| Cut |
imp. & p. p. |
of Cut |
| Cut |
v. t. |
To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide. |
| Cut |
v. t. |
To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap. |
| Cut |
v. t. |
To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails. |
| Cut |
v. t. |
To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse. |
| Cut |
v. t. |
To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out. |
| Cut |
v. t. |
To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick. |
| Cut |
v. t. |
To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles. |
| Cut |
v. t. |
To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance. |
| Cut |
v. t. |
To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc. |
| Cut |
v. i. |
To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well. |
| Cut |
v. i. |
To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument. |
| Cut |
v. i. |
To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument. |
| Cut |
v. i. |
To make a stroke with a whip. |
| Cut |
v. i. |
To interfere, as a horse. |
| Cut |
v. i. |
To move or make off quickly. |
| Cut |
v. i. |
To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the deal or trump, or to change the order of the cards to be dealt. |
| Cut |
n. |
An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut. |
| Cut |
n. |
A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip. |
| Cut |
n. |
That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight. |
| Cut |
n. |
A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad. |
| Cut |
n. |
The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut. |
| Cut |
n. |
A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber. |
| Cut |
n. |
An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts. |
| Cut |
n. |
The act of dividing a pack cards. |
| Cut |
n. |
The right to divide; as, whose cut is it? |
| Cut |
n. |
Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment. |
| Cut |
n. |
A common work horse; a gelding. |
| Cut |
n. |
The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise. |
| Cut |
n. |
A skein of yarn. |
| Cut |
a. |
Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument. |
| Cut |
a. |
Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved. |
| Cut |
a. |
Overcome by liquor; tipsy. |
| Cut |
v. t. |
To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat. |
| Cut |
v. t. |
To drive (an object ball) to either side by hitting it fine on the other side with the cue ball or another object ball. |
| Cut |
v. t. |
To strike (a ball) with the racket inclined or struck across the ball so as to put a certain spin on the ball. |
| Cut |
v. t. |
To drive (a ball) to one side by hitting with another ball. |
| Cut |
n. |
A slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin so given to the ball. |
| Cut |
n. |
A stroke on the off side between point and the wicket; also, one who plays this stroke. |
