query | If you c__ something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool. Mrs. Haines stood nearby, holding scissors to cut a ribbon. Cut the tomatoes in half vertically. The thieves cut a hole in the fence. Mr. Long was now cutting himself a piece of the pink cake. You can hear the saw as it cuts through the bones. ...thinly-cut cucumber sandwiches. The operation involves making several cuts in the cornea. |
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word | cut |
full-definition | verb If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool. Mrs. Haines stood nearby, holding scissors to cut a ribbon. Cut the tomatoes in half vertically. The thieves cut a hole in the fence. Mr. Long was now cutting himself a piece of the pink cake. You can hear the saw as it cuts through the bones. ...thinly-cut cucumber sandwiches. The operation involves making several cuts in the cornea. If you cut yourself or cut a part of your body, you accidentally injure yourself on a sharp object so that you bleed . Johnson cut himself shaving. I started to cry because I cut my finger. Zoe was badly cut as she scrambled down rocks to reach him. Blood from his cut lip trickled over his chin. He had sustained a cut on his left eyebrow. ...cuts and bruises. If you cut something such as grass, your hair, or your fingernails, you shorten them using scissors or another tool. The most recent tenants hadn't even cut the grass. You have to learn not to cut your toenails in the living room. You've had your hair cut, it looks great. She had dark red hair, cut short. Prices vary from salon to salon, starting at £17 for a cut and blow-dry. The way that clothes are cut is the way they are designed and made. ...badly-cut blue suits. To cut through something means to move or pass through it easily. I could see long canoes cutting through the waves. If you cut across or through a place, you go through it because it is the shortest route to another place. He decided to cut across the Heath, through Greenwich Park. If you cut something, you reduce it. The first priority is to cut costs. The U.N. force is to be cut by 90%. ...a deal to cut 50 billion dollars from the federal deficit. The economy needs an immediate 2 per cent cut in interest rates. ...the government's plans for tax cuts. If you cut a text, broadcast, or performance, you shorten it. If you cut a part of a text, broadcast, or performance, you do not publish, broadcast, or perform that part. The audience wants more music and less drama, so we've cut some scenes. It has been found necessary to make some cuts in the text. To cut a supply of something means to stop providing it or stop it being provided. They used pressure tactics to force them to return, including cutting food and water supplies. The strike had already led to cuts in electricity and water supplies in many areas. If you cut a pack of playing cards, you divide it into two. Place the cards face down on the table and cut them. When a singer or band cuts a CD, they make a recording of their music. She eventually cut her own album. When a child cuts a tooth, a new tooth starts to grow through the gum. Many infants do not cut their first tooth until they are a year old. If a child cuts classes or cuts school, they do not go to classes or to school when they are supposed to. Cutting school more than once in three months is a sign of trouble. If you tell someone to cut something, you are telling them in an irritated way to stop it. 'Cut the euphemisms, Daniel,' Brenda snapped. Why don't you just cut the crap and open the door. other convention When the director of a film says ' cut ', they want the actors and the camera crew to stop filming . noun A cut of meat is a piece or type of meat which is cut in a particular way from the animal, or from a particular part of it. Use a cheap cut such as spare rib chops. Someone's cut of the profits or winnings from something, especially ones that have been obtained dishonestly, is their share. The lawyers, of course, take their cut of the little guy's winnings. A cut is a narrow valley which has been cut through a hill so that a road or railroad track can pass through. |
inflections | cutscutting |
cefr-level | A1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1
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