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ADJ ถูก บาด  ถูก แล่  tuk-bad

 

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N การ ขาดเรียน  kan-kad-rain

 

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N การ ลดลง  reduction kan-lod-long

 

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N ฉบับ ตัดต่อ (ภาพยนตร์  cha-bab-tad-tor

 

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N ทรงผม  haircut hairstyle song-pom

 

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N รอยตัด  รอย เฉือน  incision roi-tad

 

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N แบบเสื้อ  baeb-suea

 

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N แผล ถูก บาด  slash incision wound paen-tuk-bad

 

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VI คม พอ (ที่จะ ตัด ได้  kom-por

 

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VI ง่าย ต่อ การ หั่น  ngan-tor-kan-han

 

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VI จ้วง แทง  juang-taeng

 

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VI ตัด  tad

 

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VI เป็น ทางลัด  pen-tang-lad

 

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VT ขาดเรียน (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  kad-rain

 

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VT จ้วง แทง  pierce penetrate juang-taeng

 

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VT ตัด  sever slice cleave tad

 

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VT ตัดต่อ  tad-tor

 

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VT ทำให้ เป็นแผล  tam-hai-pen-paen

 

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VT ลด ปริมาณ ลง  reduce lover lessen lod-pa-ri-man-long

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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v.t. pret. and prep. cut. [L., to thrust, to drive, to strike. ] 1. To separate the parts of any body by an edged instrument, either by striking, as with an ax, or by sawing or rubbing; to make a gash, incision or notch, which separates the external part of a body, as to cut the flesh. It signifies also, to cut into pieces; to sever or divide; as, to cut timber in the forest. But when an entire separation of the body is intended, it is usually followed by off, down, asunder, in two, in pieces, or other word denoting such severance.
Ye shall not cut yourselves, that is, ye shall not gash your flesh. Deuteronomy 14:1.
2. To hew.
Thy servants can skill to cut timber. 2 Chronicles 2:8.
3. To carve, as meat; to carve or engrave in sculpture.
4. To divide; to cleave, by passing through; as, a ship cuts the briny deep.
5. To penetrate; to pierce; to affect deeply; as, a sarcasm cuts to the quick.
6. To divide, as a pack of cards; as, to cut and shuffle.
7. To intersect; to cross. One line cuts another at right angles. The ecliptic cuts the equator.
8. To castrate.
To cut across, to pass by a shorter course, so as to cut off an angle or distance.
To cut asunder, to cut into pieces; to divide; to sever.
He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. Psalm 129:4.
To cut down, to fell; to cause to fall by severing.
Ye shall cut down their groves. Exodus 34:13.
Hence, to depress; to abash; to humble; to shame; to silence; as, his eloquence cuts down the finest orator.
[This phrase is not elegant, but is in popular use. ]
To cut off,
1. To separate one part from another; as, to cut off a finger, or an arm; to cut off the right hand figure; to cut off a letter or syllable.
2. To destroy; to extirpate; to put to death untimely.
Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord. 1 Kings 18:4.
Evil doers shall be cut off. Psalm 37:9.
3. To separate; to remove to a distance, or to prevent all intercourse. A man in another country or in prison is cut off from his country or his friends.
4. To interrupt; as, to cut off communication.
5. To separate; to remove; to take away; as, to cut off ten years of life.
6. To intercept; to hinder from return, or union. The troops were cut off from the ships.
7. To end; to finish; as, to cut off all controversy.
8. To prevent or preclude; as, to cut off all occasion of blame.
9. To preclude or shut out. The sinner cuts himself off from the benefits of Christianity.
1 . To stop, interrupt or silence.
The judge cut off the counsel very short.
To cut on,
1. To hasten; to run or ride with the utmost speed; a vulgar phrase.
2. To urge or drive in striking; to quicken blows; to hasten.
To cut out,
1. To remove a part by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a piece from a board; to cut out the tongue. Hence,
2. To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment; to cut out an image; to cut out a wood into walks. Hence,
3. To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out word for another day. So we say, to strike out.
4. To shape; to adapt. He is no cut out for an author. [Not elegant. ]
5. To debar. [Not common. ]
6. To take the preference or precedence of; as, to cut out a prior judgment creditor.
7. To step in and take the place of, as in courting and dancing. [A vulgar phrase. ]
8. To interfere as a horse, when the shoe of one foot beats off the skin of the pastern joint of another.
To cut short,
1. To hinder from proceeding by sudden interruption.
Achilles cut him short.
2. To shorten; to abridge; as, to cut short of provisions or pay; to cut the matter short.
To cut up,
1. To cut in pieces; as, to cut up beef.
2. To eradicate; to cut off; as, to cut up shrubs.

 

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v.i. 1. To pass into or through and sever; to enter and divide the parts; as, an instrument cuts well.
2. To be severed by a cutting instrument; as, this fruit cuts easy or smooth.
3. To divide by passing.
The teeth are ready to cut.
4. To perform a surgical operation by cutting, especially in lithotomy.
He saved lives by cutting for the stone.
5. To interfere, as a horse.
To cut in, to divide, or turn a card, for determining who are to play.

 

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pp. Gashed; divided; hewn; carved; intersected; pierced; deeply affected; castrated. Cut and dry, prepared for use; a metaphor from hewn timber.

 

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n. 1. The action of an edged instrument; a stroke or blow, as with an ax or sword.
2. A cleft; a gash; a notch; a wound; the opening made by an edged instrument, distinguished by its length from that made by perforation with a pointed instrument.
3. A stroke or blow with a whip.
4. A channel made by cutting or digging; a ditch; a groove; a furrow; a canal.
5. A part cut off from the rest; as a good cut of beef; a cut of timber. Also, any small piece or shred.
6. A lot made by cutting a stick; as, to draw cuts.
7. A near passage, by which an angle is cut off; a shorter cut.
8. A picture cut or cared on wood or metal, and impressed from it.
9. The stamp on which a picture is carved, and by which it is impressed.
1 . The act of dividing a pack of cards. Also, the right to divide; as, whose cut is it?
11. Manner in which a thing is cut; form; shape; fashion; as the cut of a garment; the cut of his beard.
12. A fool; a cully; a gelding. [Not in use. ]
Cut and long tail, men of all kinds; a proverbial expression borrowed from dogs.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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Cut (kt ), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cut; p.pr. & vb. n. Cutting. ] Etym: [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach short, docked, cut a bobtail, piece, Ir. cut a short tail, cutach bobtailed. Cf. Coot. ]

 

1. To sparate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide. You must cut this flesh from off his breast. Shak. Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way. Pope.

 

2. To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap. Thy servants can skill to cut timer. 2. Chron. ii. 8

 

3. To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.

 

4. To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.

 

5. To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc. ; to carve; to hew out. Why should a man. whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster Shak. Loopholes cut through thickest shade. Milton.

 

6. To wound or hurt deeply the snsibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick. The man was cut to the heart. Addison.

 

7. To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles.

 

8. To refuse to recognize; to ignorre; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance. [Colloq. ]

 

9. To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc. [Colloq. ] An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop whenever he can do so with impunity. Thomas Hamilton. To cut a caper. See under Caper. -- To cut the cards, to divide a pack of cards into portions, in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change the cards to be dealt. -- To cut a dash or a figure, to make a display. [Colloq. ] -- To cut down. (a ) To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate. "Timber. .. cut down in the mountains of Cilicia. " Knolles. (b ) To put down; to abash; to humble, [Obs ] "So great is his natural eloquence, that he cuts doun the finest orator. " Addison (c ) To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down expenses. (d ) (Naut. ) To raze; as, to cut down a frigate into a sloop. -- To cut the knot or the Gordian knot, to dispose of a difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary action, rather than by skill or patience. -- To cut lots, to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw lots. -- To cut off. (a ) To sever; to separate. I would to God, ... The king had cut off my brother's. Shak. (b ) To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to destroy. "Irencut off by martyrdom. " Addison. (c ) To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut off (the flow of ) steam from (the boiler to ) a steam engine. (d ) To intercept; as, , to cut off an enemy's retreat. (e ) To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate. -- To cut out. (a ) To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a piece from a board. (b ) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment. " A large forest cut out into walks." Addison. (c ) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out work for another day. "Every man had cut out a place for himself. " Addison. (d ) To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, to cut out a rival. [Colloq. ](e ) To debar. "I am cut out from anything but common acknowledgments." Pope. (f ) To seize and carry off (a vessel ) from a harbor, or from under the guns of an enemy. -- To cut to pieces. (a ) To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces. (b ) To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces. -- To cut a play (Drama ), to shorten it by leaving out passages, to adapt it for the stage. -- To cut rates (Railroads, etc. ), to reduce the charges for transportation below the rates established between competing lines. -- To cut short, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a sudden termination. "Achilles cut him short, and thus replied." Dryden. -- To cut stick, to make off clandestinely or precipitately. [Slang ]-- To cut teeth, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce through the gum and appear. -- To have cut one's eyeteeth, to be sharp and knowing. [Colloq. ] -- To cut one's wisdom teeth, to come to years of discretion. -- To cut under, to undersell; as, to cut under a competitor in trade. -- To cut up. (a ) To cut to pieces; as, to cut up an animal, or bushes. (b ) To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; as, to cut up a book or its author by severe criticism. "This doctrine cuts up all government by the roots." Locke. (c ) To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq. ] Thackeray.

 

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CUT Cut (kt ), v. i.

 

1. To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.

 

2. To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument. Panels of white wood that cuts like cheese. Holmes.

 

3. To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc. ; to use a cutting instrument. He saved the lives of thousands by manner of cutting for the stone. Pope.

 

4. To make a stroke with a whip.

 

5. To interfere, as a horse.

 

6. To move or make off quickly. [Colloq. ]

 

7. To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the deal or trump, or to schange the order of the cards to be dealt. To cut across, to pass over or through in the most direct way; as, to cut across a field. -- To cut and run, to make off suddenly and quickly; -- from the cutting of a ship's cable, when there is not time to raise the anchor. [Colloq. ] -- To cut in or into, to interrupt; to jont an anything suddenly. -- To cut up. (a ) To play pranks. [Colloq. ] (b ) To divide into portions well or ill; to have the property left at one's death turn out well or poorly when divided among heirs, legatees, etc. [Slang. ] "When I die, may I cut up as well as Morgan Pendennis." Thackeray.

 

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CUT Cut, n.

 

1. An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.

 

2. A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.

 

3. 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. Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, snapped his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed. W. Irving.

 

4. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad. This great cut or ditch Secostris... purposed to have made a great deal wider and deeper. Knolles.

 

5. The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut.

 

6. A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber. It should be understood, moreover, ... that the group are not arbitrary cuts, but natural groups or types. Dana.

 

7. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts.

 

8. (a ) The act of dividing a pack cards. (b ) The right to divide; as, whose cut is it

 

9. Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment. With eyes severe and beard of formal cut. Shak.

 

1 . A common work horse; a gelding. [Obs. ] He'll buy me a cut, forth for to ride. Beau. & Fl.

 

11. The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise. [College Cant ]

 

12. A skein of yarn. Wright. A cut in rates (Railroad ), a reduction in fare, freight charges, etc. , below the established rates. -- A short cut, a cross route which shortens the way and cuts off a circuitous passage. -- The cut of one's jib, the general appearance of a person. [Colloq. ] -- To draw cuts, to draw lots, as of paper, etc. , cut unequal lengths. Now draweth cut. .. The which that hath the shortest shall begin. Chaucer.

 

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CUT Cut (kt ), a.

 

1. Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.

 

2. Formed or shaped as by cuttting; carved.

 

3. Overcome by liquor; tipsy. [Slang ] Cut and dried, prepered beforehand; not spontaneous. -- Cut glass, glass having a surface ground and polished in facets or figures. -- Cut nail, a nail cut by machinery from a rolled plate of iron, in distinction from a wrought nail. -- Cut stone, stone hewn or chiseled to shape after having been split from the quarry.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

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cut |kət kət | verb ( cuts, cutting ; past and past participle cut ) [ with obj. ] 1 make an opening, incision, or wound in (something ) with a sharp-edged tool or object: he cut his big toe on a sharp stone | he cut open MacKay's face with the end of his hockey stick | [ no obj. ] figurative : his scorn cut deeper than knives. 2 remove (something ) from something larger by using a sharp implement: I cut his photograph out of the paper | some prisoners had their right hands cut off . informal castrate (an animal, esp. a horse ). remove the foreskin of a penis; circumcise. (cut something out ) make something by cutting: I cut out some squares of paper. (cut something out ) remove, exclude, or stop eating or doing something undesirable: start today by cutting out fatty foods. (cut something out ) separate an animal from the main herd. 3 divide into pieces with a knife or other sharp implement: cut the beef into thin slices | he cut his food up into teeny pieces. make divisions in (something ): land that has been cut up by streams into forested areas. separate (something ) into two; sever: they cut the rope before he choked. (cut something down ) make something, esp. a tree, fall by cutting it through at the base. (cut someone down ) (of a weapon, bullet, or disease ) kill or injure someone: Barker had been cut down by a sniper's bullet. 4 make or form (something ) by using a sharp tool to remove material: workmen cut a hole in the pipe. make or design (a garment ) in a particular way: (as adj. cut ) : an impeccably cut chalk-stripe suit. make (a path, tunnel, or other route ) by excavation, digging, or chopping: plans to cut a road through a rain forest | [ no obj. ] : investigators called for a machete to cut through the bush | figurative : a large woman with a voice that cut through crowds. 5 trim or reduce the length of (something, esp. grass or a person's hair or fingernails ) by using a sharp implement: cutting the lawn | cut back all the year's growth to about four leaves. 6 reduce the amount or quantity of: buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want | I should cut down my sugar intake | [ no obj. ] : they've cut back on costs | the state passed a law to cut down on drunk-driving | the paper glut cuts into profits. abridge (a text, movie, or performance ) by removing material: he had to cut unnecessary additions made to the opening scene. Computing delete (part of a text or other display ) completely or so as to insert a copy of it elsewhere. See also cut and paste. (in sports ) remove (a player ) from a team's roster. end or interrupt the provision of (something, esp. power or food supplies ): we resolved to cut oil supplies to territories controlled by the rebels | if the pump develops a fault, the electrical supply is immediately cut off . (cut something off ) block the usual means of access to a place: the caves were cut off from the outside world by a landslide. absent oneself deliberately from (something one should normally attend, esp. school ): Robert was cutting class. switch off (an engine or a light ). 7 (of a line ) cross or intersect (another line ): the point where the line cuts the vertical axis. [ no obj. ] (cut across ) pass or traverse, esp. so as to shorten one's route: the following aircraft cut across to join him. [ no obj. ] (cut across ) have an effect regardless of (divisions or boundaries between groups ): subcultures that cut across national and political boundaries. [ no obj. ] (cut along ) informal, dated leave or move hurriedly: you can cut along now. 8 dated ignore or refuse to recognize (someone ). 9 [ no obj., often in imperative ] stop filming or recording. move to another shot in a movie: cut to a dentist's surgery. [ with obj. ] make (a movie ) into a coherent whole by removing parts or placing them in a different order. 10 make (a sound recording ). 11 divide (a pack of playing cards ) by lifting a portion from the top, either to reveal or draw a card at random or to place the top portion under the bottom portion. 12 Golf slice (the ball ). 13 adulterate (a drug ) or dilute (alcohol ) by mixing it with another substance: speed cut with rat poison. 14 (cut it ) informal come up to expectations; meet requirements: this CD player doesn't quite cut it. [shortened form of the idiom cut the mustard . ] noun 1 an act of cutting, in particular: [ in sing. ] a haircut: his hair was in need of a cut. a stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane: he could skin an animal with a single cut of the knife. a wounding remark or act: his unkindest cut at Elizabeth was to call her heartless. a reduction in amount or size: she took a 20 \% pay cut | a cut in interest rates. (in sports ) a removal of a player from a team's roster. an act of removing part of a play, movie, or book, esp. to shorten the work or to delete offensive material: they would not publish the book unless the author was willing to make cuts. an immediate transition from one scene to another in a movie. Golf the halfway point of a golf tournament, where half of the players are eliminated. Tennis a stroke made with a sharp horizontal or downward action of the racket, imparting spin. 2 a result of cutting something, in particular: a long narrow incision in the skin made by something sharp. a long narrow opening or incision made in a surface or piece of material: make a single cut along the top of each potato. a piece of meat cut from a carcass: a good lean cut of beef. [ in sing. ] informal a share of the profits from something: the directors are demanding their cut. a recording of a piece of music: a cut from his forthcoming album. a version of a movie after editing: the director's cut. a passage cut or dug out, as a railroad cutting or a new channel made for a river or other waterway. a woodcut. 3 [ in sing. ] the way or style in which something, esp. a garment or someone's hair, is cut: the elegant cut of his dinner jacket. PHRASES be cut out for (or to be ) [ usu. with negative ] informal have exactly the right qualities for a particular role, task, or job: I'm just not cut out to be a policeman. a cut above informal noticeably superior to: she's a cut above the rest. cut and dried [ often with negative ] (of a situation ) completely settled or decided: the championship is not as cut and dried as everyone thinks. [early 18th cent.: originally used to distinguish the herbs of herbalists' shops from growing herbs. ] cut and run informal make a speedy or sudden departure from an awkward or hazardous situation rather than deal with it. [originally a nautical phrase, meaning cut the anchor cable because of some emergency and make sail immediately. ] cut and thrust Fencing the use of both the edge and the point of one's sword while fighting. a spirited and rapid interchange of views: the cut and thrust of political debate. a situation or sphere of activity regarded as carried out under adversarial conditions: the ruthless cut and thrust of the business world. cut both ways (of a point or statement ) serve both sides of an argument. (of an action or process ) have both good and bad effects: the triumphs of civilization cut both ways. cut the corner take the shortest course by going across and not around a corner. cut corners undertake something in what appears to be the easiest, quickest, or cheapest way, esp. by omitting to do something important or ignoring rules. cut the crap [ often in imperative ] vulgar slang get to the point; state the real situation. cut someone dead completely ignore someone. cut a deal informal come to an arrangement, esp. in business; make a deal. cut someone down to size informal deflate someone's exaggerated sense of self-worth. cut something down to size reduce the size or power of something, for example an organization, that is regarded as having become too large or powerful. cut a —— figure present oneself or appear in a particular way: David has cut a dashing figure on the international social scene. cut from the same cloth of the same nature; similar: don't assume all women are cut from the same cloth. cut in line push into a line of people in order to be served or dealt with before one's turn. cut it fine see fine 1. cut it out [ usu. in imperative ] informal used to ask someone to stop doing or saying something that is annoying or offensive: I'm sick of that joke; cut it out, can't you? cut loose distance oneself from a person, group, or system by which one is unduly influenced or on which one is overdependent: they cut loose from from the factory and started their own. act without restraint: consumers want to cut loose and have secret bacchanals. cut someone /something loose (or free ) free someone or something from something that holds or restricts them: he'd cut loose the horses. cut one's losses abandon an enterprise or course of action that is clearly going to be unprofitable or unsuccessful before one suffers too much loss or harm. cut the mustard informal come up to expectations; reach the required standard: I didn't cut the mustard as a hockey player. cut no ice informal have no influence or effect: your holier-than-thou attitude cuts no ice with me. cut someone off (or down ) in their prime bring someone's life or career to an abrupt end while they are at the peak of their abilities. cut someone /something short interrupt someone or something; bring an abrupt or premature end to something said or done: Peter cut him short rudely. cut someone to pieces kill or severely injure someone. totally defeat someone. cut a (or the ) rug informal dance, typically in an energetic or accomplished way: you can cut a rug when dance bands and singers take to the stage. cut one's teeth acquire initial practice or experience of a particular sphere of activity or with a particular organization: the brothers cut their professional teeth at Lusardi's before starting their own restaurant. cut a tooth (usu. of a baby or child ) have a tooth appear through the gum. cut to the chase informal come to the point: cut to the chase what is it you want us to do? [ cut in the sense move to another part of the movie, expressing the notion of ignoring any preliminaries. ] cut your coat according to your cloth proverb undertake only what you have the money or ability to do and no more. have one's work cut out see work. make the cut Golf equal or better a required score, thus avoiding elimination from the last two rounds of a four-round tournament. miss the cut Golf fail to equal or better a required score, thus being eliminated from the last two rounds of a four-round tournament. PHRASAL VERBS cut in 1 interrupt someone while they are speaking: It's urgent,Raoul cut in. dated interrupt a dancing couple to take over from one partner. 2 pull in too closely in front of another vehicle after having overtaken it: she cut in on a station wagon, forcing the driver to brake. 3 (of a motor or other mechanical device ) begin operating, esp. when triggered automatically by an electrical signal: emergency generators cut in. cut someone in informal include someone in a deal and give them a share of the profits. cut into interrupt the course of: Victoria's words cut into her thoughts. cut someone off interrupt someone while they are speaking. interrupt someone during a telephone call by breaking the connection: I listened to prerecorded messages for twenty-three minutes before being cut off. prevent someone from receiving or being provided with something, esp. power or water: consumers cut off for nonpayment. reject someone as one's heir; disinherit someone: Gabrielle's family cut her off without a penny . prevent someone from having access to somewhere or someone; isolate someone from something they previously had connections with: we were cut off from reality. informal (of a driver ) overtake someone and pull in too closely in front of them. cut out 1 (of a motor or engine ) suddenly stop operating. 2 informal (of a person ) leave quickly, esp. so as to avoid a boring or awkward situation. cut someone out exclude someone: his mother cut him out of her will. cut up 1 informal behave in a mischievous or unruly manner: kids cutting up in a classroom. 2 informal (of a horse race ) have a particular selection of runners: the race has cut up badly with no other opposition from England. cut someone up informal criticize someone severely: my kids cut him up about his appetite all the time. ORIGIN Middle English (probably existing, although not recorded, in Old English ); probably of Germanic origin and related to Norwegian kutte and Icelandic kuta cut with a small knife, kuti small blunt knife.

 

Oxford Dictionary

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cut |kʌt | verb ( cutting; past and past participle cut ) [ with obj. ] 1 make an opening, incision, or wound in (something ) with a sharp-edged tool or object: he cut his big toe on a sharp stone | when fruit is cut open, it goes brown. 2 remove (something ) from something larger by using a sharp implement: I cut his photograph out of the paper | some prisoners had their right hands cut off . castrate (an animal, especially a horse ). (cut something out ) make something by cutting: I cut out some squares of paper. (cut something out ) remove, exclude, or stop eating or doing something undesirable: start today by cutting out fatty foods. (cut something out ) N. Amer. separate an animal from the main herd. 3 divide into pieces with a knife or other sharp implement: cut the beef into thin slices | he cut his food up into teeny pieces. make divisions in (something ): land that has been cut up by streams into forested areas. separate (something ) into two; sever: they cut the rope before he choked. (cut something down ) cause something to fall by cutting it through at the base. (cut someone down ) (of a weapon, bullet, or disease ) kill or injure someone: Barker had been cut down by a sniper's bullet. 4 make or form (something ) by using a sharp tool to remove material: workmen cut a hole in the pipe. make or design (a garment ) in a particular way: (as adj., with submodifier cut ) : an impeccably cut suit. make (a path, tunnel, or other route ) by excavation, digging, or chopping: plans to cut a road through a rainforest | [ no obj. ] : investigators called for a machete to cut through the bush. make (a sound recording ). 5 trim or reduce the length of (grass, hair, etc. ) by using a sharp implement: Ted was cutting the lawn | cut back all the year's growth to about four leaves. 6 reduce the amount or quantity of: buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want | I should cut down my sugar intake | [ no obj. ] : they've cut back on costs. abridge (a text, film, or performance ) by removing material: he had to cut unnecessary additions made to the opening scene. Computing delete (part of a text or other display ) so as to insert a copy of it elsewhere. See also cut and paste below. end or interrupt the provision of (a supply ): we resolved to cut oil supplies to territories controlled by the rebels | if the pump develops a fault, the electrical supply is immediately cut off . switch off (an engine or a light ). N. Amer. absent oneself from (something one should normally attend, especially school ): Rodney was cutting class. 7 informal ignore or refuse to recognize (someone ): they cut her in public. 8 (of a line ) cross or intersect (another line ). [ no obj. ] (cut across ) pass or traverse, especially so as to shorten one's route: the following aircraft cut across to join him. [ no obj. ] (cut across ) have an effect regardless of (divisions or boundaries between groups ): subcultures which cut across national and political boundaries. [ no obj. ] (cut along ) informal, dated leave or move hurriedly. 9 [ no obj., often in imperative ] stop filming or recording. [ with adverbial ] move to another shot in a film: cut to a dentist's surgery. [ with obj. ] make (a film ) into a coherent whole by removing parts or placing them in a different order. 10 [ no obj. ] divide a pack of playing cards by lifting a portion from the top, either to reveal a card at random or to place the top portion under the bottom portion. 11 strike or kick (a ball ) with an abrupt, typically downward motion: Cook cut the ball back to him. Golf slice (the ball ). Cricket hit (the ball ) to the off side with the bat held almost horizontally; play such a stroke against (the bowler ). [ no obj. ] Cricket (of the ball ) turn sharply on pitching. 12 mix (an illegal drug ) with another substance: speed cut with rat poison. 13 (cut it ) N. Amer. informal come up to expectations; meet requirements: this CD player doesn't quite cut it. [shortened form of the idiom cut the mustard . ] noun 1 an act of cutting, in particular: [ in sing. ] a haircut: his hair was in need of a cut. a stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane: he could skin an animal with a single cut of the knife. a wounding remark or act. [ often with modifier ] a reduction in amount or size: she took a 20 \% pay cut | a cut in interest rates. Brit. a power cut. an act of cutting part of a book, play, etc.: they would not publish the book unless the author was willing to make cuts. an immediate transition from one scene to another in a film. Golf the halfway point of a golf tournament, where half of the players are eliminated. Tennis & Cricket a stroke made with an abrupt, typically horizontal or downward action. 2 a result of cutting something, in particular: a long, narrow incision in the skin made by something sharp: blood ran from a cut on his jaw. a long, narrow opening or incision made in a surface or piece of material: make a single cut along the top of each potato. a piece of meat cut from a carcass: a good lean cut of beef. [ in sing. ] informal a share of the profits from something: the directors are demanding their cut. a recording of a piece of music: a cut from his forthcoming album. a version of a film after editing. the final cut. a passage cut or dug out, as a railway cutting or a new channel made for a river or other waterway. 3 [ in sing. ] the way or style in which something, especially a garment or someone's hair, is cut: the elegant cut of his dinner jacket. PHRASES be cut out for (or to be ) [ usu. with negative ] informal have exactly the right qualities for a particular role or job: I'm just not cut out to be a policeman. a cut above informal noticeably superior to: she's a cut above the rest. cut and dried [ often with negative ] (of a situation ) completely settled: the championship is not as cut and dried as everyone thinks. [early 18th cent.: originally used to distinguish the herbs of herbalists' shops from growing herbs. ] cut and paste Computing move (text ) by cutting it from one part of the text and inserting it in another. cut and run informal make a speedy departure from a difficult situation rather than deal with it. [originally a nautical phrase, meaning cut the anchor cable because of some emergency and make sail immediately .] cut and thrust a lively and competitive atmosphere or environment: the cut and thrust of political debate. a situation or sphere of activity regarded as carried out under adversarial conditions: the ruthless cut and thrust of the business world. [originally a phrase in fencing. ] cut both ways (of a point or statement ) serve both sides of an argument. (of an action or process ) have both good and bad effects: the triumphs of civilization cut both ways. cut the corner take the shortest course by going across and not around a corner. cut corners do something perfunctorily so as to save time or money. cut the crap [ often in imperative ] vulgar slang get to the point; state the real situation. cut a dash Brit. be stylish or impressive in one's dress or behaviour. cut someone dead completely ignore someone. cut a deal N. Amer. informal come to an arrangement, especially in business; make a deal. cut someone down to size informal deflate someone's exaggerated sense of self-worth. cut something down to size reduce the size or power of something, for example an organization, which is regarded as having become too large or powerful. cut a —— figure present oneself or appear in a particular way: David has cut a dashing figure on the international social scene. cut from the same cloth of the same nature; similar. cut in line N. Amer. jump the queue. cut it fine see fine 1. cut it out [ usu. in imperative ] informal used to ask someone to stop doing or saying something that is annoying or offensive. cut loose distance or free oneself from a person, group, or system: he was a young teenager, already cutting loose from his family. begin to act without restraint: when Mannion cut loose the home side collapsed to 127 all out. cut someone /thing loose (or free ) free someone or something from something which holds or restricts them: he'd cut loose the horses. cut one's losses abandon an enterprise or course of action that is clearly going to be unprofitable or unsuccessful before one suffers more loss or harm. cut the mustard informal come up to expectations; reach the required standard: I didn't cut the mustard as a hockey player. cut no ice informal have no influence or effect: your holier-than-thou attitude cuts no ice with me. cut someone off (or down ) in their prime bring someone's life or career to an abrupt end while they are at the peak of their abilities. cut someone /thing short interrupt someone or something; bring an abrupt or premature end to something said or done: Peter cut him short rudely. cut someone to pieces kill or severely injure someone. totally defeat someone. cut a (or the ) rug N. Amer. informal dance, especially in an energetic or accomplished way. cut one's teeth acquire initial practice or experience of a particular sphere of activity: the brothers cut their professional teeth at Lusardi's before starting their own restaurant. cut a tooth (of a baby ) have a tooth appear through the gum. cut to the chase N. Amer. informal come to the point: cut to the chase what is it you want us to do? [ cut in the sense move to another part of the film , expressing the notion of ignoring any preliminaries. ] cut up rough Brit. informal behave in an aggressive, quarrelsome, or awkward way. cut up well archaic bequeath a large fortune. cut your coat according to your cloth proverb undertake only what you have the money or ability to do and no more. have one's work cut out see work. make the cut [ usu. with negative ] Golf equal or better a required score, thus avoiding elimination from the last two rounds of a four-round tournament. miss the cut Golf fail to equal or better a required score, thus being eliminated from the last two rounds of a four-round tournament. PHRASAL VERBS cut in 1 interrupt someone while they are speaking: It's urgent,Raoul cut in. 2 pull in too closely in front of another vehicle after having overtaken it: she cut in on a station wagon, forcing the driver to brake. 3 (of a motor or other mechanical device ) begin operating, especially when triggered automatically by an electrical signal. 4 dated interrupt a dancing couple to take over from one partner. cut someone in informal include someone in a deal and give them a share of the profits. cut into interrupt the course of: Victoria's words cut into her thoughts. cut someone off 1 interrupt someone while they are speaking. interrupt someone during a telephone call by breaking the connection. 2 prevent someone from receiving or being provided with something, especially power or water. 3 reject someone as one's heir; disinherit someone: Gabrielle's family cut her off without a penny . 4 prevent someone from having access to somewhere or someone; isolate someone from something they previously had connections with: the couple were cut off by a fast-moving tide. cut something off block the usual means of access to a place: the caves were cut off from the outside world by a landslide. cut out 1 (of a motor or engine ) suddenly stop operating. 2 N. Amer. informal (of a person ) leave quickly, especially so as to avoid a boring or awkward situation. cut someone out exclude someone: his mother cut him out of her will. cut up 1 N. Amer. informal behave in a mischievous or unruly manner: kids cutting up in a classroom. 2 informal (of a horse race ) have a particular selection of runners: the race has cut up badly with no other opposition from England. cut someone up 1 informal (of a driver ) overtake someone and pull in too closely in front of them. 2 N. Amer. informal criticize someone severely: my kids cut him up about his appetite all the time. ORIGIN Middle English (probably existing, although not recorded, in Old English ); probably of Germanic origin and related to Norwegian kutte and Icelandic kuta cut with a small knife , kuti small blunt knife .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

cut

cut verb 1 the knife slipped and cut his finger: gash, slash, lacerate, sever, slit, pierce, penetrate, wound, injure; scratch, graze, nick, incise, score; lance. 2 cut the pepper into small pieces: chop, cut up, slice, dice, cube, mince; carve, hash. 3 cut back the new growth to about half its length | he should get his hair cut: trim, snip, clip, crop, barber, shear, shave; pare; prune, lop, dock; mow. 4 I went to cut some flowers: pick, pluck, gather; literary cull. 5 lettering had been cut into the stonework: carve, engrave, incise, etch, score; chisel, whittle. 6 the government cut public spending: reduce, cut back /down on, decrease, lessen, retrench, trim, slim down; rationalize, downsize, lower, slash, chop. 7 the text has been substantially cut: shorten, abridge, condense, abbreviate, truncate; edit; bowdlerize, expurgate. 8 you need to cut at least ten lines per page: delete, remove, take out, excise, blue-pencil, chop. 9 oil supplies to the area had been cut: discontinue, break off, suspend, interrupt; stop, end, put an end to. 10 the point where the line cuts the vertical axis: cross, intersect, bisect; meet, join. 11 she was suspended for cutting classes: skip, miss, play truant from; informal ditch, play hooky from. noun 1 a cut on his jaw: gash, slash, laceration, incision, wound, injury; scratch, graze, nick. 2 a cut of beef: piece, section. 3 informal the directors are demanding their cut: share, portion, bit, quota, percentage; informal slice, piece of the pie, piece of the action. 4 his hair was in need of a cut: haircut, trim, clip, crop. 5 a smart cut of the whip: blow, slash, stroke. 6 he followed this with the unkindest cut of all: insult, slight, affront, slap in the face, jibe, barb, cutting remark, put-down, dig. 7 a cut in interest rates: reduction, cutback, decrease, lessening, rollback. 8 the elegant cut of his jacket: style, design; tailoring, lines, fit. PHRASES cut back if profits don't soon improve, we'll have to find ways to cut back | they cut back on medical benefits: economize, downsize, pull /draw in one's horns, tighten one's belt, slim down, scale down; (cut back on ) cut, cut down, decrease, lessen, retrench, reduce, trim; informal slash. cut down 1 24 hectares of trees were cut down: fell, chop down, hack down, saw down, hew. 2 he was cut down in his prime: kill, slaughter, shoot down, mow down, gun down; informal take out, blow away; literary slay. cut and dried the answers to such questions are not always cut and dried: definite, decided, settled, explicit, specific, precise, unambiguous, clear-cut, unequivocal, black and white, hard and fast. cut in excuse me for cutting in, but Glenda says that dinner's ready: interrupt, butt in, break in, interject, interpose, chime in. cut off 1 how did this doll's arm get cut off? sever, chop off, hack off; amputate. 2 oil and gas supplies were cut off: discontinue, break off, disconnect, suspend; stop, end, bring to an end. 3 a community cut off from the mainland by the floodwaters: isolate, separate, keep apart; seclude, closet, cloister, sequester. cut out 1 the lifeboat's engines cut out: stop working, stop, fail, give out, break down; informal die, give up the ghost, conk out. 2 cut out all the diseased wood: remove, take out, excise, extract; snip out, clip out. 3 it's best to cut out alcohol altogether: give up, refrain from, abstain from, go without; informal quit, lay off, knock off. cut out of his mother cut him out of her will: exclude from, leave out of, omit from, eliminate from. cut short 1 they cut short their vacation: break off, shorten, truncate, curtail, terminate, end, stop, abort, bring to an untimely end. 2 several award recipients were cut short during their acceptance speeches: interrupt, cut off, butt in on, break in on.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

cut

cut verb 1 the knife slipped and cut his finger: gash, slash, lacerate, slit, pierce, penetrate, wound, injure; scratch, graze, nick, snick, notch, incise, score; lance. 2 cut the red pepper into small pieces: chop, cut up, slice, dice, cube, mince; carve; divide; N. Amer. hash. 3 they cut the rope before he choked | he has cut his ties with the church: sever, cleave, cut in two; literary rend; archaic sunder; rare dissever. 4 she's had her hair cut | cut back the new growth to about half its length: trim, snip, clip, crop, bob, barber, shear, shave; pare; prune, pollard, poll, lop, dock; mow. 5 I went out into the garden to cut some flowers: pick, pluck, gather; harvest, reap; literary garner, cull. 6 she gazed at the lettering cut into the stonework: carve, engrave, incise, etch, score; chisel, whittle. 7 the government is likely to cut public expenditure | prices were cut by up to 15 per cent: reduce, cut back /down on, decrease, lessen, retrench, diminish, trim, prune, slim down, ease up on; rationalize, downsize, slenderize, economize on; mark down, discount, lower; informal slash, axe. ANTONYMS increase. 8 the text has been substantially cut: shorten, abridge, condense, abbreviate, truncate, pare down; edit; precis, summarize, synopsize; bowdlerize, expurgate; rare epitomize. ANTONYMS lengthen, expand. 9 you need to cut at least ten lines per page: delete, remove, take out, edit out, excise, blue-pencil. ANTONYMS add. 10 oil supplies to the area had been cut: discontinue, break off, suspend, interrupt; stop, end, put an end to. ANTONYMS restore. 11 he brought the car to a halt and cut the engine: turn off, switch off, shut off, deactivate; informal kill. ANTONYMS turn on. 12 the point where the line cuts the vertical axis: cross, intersect, bisect; meet, join; technical decussate. ANTONYMS diverge. 13 dated even Mrs Blenkinsop, the banker's wife, cut her at church: snub, ignore, shun, give someone the cold shoulder, cold-shoulder, turn one's back on, cut dead, look right through, pretend not to see; rebuff, spurn, ostracize; Brit. send to Coventry; informal give someone the brush-off, freeze out, stiff-arm; N. Amer. informal give someone the bum's rush, give someone the brush; Austral. informal snout; informal, dated give someone the go-by. 14 he realized the remark had cut her: hurt someone's feelings, hurt, wound, upset, distress, make unhappy, grieve, pain, sting, cut to the quick. 15 the demos which he cut for the recording company: record, make a recording of, put on disc /tape, make a tape of, tape-record; informal lay down. PHRASES be cut out I don't think I'm cut out for this sort of work: be suited, be suitable, be right, be designed, be equipped; be qualified. cut across a movement which cut across class barriers: transcend, go beyond, rise above. cut back some companies cut back on foreign investment | we're going to have to cut back: reduce, cut, cut down, decrease, lessen, retrench, trim, prune, slim down, scale down; rationalize, downsize, economize on; pull /draw in one's horns, tighten one's belt; informal slash, axe. cut corners his staff complains that he is cutting corners to save money by putting ordinary cream cheese in the tiramisu: skimp, economize; pinch pennies. cut someone /something down 1 24 hectares of trees were cut down: fell, chop down, hack down, saw down, hew. 2 Barker had been cut down by a sniper's bullet: kill, slaughter, dispatch; shoot down, mow down, gun down; cut someone off in their prime; informal take out, blow away, snuff out; literary slay. cut and dried there were agreements which needed to be cut and dried: definite, decided, settled, explicit, specific, precise, unambiguous, clear-cut, unequivocal, black and white, hard and fast. ANTONYMS vague. cut in It's urgent,Raoul cut in: interrupt, butt in, break in, interject, interpose, chime in; Brit. informal chip in. cut something off 1 they cut off his finger: sever, chop off, hack off; amputate. 2 Moscow threatened to cut off oil and gas supplies to Lithuania: discontinue, break off, disconnect, interrupt, suspend; stop, end, bring to an end. ANTONYMS restore. 3 a community cut off from the mainland by the surging flood waters: isolate, separate, keep apart, keep away; seclude, closet, cloister, sequester. cut someone off Gabrielle's family cut her off without a penny: disinherit, disown, repudiate, reject, have nothing more to do with, have done with, wash one's hands of. cut out both the lifeboat's engines cut out: stop working, cease to function, stop, fail, give out; break down, malfunction; informal die, give up the ghost, conk out, go on the blink, go kaput; Brit. informal pack up. cut someone /something out 1 I cut his photograph out of the paper | you need to cut out the diseased wood: remove, take out, excise, extract; snip out, clip out. 2 it's best to cut out alcohol altogether when you're pregnant: give up, refrain from, abstain from, go without, stop drinking /eating; informal quit, leave off, pack in, lay off, knock off. 3 his mother cut him out of her will: exclude, leave out, omit, eliminate. ANTONYMS include. cut and run informal only cowards cut and run: flee, run, run away, run off, make a run for it, run for it, take flight, be gone, make off, take off, take to one's heels, make a break for it, bolt, beat a (hasty ) retreat, make a quick exit, make one's getaway, escape, absent oneself, make oneself scarce, abscond, head for the hills, do a disappearing act; informal beat it, clear off, clear out, vamoose, skedaddle, split, leg it, show a clean pair of heels, turn tail, scram; Brit. informal do a runner, scarper, do a bunk; N. Amer. informal light out, bug out, cut out, peel out, take a powder, skidoo; Austral. informal go through, shoot through; vulgar slang bugger off; archaic fly. cut someone short Peter cut him short: interrupt, cut off, butt in on, break in on. cut something short they decided to cut short their holiday: break off, bring to a premature end, leave unfinished, shorten, truncate, curtail, terminate, end, stop, abort, bring to an untimely end. ANTONYMS extend. noun 1 blood ran from a cut on his jaw: gash, slash, laceration, incision, slit, wound, injury; scratch, graze, nick, snick. 2 a cut of beef: joint, piece, section, bit. 3 informal there wasn't much left after his agents took their cut: share, portion, bit, quota, percentage; commission, dividend; informal whack, slice of the cake, rake-off, piece of the action. 4 his hair was in need of a cut: haircut, trim, clip, crop. 5 a smart cut of the whip: blow, slash, stroke; informal swipe. 6 he followed this with the unkindest cut of all: insult, slight, affront, slap in the face, jibe, barb, cutting remark, shaft; informal put-down, dig, brush-off. 7 a 20 per cent pay cut | a cut in interest rates: reduction, cutback, decrease, retrenchment, lessening, curtailment; N. Amer. rollback; informal slash. ANTONYMS increase. 8 fortunately the cut happened at night, and power was quickly restored: power cut, loss of supply, interruption of supply, breakdown; blackout. 9 the elegant cut of his dinner jacket: style, design; tailoring, lines, fit. PHRASES a cut above informal he considered himself to be a cut above the rest: superior to, much better than; informal streets ahead of, way ahead of the field /pack. WORD LINKS cut -tomy related suffix, as in gastrotomy, anatomy -ectomy related suffix, as in hysterectomy, appendectomy Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Duden Dictionary

Cut

Cut Substantiv, maskulin , der der Cut; Genitiv: des Cuts, Plural: die Cuts englisch cut, eigentlich = Schnitt 1 |kœt kat | Kurzwort für: Cutaway 2 |kœt kat |Boxen Riss der Haut, besonders rund um die Augenpartien 3 |kat |Golf Qualifikation für die weitere Teilnahme an einem Golfturnier nach den ersten beiden Runden 4 |kat |Film, Rundfunk, Fernsehen Schnitt 6

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

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cut /kʌt /〖原義は 「鋭い刃物で切る 」; cat 1 語源 (名 )cutting 動詞 s /-ts /; ; ting 他動詞 【(刃物で )切る 1 〈人が 〉 «…に » 〈物 〉を切る , 切断する «in , into » (!刃物で 「切ってばらばらにする 」こと ) cut a rope with a knife ナイフでロープを切る cut an apple in two [in half ]リンゴを2つ [半分 ]に切る [割る ]The cake was cut into 8 pieces .ケーキは8つに切り分けられた .2 a. 〈人が 〉〈肉など 〉を切り取る , 切り分ける ; cut A B 〗A 〈人 〉にB 〈肉など 〉を切ってやる Cut me a big slice of cake .僕に大きく切ったケーキをくれないか cut another piece of cheese チーズをもう1枚切り取る b. 〈人が 〉 «…の形に » 〈物 〉を切り出す , 切る «into » cut the potatoes into thick slices ジャガイモを厚めに切る The board was cut into squares .その板は四角に切り出された 3 cut A C 〗(切って [分けて ])A 〈物 人など 〉をC 状態 にする (!Cはopen, short, freeなどの 形容詞 ) cut a package open パッケージを開封する He was cut loose [free ] from the business .彼はその仕事から解放された 4 〈人が 〉〈穴 〉を開ける , …をくりぬく , 掘る ; 〈道路など 〉を切り開く cut a hole in the center of a board 板の中央に穴を開ける cut a circle in the top of the pumpkin カボチャのてっぺんを円形にくりぬく 5 a. 〈芝 髪など 〉を短く刈る , 切り [刈り ]そろえる (!軽く切り [刈り ]そろえる場合はtrim ) have [get ] one's hair cut 散髪する (!⦅話 ⦆ではget a haircutが好まれる ) cut the grass [hedge ]草 [垣根 ]を刈りそろえる cut one's nails つめを切る b. 作物 草など 〉を刈り取る , 収穫する cut wheat 麦を収穫する c. 〖通例be 〈衣服が 〉裁断される Her silk gown was cut in the latest fashion .彼女の絹のドレスは最新のスタイルに裁断されていた 6 a. 〈人が 〉〈体 (の一部 )〉を切る , 傷つける (!うっかり傷つける時も, 故意の場合も含む ) cut one's finger 指を切る cut oneself (badly )(ひどい )けがをする b. 〈人 〉の感情 []を傷つける ; 〈寒風などが 〉〈人 〉の身にこたえる Her cruel remarks cut me to the quick .彼女の残酷な言葉が胸にぐさりときた .【削減する 】7 〈費用など 〉を削減する , 切り詰める ; …を減らす Her salary may be cut by 10 percent .彼女の給料は10 \%減になるかもしれない cut the risk of injury けがの危険性を減らす 8 a. 〈時間など 〉を縮める ; 映画 演説 小説など 〉を短縮する ; 一部 をカット [削除 ]する cut one's speech by five minutes スピーチを5分短縮する This scene was cut from the final film .このシーンは最終版でカットされた b. 映画 を編集する ; 〘楽 〙〈CDなど 〉を製作する ; 〈曲など 〉を録音する .【その他 】9 〈水 食料など 〉の供給を止める ; 〈エンジンなど 〉を止める (off )cut electricity to the factory 工場への送電を止める 10 ⦅主に米 くだけて ⦆〈話など 〉をやめる Cut the crap! ばかいうな .11 ⦅主に米 ⦆〈学校など 〉を休む , サボる , ずる休みする .12 〈川 道などが 〉〈ほかの川 道など 〉と交差する , …を横切る ; 場所 を分ける The desert was cut by a road .その砂漠は道路で二分されていた 13 a. トランプ 〈札 〉をカットする 〘山を2つに分け上下を入れ替えること 〙 (!切る 」はshuffle ) ; (1枚 )〈札 〉を引く 〘親などを決めるため 〙.b. スポーツ (球技で )〈球 〉をカットする ; ゴルフ 〈球 〉をスライスさせて打つ ; クリケット 〈球 〉をカットする 〘バットを水平に構えてオフ側に打つ 〙.14 〈物 〉を分解する ; «…で » 〈酒など 〉を割る , 薄める «with » ; 〖通例be 〈麻薬が 〉 «…と » 混合される «with » .15 ⦅話 ⦆a. 〈人 〉を無視する, (会っても )…に知らんぷりをする .b. (チームなどから )〈人 〉をはずす ; 〈人 〉を首にする .16 ⦅米俗 ⦆〖主に否定文で 〗〈仕事など 〉をさばく , 処理する .17 〈赤ん坊が 〉〈歯 〉を生やす .18 …を去勢する .自動詞 1 切る , 切断する ; 切り取る [分ける , 離す ]; 副詞 〈刃物が 〉切れる , 〈物が 〉 (刃物で )切れる (!副詞 は様態の表現 ) This razor cuts well .このかみそりは切れ味がよい Cheese cuts easily .チーズは楽に切れる .2 «…を » 通り抜ける , 突っ切って進む «through » ; «…を (横切って )» 近道をする «across , through » cut through a garden 庭を通り抜ける cut across the lawn 芝生を横切って近道する 3 〘映 〙【(別の場面 )などに 】切り替わる , 移る «to » ; 〖命令形で 〗撮影中断 .4 副詞 急に進路 [方向 ]を変える (!副詞 は方向の表現 ) cut to the right 〈ドライバーが 〉右に急ハンドルを切る .5 副詞 言葉 寒さなどが 〉身にこたえる (!副詞 は様態の表現 ) .6 a. トランプ カットする ; 札を1枚引く .b. 球技 球をカットする ; クリケット 〈球が 〉急に曲がる .7 ⦅話 ⦆急いで去る [帰る ], ずらかる .8 ⦅話 ⦆バット [クラブ ]を振る , スイングする .9 〈(走っている )馬が 〉脚と脚をぶつけ (て負傷す ).10 〈歯が 〉生える .c t across A 1 自動詞 2 .2 問題 感情などが 〉Aにまで及ぶ, Aの域を超えている The concern cuts across ethnic lines .その懸念は民族の域を超えて広がっている 3 Aを妨げる ; ⦅英 ⦆〈考えなどが 〉Aと対立する .c t al ng ⦅主に英話 ⦆消え失せる .c t and r n 1 ⦅非難して くだけて ⦆(困った事態から )さっさと逃げ出す .2 〘海 〙いかり を切り離して出帆する .c t A aw y [aw y A ]A 〈不要な物 〉を切り取る, 切り離す, 取り除く (remove ).c t b ck 1 人数 金額などを 】削減する, 切り下げる «on » cut back on one's hours [fats ]自分の時間を切り詰める [脂肪の摂取量を減らす ]2 カットバックする (cutback 2 ).c t A b ck [b ck A ]1 A 〈人数 金額 時間など 〉を削減する, 減らす cut back the spending 支出を切り詰める 2 A 〈木 〉を刈り込む, 剪定 せんてい する .c t A d ad A 〈人 〉をわざと無視する, 知っているのに知らないふりをする .c t d wn «…の » 量を減らす, 削減する «on » .c t A d wn [d wn A ]1 Aの (消費 )量を減らす, 削減する .2 A 〈木 〉を切り倒す .3 ⦅文 ⦆(刃物 銃などで )A 〈人 〉を傷つける, 殺す ; 〈病気が 〉A 〈人 〉を倒す be cut down by leukemia 白血病で亡くなる .4 A 〈小説など 〉を短くする ; A 〈衣類 〉の丈を詰める .5 A 〈価格など 〉を下げる, 落とす ; A 〈人 〉に値引きさせる cut her down to [by ] $10 彼女に10ドルにまで [だけ ]まけさせる .6 ⦅話 ⦆A 〈人 〉をこきおろす .7 (レース用に )A 〈車 〉を改造 (して軽く )する .c t n 1 «…に » 口をはさむ, 割って入る «on » ; ⦅書 ⦆直接話法 …と口をはさむ (say 他動詞 1a 語法 )▸ “Nonsense!Bob cut in .「ばか言え 」とボブが口を出してきた 2 【車 人の列などに 】割り込む «on » .3 〈機械などが 〉必要時に作動する .4 ⦅主に米 ⦆(ダンスで )パートナーの交代を求める Can I cut in ?交代して私と踊ってもらえますか (!ダンス中のカップルの1人に向かって ) .c t A n on B A 〈人 〉にB 〈もうけなど 〉の分け前をやる, A 〈人 〉をB 〈仲間など 〉に加えてやる .c t into A 1 (ナイフで )A 〈ケーキなど 〉に切れ目を入れる .2 A 〈列 話など 〉に割り込む ; Aを妨げる .3 A 〈時間など 〉に食い込む ; A 〈価値など 〉を減らす, 下げる .c t t ⦅主に米話 ⦆十分である, 期待にこたえる ; (なんとか )うまくやる [いく ].c t ff 1 機械 音などが 〉急に止まる [やむ ].2 ⦅米 ⦆わき道に入る .c t A ff [ff A ]1 A 〈物 〉を切り離す ; A 〈物 〉を短く切る cut (him ) off a big piece of pie パイから大きな1切れを (彼に )切り取 (ってや )る 2 他動詞 9 .3 〖通例be off 場所 人が 〉 «…から » 孤立する «from » ; ⦅比喩的に ⦆ «…に » 疎い «from » The town was cut off for weeks by snow .雪のせいでその町は数週間孤立した 4 A off A 〈関係 〉を絶つ ; A 〈人 〉との関係を絶つ (!Aは時に再帰代名詞 ) Every member of his family cut him off .家族全員が彼と絶縁した 5 A 〈人 〉の遺産相続権を奪う, Aを勘当する .6 A off A 〈人 〉の話に割って入る ; A 〈(通話中の )人 〉の電話を切る .7 Aを妨げる ; A 〈人 (の行く手 )〉を遮る ; A 〈道路 〉を封鎖する .8 ⦅主に米 ⦆cut A up (2 ).9 〖通例be off 急死する .10 ⦅米 くだけて ⦆〈バーテンなどが 〉A 〈酔客 〉に酒を出すのをやめる .c t ut 1 〈エンジンなどが 〉突然止まる .2 ⦅米 くだけて ⦆(急いで )立ち去る [帰る ].3 ⦅主に米 ⦆〈車が 〉急に車線から脇 わき に飛び出す .4 ⦅豪 ニュージー ⦆〈道が 〉行き止まりになる .c t A ut [ut A ]1 A 〈物 〉を切り取る, 切り抜く .2 A 〈ある形の紙 布など 〉を切り取る, 切り抜く ▸ a cookie cutter to cut out rounds 丸型に抜くクッキーの抜き型 .3 A 〈記事 小説などの一部 〉をカットする, 削除する .4 A 〈物 〉を控える, やめる cut out coffee コーヒーを控える Cut it [that ] out !⦅話 ⦆やめろ .5 «…から » A 〈人 〉をはずす «of » cut A out of one's will A 〈人 〉を遺言状の相続人からはずす 6 be out; 通例否定文 疑問文で 〗 «職業に /…になることに » 向いている, 適している «for /to be » .7 A 〈光など 〉を遮る .c t through A 1 〈風などが 〉A 〈人など 〉の身を切るようである .2 自動詞 2 .3 A 〈関門など 〉を切り抜ける, 乗り越える ; A 〈形式など 〉を極力省く .c t p 1 ⦅米 くだけて ⦆(授業で )悪ふざけをする, おどける .2 ⦅くだけて ⦆ «…に » とても腹を立てる «about » .3 〈布地などが 〉 «…に » 仕立てられる «into » .c t A p [p A ]1 Aを細かく切る, 切り刻む .2 ⦅主に英 ⦆A 〈運転手 〉の前に割り込む .3 〖通例be up 負傷する ; 心を痛める, 悲観する be badly cut up about [over ] A Aをひどく嘆き悲しむ .4 ⦅話 ⦆A 〈作品など 〉をけなす, こきおろす .cut p r ugh [n sty ]⦅英 くだけて ⦆ひどく怒る, くってかかる .cut p w ll ⦅俗 ⦆多額の遺産を残す .名詞 s /-ts /C 1 切り傷 , 傷口 bleed from the cuts on one's hand 手の傷口から出血する minor cuts and bruises 軽い切り傷や打ち身 2 a. 切れ目 , 切れ込み make small cuts in the top pie crust パイ生地の上に小さく切れ目を入れる the cuts of a leaf 葉の切れ込み b. (肉の )切り身 , 1片 low-fat cuts of meat 低脂肪の肉片 .3 a. しばしば s 〗 «…における » 引き下げ , 切り下げ , 削減 «in » be opposed to tax [budget ] cuts 税金 [予算 ]の引き下げに反対する deep cuts in spending [salary ]大きな支出 [給与 ]削減 b. «…の » 中断 , 配給停止 «in » ; ⦅主に英 ⦆停電 .4 〖通例単数形で 〗(髪を )カット (すること ); (髪の )スタイル , カット ; (衣服の )スタイル , 裁断 ▸ a cut and blow-dry カットとブロー By the cut of her clothes, I can tell that she is a well-bred woman .服のスタイルから見て彼女は良家の出身だ 5 a. (映画 放送などの )カット , 削除 make some cuts in a drama 劇の一部をカットする b. ⦅話 ⦆(映画などの )編集 (); (CDなどの )the director's [latest ] cut of the movie その映画のディレクターズカット [最新版 ]6 a. トランプ カット (すること ).b. 球技 (球の )カット ; ⦅話 ⦆(バット クラブを )振ること , スイング .7 ⦅米 ⦆切り開いた通路 , 切り通し ; 近道 ▸ a cut through a hill side 山腹を通る切り通し 8 ⦅くだけて ⦆〖単数形で 〗分け前 , 取り分 (share 1 )take one's cut of the profits もうけから分け前をもらう 9 ⦅米 カナダ (一定期間内の木材の )伐採量 .10 ⦅くだけて ⦆(くじ引き用の )こより , わら draw cuts くじを引く .11 a. 〖通例単数形で 〗(人を )傷つける言葉 [行為 ], 当てつけ .b. ⦅話 ⦆通例 the 無視すること , 知らんぷり .12 ⦅主に米 ⦆(学校などを )さぼること , 欠席 , ずる休み .13 ⦅豪 ニュージー 俗 ⦆the s 〗むち打ちの体罰 .14 アイル 話 ⦆(人の )外見 , 身なり ; アイル 見苦しい状態 , ざま .a c t above A ⦅くだけて ⦆A 〈人 物 〉より良い物, Aより上質 [上位 ]The dancer is a cut above the rest .そのダンサーはほかの者より一枚上だ m ke [m ss ] the c t ゴルフ 規定のスコアをクリア (して予選を通過 )する [クリアできない ]; 合格する [を逃す ].the c t and thr st of A Aについての活発な議論 .形容詞 比較なし 主に 名詞 の前で 〗1 切った ; 切って傷ついた 〈指など 〉; 切り取った ; 摘んだ ; 刻んだ 〈野菜など 〉.2 短縮した ; 削減した ; (水などで割って )薄めた 〈酒 〉.3 ⦅話 ⦆酔っ払って (!half cutともいう ) .4 去勢した .c t and c rried married (rhyming slang ).c t and dr ed cut-and-dried .~̀ fl wer 切り花 .~̀ gl ss カットグラス, 切子 きりこ ガラス .~̀ l nch ⦅豪 ニュージー ⦆(弁当の )サンドイッチ .