cut
separate with or as if with an instrument
How often you will meet it
Rank 548 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 35,424 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.017% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- separate with or as if with an instrument Cut the rope
- cut down on; make a reduction in also: reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back reduce your daily fat intakeThe employer wants to cut back health benefits
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly also: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue The car cut to the left at the intersectionThe motorbike veered to the right
- make an incision or separation cut along the dotted line
- discharge from a group The coach cut two players from the team
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging cut a holecut trenches
cut in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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And now, you'd better cut back to the house.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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Denis laughed, and gave the horse a cut that brought him quickly abreast of her retreating figure.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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Just as he had cut a large slice out of the mutton there came a tremendous rap at the door.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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Great men sell sheep, thus to be cut in pieces, When first they have shorn them bare, and sold their fleeces.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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Poor Timmins trembled as he gazed Upon the stranger's face; For cut purse! robber! all too plain, His eye could therein trace.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1