Cut — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)

"I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass"

to fail to attend

"a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses"

to deliberately ignore or treat rudely

"the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing"

to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument

"when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet"

to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of

"you need to cut the lawn very soon—before it becomes a jungle"

to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances

"the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink"

to depart abruptly from a straight line or course

"cut towards the goal, eluding a defender"

to divide by passing through or across

"a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half"

to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships

"whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years"

a piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting

"choose cuts of meat that have very little visible fat"

an individual part of a process, series, or ranking

"one of the new recruits is a cut above the rest in intelligence"

something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group

"received my cut of the profits from the garage sale"

a style or arrangement of hair

"she decided she needed a new cut after wearing her hair the same way for years"

an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings

"completely ignoring her was the unkindest cut of all"

as in reduced, diminished

as in chiseled