cut

cut
I
n.
wound made by smt. sharp

1) a clean; deep; superficial cut

reduction

2) to take a cut

3) a budget; pay; personnel; tax cut

4) a cut in (we had to take a cut in pay)

haircut

5) a crew cut

II
v.

1) ('to gash') to cut deeply

2) (C) ('to sever') cut a slice of cake for me; or: cut me a slice of cake

3) (d; intr.) ('to go') to cut across (to cut across a field)

4) (D; tr.) ('to sever') to cut from (to cut a branch from a tree; he was cut from the team; she cut a thin slice from the loaf)

5) (d; intr.) ('to slice') to cut into (she cut into the cake)

6) (D; tr.) ('to slice') to cut into (he cut the meat into small pieces)

7) (D; refl.) ('to gash') to cut on (she cut herself on a knife)

8) (D; tr.) ('to remove') to cut out of (she was cut out of the will)

9) (d; intr.) ('to go') to cut through (they cut through the woods; let's cut through this building)

10) (D; tr.) ('to reduce') to cut to (they cut the budget to the minimum)

11) (N; used with an adjective) ('to trim') she cut her hair short

12) (misc.) to cut smb. short ('to interrupt smb.'); to cut smb. to the quick ('to insult smb. deeply')

* * *
[kʌt]
or: cut me a slice of cake
superficial cut
tax cut
to cut smb. to the quick ('to insult smb. deeply')
('to gash') to cut deeply
(C) ('to sever') cut a slice of cake for me
(N; used with an adjective) ('to trim') she cut her hair short
['haircut'] a crew cut
['reduction'] to take a cut
['wound made by smt. sharp'] a clean
a budget
(misc.) to cut smb. short ('to interrupt smb. ')
(D; tr.) ('to slice') to cut into (he cut the meat into small pieces)
(D; refl.) ('to gash') to cut on (she cut herself on a knife)
(d; intr.) ('to slice') to cut into (she cut into the cake)
(D; tr.) ('to remove') to cut out of (she was cut out of the will)
(D; tr.) ('to reduce') to cut to (they cut the budget to the minimum)
(d; intr.) ('to go') to cut through (they cut through the woods; let's cut through this building)
(D; tr.) ('to sever') to cut from (to cut a branch from a tree; he was cut from the team; she cut a thin slice from the loaf)
(d; intr.) ('to go') to cut across (to cut across a field)
a cut in (we had to take a cut in pay)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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