cut a figure and do some good public relations work.
208. He cut his name into the bark with his knife.
209. I cut out the article and pasted it in my scrapbook.
210. When I cut the lemon, juice squirted in my eye.
More similar words: cute, cut up, cut out, cut off, cut in, cut down, cut into, cut back, scuttle, execute, cut short, executive, cut across, execution, cut through, prosecutor, prosecution, consecutive.