Another word for cut
cut
modif.
Formed by cutting
carved, chiseled, sculptured, sliced; see carved, formed.
Reduced
lowered, marked down, diluted; see impure 1, reduced 2, watered 2.
Severed
Slashed
Abridged
shortened, abbreviated, truncated, edited; see reduced 1.
cut
n.
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.
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.
A reduction
decrease, diminution, lessening; see reduction 1.
Shape
fashion, style, construction; see form 1.
An illustration
printed picture, engraving, plate; see illustration 2, picture 3.
A section
A piece of butchered meat
*An insult
cut
v.
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.
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.
To penetrate
To cross
intersect, divide, pass through, move across; see cross 1, divide 1.
To shorten
curtail, abridge, condense, delete; see cancel 1, decrease 2.
To reduce
To hit sharply
To castrate
alter, geld, emasculate; see castrate.
*To ignore deliberately
*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.
To record electronically
To weaken
dilute, impair, undermine, dissolve; see adulterate, weaken 2.
To shape
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Another word for cut
To penetrate with a sharp edge:
gash, incise, pierce, slash, slit. See enter, helpTo separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument:
carve, cleave1, dissever, sever, slice, slit, split. See assembleTo bring down, as with a saw or ax.
Also used with down: chop down, fell1, hew. See riseTo turn aside sharply from a straight course:
chop2, sheer1, skew, slue1, swerve, veer. (Nautical) yaw. See changeTo decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:
chop1, clip1, crop, cut back, cut down, lop1, lower2, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate. See increaseTo lessen the strength of by or as if by admixture:
attenuate, dilute, thin, water (down), weaken. See strongTo slight (someone) deliberately:
rebuff, shun, snub, spurn. (Informal) coldshoulder. Idioms: close (or shut) the door on, give someone the cold shoulder, give someone the go-by, turn one's back on. See acceptTo fail to attend on purpose:
truant. (Informal) skip. Idioms: go AWOL, play hooky (or truant). See seek
To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:
chop1, clip1, crop, cut, cut down, lop1, lower2, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate. See increase
To cause the death of:
carry off, cut off, destroy, dispatch, finish (off), kill1, slay. (Slang) waste, zap. Idioms: put an end to, put to sleep. See helpTo cause to fall, as from a shot or blow:
bring down, down, drop, fell1, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, strike down, throw. (Slang) deck1. Idiom: lay low. See riseTo decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:
chop1, clip1, crop, cut, cut back, lop1, lower2, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate. See increase
To force or come in as an improper or unwanted element:
horn in, intrude, obtrude. See enterTo interject remarks or questions into another's discourse:
break in, chime in, chip in, interrupt. See continue
To set apart from a group:
close off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester. See includeTo cause the death of:
carry off, cut down, destroy, dispatch, finish (off), kill1, slay. (Slang) waste, zap. Idioms: put an end to, put to sleep. See helpTo block the progress of and force to change direction:
head off, intercept. See allow
To take the place of (another) against the other's will:
displace, supplant. See substituteTo desist from, cease, or discontinue (a habit, for example):
break, give up, leave off, stop. (Slang) kick. See continue- (Informal)
To move or proceed away from a place:
depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave1, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw. (Informal) push off, shove off. (Slang) blow1, split, take off. Idioms: hit the road, take leave. See approach
- (Informal)
To behave in a rowdy, improper, or unruly fashion:
act up, carry on, misbehave. (Informal) horse around. See good - (Informal)
To find fault with:
blame, censure, criticize, fault, rap1. (Informal) pan. (Slang) knock. See praise
The result of cutting:
gash, incision, slash, slice, slit, split. See enter, helpA part severed from a whole:
piece, portion, section, segment, slice. See partThe act or process of decreasing:
abatement, curtailment, cutback, decrease, decrement, diminishment, diminution, drain, reduction, slash, slowdown, taper. See increase- (Informal)
That which is allotted:
allocation, allotment, allowance, dole, lot, measure, part, portion, quantum, quota, ration, share, split. (Slang) divvy. See collect A deliberate slight:
rebuff, snub, spurn. (Informal) cold shoulder, go-by. See acceptAn unexcused absence:
truancy, truantry. (Informal) hooky. See seek
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