[kʌt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object
(e.g: he cut his toe on a sharp stone)

- divide into pieces with a knife or other sharp implement
(e.g: cut the beef into thin slices)

- make or form (something) by using a sharp tool to remove material
(e.g: workmen cut a hole in the pipe)

- trim or reduce the length of (grass, hair, etc.) by using a sharp implement
(e.g: Ted was cutting the lawn)

- reduce the size, amount, or quantity of
(e.g: buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want)

- end or interrupt the provision of (a supply)
(e.g: we resolved to cut oil supplies to territories controlled by the rebels)

- (of a line) cross or intersect (another line)
(e.g: mark the point where the line cuts the vertical axis)

- stop filming or recording
(e.g: ‘Cut’ shouted a voice, followed by ‘Could we do it again, please?’)

- mix (an illegal drug) with another substance
(e.g: dealers cut the drugs to stretch their supply)

- strike or kick (a ball) with an abrupt, typically downward motion
(e.g: Cook cut the ball back to him)

- 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
(e.g: let's cut for dealer)

- ignore or refuse to recognize (someone)
(e.g: they cut her in public)


Phrases:
- a cut above
- be cut out for
- cut a dash
- cut a rug
- cut a tooth
- cut a — figure
- cut and dried
- cut and run
- cut and thrust
- cut both ways
- cut corners
- cut from the same cloth
- cut in line
- cut it
- cut it out
- cut loose
- cut no ice
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut someone dead
- cut someone down in their prime
- cut someone down to size
- cut someone or something loose
- cut someone or something short
- cut someone to pieces
- cut something down to size
- cut the corner
- cut the crap
- cut the mustard
- cut to the chase
- cut up rough
- cut up well
- cut your coat according to your cloth
- make the cut
- miss the cut

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’

[kʌt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane
(e.g: he could skin an animal with a single cut of the knife)

- a long, narrow incision in the skin made by something sharp
(e.g: blood ran from a cut on his jaw)

- a wounding remark or act
(e.g: his unkindest cut at Elizabeth was to call her heartless)

- the way or style in which something, especially a garment or someone's hair, is cut
(e.g: the elegant cut of his dinner jacket)


Phrases:
- a cut above
- be cut out for
- cut a dash
- cut a rug
- cut a tooth
- cut a — figure
- cut and dried
- cut and run
- cut and thrust
- cut both ways
- cut corners
- cut from the same cloth
- cut in line
- cut it
- cut it out
- cut loose
- cut no ice
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut someone dead
- cut someone down in their prime
- cut someone down to size
- cut someone or something loose
- cut someone or something short
- cut someone to pieces
- cut something down to size
- cut the corner
- cut the crap
- cut the mustard
- cut to the chase
- cut up rough
- cut up well
- cut your coat according to your cloth
- make the cut
- miss the cut

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’