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Akin to Middle Swedish kotta (“to cut or carve with a knife”) (compare dialectal Swedish kåta, kuta (“to cut or chip with a knife”), Swedish kuta, kytti (“a knife”)), Norwegian Bokmål kutte (“to cut”), Norwegian Nynorsk kutte (“to cut”), Icelandic kuta (“to cut with a knife”), Old Norse kuti (“small knife”), Norwegian kyttel, kytel, kjutul (“pointed slip of wood used to strip bark”).\nDisplaced native Middle English snithen (from Old English snīþan; compare German schneiden), which still survives in some dialects as snithe or snead. See snide.\nAdjective sense of \"drunk\" (now rare and now usually used in the originally jocular derivative form of half-cut) dates from the 17th century, from cut in the leg, to have cut your leg, euphemism for being very drunk." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.", "submean": [ "To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.\nc. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :You must cut this flesh from off his breast.", "To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.\nWould you please cut the cake?\n1725, Homer, “Book III”, in , transl., The Odyssey of Homer. , volume I, London: Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, / With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way.\n2012 May 8, Yotam Ottolenghi; Sami Tamimi, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook‎, Random House, →ISBN, page 79:First, marinate the tofu. In a bowl, whisk the kecap manis, chilli sauce, and sesame oil together. Cut the tofu into strips about 1cm thick, mix gently (so it doesn't break) with the marinade and leave in the fridge for half an hour.", "To form or shape by cutting.\nI have three diamonds to cut today.\nc. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Why should a man, whose blood is warm within, / Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster\n1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. , London: , , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:loopholes cut through thickest shade", "(slang) To wound with a knife.\n1990, Stephen Dobyns, The house on Alexandrine\nWe don't want your money no more. We just going to cut you.", "(intransitive) To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.\nThe patient said she had been cutting since the age of thirteen.", "To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.\n1908, W B M Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:\n“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”", "To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.\nSarcasm cuts to the quick.\n1829, Elijah Hoole, Personal Narrative of a Mission to the South of India, from 1820 to 1828\nshe feared she should laugh to hear an European preach in Tamul , but on the contrary , was cut to the heart by what she heard", "To castrate or geld.\nto cut a horse", "To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs." ] }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.\n1858, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, The Deacon's Masterpiece, in Chapter XI:\nThe panels of white-wood that cuts like cheese, / But lasts like iron for things like these;" }, { "mean": "(transitive, social) To separate, remove, reject or reduce.", "submean": [ "To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.\nTravis was cut from the team.", "To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.", "To reduce, especially intentionally.\nThey're going to cut salaries by fifteen percent.\n2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax.\n2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:The principle of prioritising longer-distance trains by cutting services to wayside stations (often leading directly to their closure) is not new.", "To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).\nI cut fifth period to hang out with Angela.\n1833, Thomas Hamilton, Men and Manners in America\nAn English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop whenever he can do so with impunity." ] }, { "mean": "(transitive, social) To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.\nSynonym: spear\nAfter the incident at the dinner party, people started to cut him on the street.\n1903, Samuel Barber, The Way of All Flesh chapter 73:At first it had been very painful to him to meet any of his old friends, but this soon passed; either they cut him, or he cut them; it was not nice being cut for the first time or two, but after that, it became rather pleasant than not The ordeal is a painful one, but if a man's moral and intellectual constitution are naturally sound, there is nothing which will give him so much strength of character as having been well cut.\n1973, Gore Vidal, Burr :The ordinary people greet him (Aaron Burr) warmly while the respectable folk tend to cut him dead.\n27 September 2013, Kane, Kathryn, The Regency Redingote Blog The Cut: The Ultimate & Final Social Weapon:The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register for 1798 included an explanation by a reader of how the cut was carried out in his college days in a lengthy letter to the editor, signed by the pseudonym \"Ansonius.\" In his rambling letter, Ansonius noted that when he was at college, \" … if a man passed an old acquaintance wittingly, without recognizing him, he was said— ‘To cut him.’\" Ansonius then went on to explain the performance of the cut and noted that for a time the term \"to spear\" was used instead of to cut. However, that term did not remain long in use, and this act was generally known as \"the cut\" ever after." }, { "mean": "(intransitive, film) To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.\nThe camera then cut to the woman on the front row who was clearly overcome and crying tears of joy." }, { "mean": "(transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage." }, { "mean": "(transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.\nSelect the text, cut it, and then paste it in the other application." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.\nOne student kept trying to cut in front of the line." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.\nThis road cuts right through downtown.\n2011 January 18, Daniel Taylor, “Manchester City 4 Leicester City 2”, in Guardian Online:Neither Joleon Lescott nor Vieira appeared to make any contact with Dyer as he cut between them.\n2013 August 16, John Vidal, “Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 10, page 8:Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys." }, { "mean": "(transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it. (Can we add an example for this sense?)" }, { "mean": "(transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To change direction suddenly.\nThe football player cut to his left to evade a tackle." }, { "mean": "(transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two.\nIf you cut then I'll deal." }, { "mean": "(transitive, slang) To make or negotiate.\nI'll cut a check for you.\nI didn't deserve it, but he cut me a deal." }, { "mean": "(transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.\nThe best malt whiskies are improved if they are cut with a dash of water.\nThe bartender cuts his beer to save money and now it's all watery.\nDrug dealers sometimes cut cocaine with lidocaine." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To exhibit (a quality).\n2011 January 25, Paul Fletcher, “Arsenal 3-0 Ipswich (agg. 3-1)”, in BBC:Arsenal were starting to work up a head of steam and Tractor Boys boss Paul Jewell cut an increasingly frustrated figure on the touchline." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To stop, disengage, or cease.\nSynonym: cut out\nThe schoolchildren were told to cut the noise.\nCut the engines when the plane comes to a halt!" }, { "mean": "(sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined." }, { "mean": "(bodybuilding) To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.\nCoordinate term: bulk" }, { "mean": "To perform (a dancing movement etc.).\nto cut a caper\n1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:'Choke, chicken, there's more a-hatching,' said Miss Mag, in a sort of aside, and cutting a flic-flac with a merry devilish laugh, and a wink to Puddock." } ] }, { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(participial adjective) Having been cut." }, { "mean": "Reduced.\nThe pitcher threw a cut fastball that was slower than his usual pitch.\nCut brandy is a liquor made of brandy and hard grain liquor." }, { "mean": "(of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw." }, { "mean": "(Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point." }, { "mean": "(bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.\n1988, Steve Holman, \"Christian Conquers Columbus\", Ironman 47 (6): 28-34.\nOr how 'bout Shane DiMora? Could he possibly get rip-roaring cut this time around?\n2010, Bill Geiger, \"6-pack Abs in 9 Weeks\", Reps! 17:106\nThat's the premise of the overload principle, and it must be applied, even to ab training, if you're going to develop a cut, ripped midsection." }, { "mean": "(informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation." }, { "mean": "(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Emotionally hurt." }, { "mean": "(slang, New Zealand, formerly UK) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.\nSynonyms: see Thesaurus:drunk\n1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 51, in The History of Pendennis. , volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, , published 1849–1850, →OCLC:I was dev’lish cut—uncommon—been dining with some chaps at Greenwich." } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "The act of cutting.\nHe made a fine cut with his sword." }, { "mean": "The result of cutting.\na smooth or clear cut" }, { "mean": "An opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.\nLook at this cut on my finger!" }, { "mean": "A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.\na cut for a railroad\n1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, , London: Adam Islip, →OCLC:\nwhich great cut or ditch Sesostris purposed to have made a great deale wider and deeper.", "submean": [ "An artificial navigation channel as distinguished from a navigable river." ] }, { "mean": "A share or portion of profits.\nThe bank robbers disbanded after everyone got their cut of the money.\n2022 April 6, Andrew R. Chow, “Inside Epic's Unreal Engine 5”, in Time‎:Starting today, UE5 is free to download and use, with Epic taking a 5% cut on products created with it only after they earn over $1 million in gross revenue." }, { "mean": "A decrease.\nAntonym: hike (used in same contexts); increase\nThe boss took a 5% pay cut." }, { "mean": "(cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point." }, { "mean": "(cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball." }, { "mean": "(sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball." }, { "mean": "(golf) In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators." }, { "mean": "(especially theater, film) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.\nThe director asked the cast to note down the following cuts." }, { "mean": "(film) A particular version or edit of a film.\nthe director's cut" }, { "mean": "(card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.\nThe player next to the dealer makes a cut by placing the bottom half on top." }, { "mean": "(card games) The card obtained by dividing the pack." }, { "mean": "The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.\nI like the cut of that suit.\nc. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :with eyes severe and beard of formal cut" }, { "mean": "A slab, especially of meat.\nThat’s our finest cut of meat." }, { "mean": "(fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point." }, { "mean": "A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.\n1819, Washington Irving, (Rip Van Winkle):\nRip called him by name, but the cur snarled, showed his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed.\n1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; , London: John Murray, , →OCLC:\nAfter several experiences like this, I began to entertain a sort of respect for Kooloo, as quite a man of the world. In good sooth, he turned out to be one; in one week's time giving me the cut direct, and lounging by without even nodding. He must have taken me for part of the landscape." }, { "mean": "An unkind act; a cruelty." }, { "mean": "A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.\nThe drummer on the last cut of their CD is not identified.\n1975, Billboard (volume 87, number 24, page 50)\nBest cuts: \"The Evil Dude,\" \"Kung Fu, Too!\" \"Mama Love,\" \"New Orleans\" (with a punchy vocal by Teresa Brewer)." }, { "mean": "(archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit." }, { "mean": "A haircut." }, { "mean": "(graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups." }, { "mean": "(rail transport) A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.\n1960 June, “Talking of Trains: The new Margam yard”, in Trains Illustrated, page 323:The shunter has a lightweight portable radio transmitter by which, as he uncouples an incoming train into cuts for marshalling, he informs the Traffic Office of the number of wagons in each cut and its siding; ." }, { "mean": "An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.\na book illustrated with fine cuts" }, { "mean": "(obsolete) A common workhorse; a gelding.\n1613–1614, William Shakespeare; John Fletcher, “The Two Noble Kinsmen.”, in Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. , , London: J Macock , for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, and Richard Marriot, published 1679, →OCLC, Act III, scene iv, page 436, column 2:He's buy me a whit Cut, forth for to ride" }, { "mean": "(slang, dated) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise." }, { "mean": "A skein of yarn.\n1632, (Please provide the book title or journal name):Two women for stealing 30 cuttes of linen yarn." }, { "mean": "(slang, uncountable) That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.\nSynonym: mix\nDon't buy his coke: it's full of cut." }, { "mean": "(fashion) A notch shaved into an eyebrow." }, { "mean": "(bodybuilding) A time period when one tries to lose fat while retaining muscle mass." }, { "mean": "(slang) A hidden, secluded, or secure place.\n1992 September 22, Da Lench Mob (lyrics and music), “Guerillas in tha Mist”, in Guerillas in tha Mist‎, track 6:I'm laying in a cut 'bout to shoot me a mutt\n2008 March 9, David Simon, “-30-”, in The Wire, season 5, episode 10, HBO, spoken by Slim Charles (Anwan Glover):You don't mind me askin', why you want to sell? I mean, even from inside here, you can take a slice for just layin' in the cut.\n2010 April 14, Wiz Khalifa, “In the Cut”, in Kush & Orange Juice‎:In the cut, in the cut, rolling doobies up\n2012, Honey Cocaine, \"In The Cut\":\nBitch I'm out, catch me chillin' in the cut. Me and my homies swag it out in the cut. It's a party going down in the cut.\n2016, Drake (lyrics and music), “Summer Sixteen\"”:Famous as fuck, but I’m still in the cut when they round up the troops.\n2021, Redferrin, \"Stuck\":\nShe got me stuck. Like a truck, deep mud, deep ruts, way out in the cut. She got me stuck. Even four-wheel drive won't work this time, yeah." }, { "mean": "(chemical engineering, petrochemistry) The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil." } ] }, { "name": "Interjection", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(film and television) An instruction to cease recording.\nAntonym: action" } ] }, { "name": "See_also_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "nut-cut (probably etymologically unrelated?)" } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ] }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "", "", "" ] }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "형용사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "", "submean": [ "" ] }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "인터젝션", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "참조_also_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] } } }