cut

1. verb

1)

he cut his finger

Syn:

gash, slash, lacerate, slit, wound, scratch, graze, nick

2)

cut the pepper into small pieces

Syn:

slice, chop, dice, cube, carve; N.Amer. hash

3)

the name had been cut into the stone

Syn:

carve, engrave, incise, etch, score, chisel, whittle

4)

the government will cut expenditure

Syn:

reduce, cut back/down on, decrease, lessen, mark down, discount, lower; informal slash

5)

the text has been substantially cut

Syn:

shorten, abridge, condense, abbreviate, truncate, edit, censor

6)

you need to cut ten lines per page

Syn:

delete, remove, take out, excise

2. noun

1)

a cut on his jaw

Syn:

gash, slash, laceration, incision, wound, scratch, graze, nick

2)

a cut of beef

Syn:

piece, joint, fillet, section

3) informal

they want their cut

Syn:

share, portion, quota, percentage; informal slice (of the cake)

4)

a cut in interest rates

Syn:

reduction, cutback, decrease, lessening; N.Amer. rollback

5)

the cut of his jacket

Syn:

style, design, line, fit