cut

modif.

1. Formed by cutting

   carved, chiseled, sculptured, sliced; see carved, formed.

2. Reduced

   lowered, marked down, diluted; see impure 1, reduced 2, watered 2.

3. Severed

   split, divided, sliced through, detached; see separated.

4. Slashed

   slit, scored, gashed, scratched; see carved, hurt, wounded.

5. Abridged

   shortened, abbreviated, truncated, edited; see reduced 1.

cut

n.

1. The using of a sharp instrument

   slash, thrust, dig, prick, gouge, knifing, penetrating, dividing, cleaving, incising, separation, severance, hewing, felling, quarter, intersecting, slitting, hack, slice, carve, chop, stroke; see also division 1.

2. The path left by a sharp instrument

   slash, prick, incision, wound, cleavage, penetration, gash, cleft, mark, nick, notch, opening, passage, channel, groove, kerf, furrow, intersection, slit, fissure; see also hole 1, injury 1.

3. A reduction

   decrease, diminution, lessening; see reduction 1.

4. Shape

   fashion, style, construction; see form 1.

5. An illustration

   printed picture, engraving, plate; see illustration 2, picture 3.

6. A section

   segment, slice, portion; see part 1, piece 1, share.

7. A piece of butchered meat

   piece, slice, chunk; see meat.

8. *An insult

   offense, affront, snub; see insult, neglect 1.

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cut

v.

1. To sever

   separate, slice, slice through, cleave, fell, hew, chop down, mow, prune, reap, scythe, sickle, shear, trim, dice, chop, slit, split, rive, sunder, cut apart, cut asunder, rip, saw through, chisel, cut away, cut through, cut off, lop off, snip, sliver, chip, quarter, clip, truncate, behead, saber, scissor, facet, flitch, bite, shave, pare, skive, divide, bisect, amputate, carve, hack; see also divide 1, trim 1.

2. To cut into

   gash, incise, slash, slice, carve, notch, nick, indent, score, carve into, mark, scratch, furrow, rake, wound, mar, scotch, gouge, scarify, lacerate; see also carve 1, mangle 1.

3. To penetrate

   pierce, perforate, puncture; see penetrate 1.

4. To cross

   intersect, divide, pass through, move across; see cross 1, divide 1.

5. To shorten

   curtail, abridge, condense, delete; see cancel 1, decrease 2.

6. To reduce

   lower, diminish, lessen; see decrease 2.

7. To hit sharply

   strike, hew, chop, whack; see hit 1.

8. To castrate

   alter, geld, emasculate; see castrate.

9. *To ignore deliberately

   snub, slight, disregard; see neglect 1.

10. *To absent oneself

    shirk, evade, stay away, play truant, play hooky, be absent without leave, be AWOL, sneak out, skip*, duck*; see also leave 1.

11. To record electronically

    make a record, make a recording, tape; see record 3.

12. To weaken

    dilute, impair, undermine, dissolve; see adulterate, weaken 2.

13. To shape

    fashion, cast, make; see form 1.