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cut
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- pronunciation:
- kuht
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
cuts, cutting, cut |
| definition 1: |
When you cut something, you open it or break through it with a sharp tool. We use a knife to cut food, and we use scissors to cut paper.
My dad cut a lot of vegetables and made a big salad. We ate it with pizza for dinner.
- similar words:
- carve, chop, clip, crop, mow, pierce, saw, score, shear, slice, slit, split, stab, trim, wound
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| definition 2: |
When you cut something like a cake, you divide it carefully into pieces with something sharp.
Cut the cake so that we can all have some.
- synonyms:
- section, slice
- similar words:
- divide, split
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| definition 3: |
When you cut something, you make it less or make it shorter.
The store cut its prices last week.- synonyms:
- shorten
- similar words:
- abbreviate, reduce
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| definition 4: |
If something cuts through something, it goes across it or through it instead of going around it. If you cut through the park, you go through the park instead of going around it. Usually, you cut through something because you need to save time.
This path cuts through the woods.Tim always cuts through the neighbor's yard on his way home.- synonyms:
- cross
- similar words:
- go through, pass through
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| related words: |
bite, decrease, dress, lower, rip, scrape, scratch, separate, slight, switch |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
When you get a cut, it means that something sharp broke through your skin. When you make a cut in paper, it means that you make an opening in the paper with something sharp.
Sarah's dad cleaned the cut on her knee and covered it with a bandage.I got a cut on my elbow when I fell off my bike.- similar words:
- carving, piece, slice, wound
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| related words: |
figure, injury, tear, trim |
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