cut

Definitions

• (heading) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
• (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
• (transitive) To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
• (intransitive) To cease recording activities.
• (intransitive) To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
• (transitive) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
• (transitive) To remove and place in memory for later use.
• (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
• (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
• (transitive) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
• (transitive) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
• (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
• (transitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
• (transitive) To write.
• (transitive) To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
• (transitive) To exhibit (a quality).
• (transitive) To stop or disengage.
• (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.
• (bodybuilding) To lose body mass after bulking, aiming to keep the additional muscle but lose the fat.
• To perform (a dancing movement etc.).