cut

Pronunciation: /kʌt/

The English word “cut” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
To form or shape by cutting.
To wound with a knife.
To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
To castrate or geld.
To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
To reduce, especially intentionally.
To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
To leave abruptly.
To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
To enter a queue in the wrong place.

Etymology

From Middle English cutten, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *kytja, *kutta, from Proto-Germanic *kutjaną, *kuttaną (“to cut”), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *kwetwą (“meat, flesh”) (compare Old Norse kvett (“meat”)). Sometimes instead compared to French couteau, itself from Latin culter (“knife”). Copmare Scots kut, kit (“to cut”)); also akin to Middle Swedish…

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