Определение cut} в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
- cut
- To change direction suddenly
The football player cut to his left to evade a tackle.
- cut
- Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles
That's the premise of the overload principle, and it must be applied, even to ab training, if you're going to develop a cut, ripped midsection.
- cut
- Having been cut
- cut
- The result of cutting
- cut
- To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument
Would you please cut the cake?.
- cut
- Circumcised
- cut
- The act of cutting
He made a fine cut with his sword.
- cut
- To reduce, especially intentionally
They're going to cut salaries by fifteen percent.
- cut
- A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance
- cut
- A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc
The drummer on the last cut of their CD is not identified.
- cut
- To perform an incision, for example with a knife
I cut the skin on my arm.
- cut
- Carved into a shape; not raw
- cut
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- cut
- (Can we clean up() this sense?) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point
- cut
- An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point
- cut
- To enter a queue in the wrong place
One student kept trying to cut in front of the line.
- cut
- To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it
- cut
- A share or portion
The lawyer took a cut of the profits.
- cut
- To ignore as a social snub
After the incident at the dinner party, people started to cut him on the street.
- cut
- The manner or style a garment is fashioned in
I like the cut of that suit.
- cut
- Emotionally hurt
- cut
- A slab, especially of meat
That’s our finest cut of meat.
- cut
- To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so
This road cuts right through downtown.
- cut
- A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point
- cut
- To stab (a person)
We don't want your money no more. We just going to cut you.
- cut
- To remove and place in memory for later use
Select the text, cut it, and then paste it in the other application.
- cut
- Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball
- cut
- An opening resulting from cutting
Look at this cut on my finger!.
- cut
- The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards
The player next to the dealer makes a cut by placing the bottom half on top.
- cut
- To separate from prior association; to remove a portion of a recording during editing
Travis was cut from the team.
- cut
- To form or shape by cutting
I have three diamonds to cut today.
- cut
- To not attend a class, especially when not permitted
I cut fifth period to hang out with Angela.
- cut
- To dilute a liquid, usually alcohol
The bartender cuts his beer to save money and now it's all watery.
- cut
- To cease recording activities
After the actors read their lines, the director yelled Cut!.
- cut
- A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit
- cut
- Reduced
Cut brandy is a liquor made of brandy and hard grain liquor.
- cut
- To divide a pack of playing cards into two
If you cut then I'll deal.
- cut a caper
- To frolic or romp; to dance about in a frantic or ridiculous manner
I thought he intended to cut a caper round the bed; but suddenly composing himself, he fell on his knees.
- cut a dash
- To make a display of oneself; to give a conspicuous impression
- cut a rug
- To dance, especially in a vigorous manner and in one of the dance styles of the first half of the twentieth century
Young-generation patrons seem to be as fascinated watching the more mature dancers cut a rug.
- cut a swath
- Variant form of cut a wide swath
- cut a swathe
- Alternative spelling of cut a swath
- cut a wide swath
- To behave in an expansive, flagrantly showy, or pushy manner, especially in public venues; to exert sweeping influence
With his signature red beret and class-based rhetoric, president Hugo Chavez has cut a wide swath through this oil-rich but impoverished nation.
- cut a wide swath
- To clear a broad track through a grassland, woodland, geographical region, or other area, either by natural means or by human action
The twister cut a wide swath of destruction in Utica, a town of 2,000 people about 90 miles southwest of Chicago.
- cut a wide swathe
- Alternative spelling of cut a wide swath
- cut and dried
- lacking freshness or spontaneity
- cut and dried
- simple, straightforward, clear, or certain
Take care when guessing, since problems do not always have cut-and-dried answers.
- cut and dried
- decided, set, settled, not open to change
- cut and paste
- to delete text or other data in one document and insert it in the same or different one
- cut and paste
- Composing a document by piecing together components of other documents
- cut and run
- To sail away quickly by cutting the yarns that hold the sails furled
- cut and run
- To abandon a position as quickly as possible
President Bush laid out the scenario we face if the United States decides to cut and run.
- cut and run
- To hurry away; to escape
- cut back
- To reduce consumption
He needs to cut back on doughnuts. He weighs 289 pounds!.
- cut back
- To reduce the amount of (something)
Some U.S. banks are cutting back their dealings with embassies and other foreign institutions in the United States because of the difficulty of complying with money-laundering rules, the Wall Street Journal reported.
- cut back
- To reduce spending
We need to cut back heavily on office supplies. Is there another vendor we can use?.
- cut capers
- To engage in brief frolics, romps, or frantic, ridiculous dances
I was smoking my pipe quietly by my dismantled steamer, and saw them all cutting capers in the light, with their arms lifted high.
- cut corners
- To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road
I believe the old man did not ride fair, as he cut corners.
- cut corners
- To do a less than thorough or complete job; to do something poorly or take short cuts
The guy who built the fence cut corners when sinking the posts, and the fence fell over in the last storm.
- cut down
- To bring down by cutting
They want to cut down several trees to make room for the parking lot.
- cut down
- To reduce the amount of something
Please don't put the candy jar right next to my desk. I'm trying to cut down on sugar.
- cut down
- To insult, to belittle
- cut fastball
- A pitch thrown with an offset grip and a moderate amount of added pressure by middle finger yielding a combination of backspin and some sidespin, resulting in motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher with velocity only slightly diminished from that of a fastball
His cut fastball tends to break bats.
- cut fastballs
- plural form of split-finger fastball
- cut glass
- Glass that has been cut, using an abrasive wheel, into a decorative pattern of facets
- cut in
- To intrude or interrupt
- cut in
- Especially, to dance with someone who is already dancing by replacing his or her partner
- cut in
- When painting, to paint edges, corners, or trim in preparation for rolling larger areas
- cut it
- To suffice; to be effective or successful
Sometimes, professional tools are necessary and homespun solutions just don't cut it.
- cut it close
- To judge or finish something close to its limit
Driving 300 miles on one tank of gas was cutting it close, but we arrived safely.
- cut it fine
- to achieve something at the last possible moment, or with no margin for error
- cut it out
- To stop; refrain from; halt
Would you please cut it out? I'm trying to get some work done here.
- cut like a knife
- To be very sharp (of a character, or remark)
- cut like a knife
- To sting severely, to cause a sensation of stinging, especially said of cold weather
To my small hands, the bitter wind cuts like a knife, freezing my fingers and numbing my circulation.''.
- cut line
- A line on the front wall, above which the ball must hit for a serve
- cut no ice
- To have no influence (on)
- cut of one's jib
- A person's general appearance, manner, or style, or the implications thereof
Let's just say I don't like the cut of your jib, Mr. Tate..
- cut off
- To remove via cutting
- cut off
- To end abruptly
My phone call was cut off before I could get the information.
- cut off
- fuse
A thermal cut-off.
- cut off
- To interrupt (someone speaking)
That dingbat cut me off as I was about to conclude my theses.
- cut off
- To swerve in front of (another car)
- cut off
- To isolate or remove from contact
- cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- To harm oneself as a result of attempting to harm an adversary
- cut offs
- plural form of cut off
- cut one loose
- to fart
- cut one some slack
- To be lenient with; to give grace to someone after a mistake
- cut one's coat according to one's cloth
- live according to one's means, and not more
- cut one's losses
- To discontinue an effort that seems unlikely ever to bear fruit
- cut one's teeth
- To begin; to gain early experience
He cut his teeth flying model airplanes as a child, so aeronautical engineering came naturally.
- cut oneself
- To deliberately make incisions in one's skin as a form of self-harm
- cut out
- To remove, omit
If we cut out the middle-man, we will both have better profits.
- cut out
- To remove or shape by cutting
Cut out the letters and paste them on the poster.
- cut out
- To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected
Can you say that again? You keep cutting out.
- cut out
- To intercept
- cut out
- Well suited; appropriate; fit for a particular activity or purpose
We've got our work cut out for us.
- cut out
- To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.)
He had to cut out smoking in order to be prepared for the marathon.
- cut red tape
- To reduce bureaucracy
This insurance company is an expert at cutting red tape to process your claim faster.
- cut scene
- A typically non-interactive cinematic narrative technique used in video games to advance the story. Cut scenes may be presented with either full motion video or may be done with the game engine. Cut scenes presented in-engine can be interactive, the player may be able to change the camera angle or press a button to perform an action
- cut scenes
- plural form of cut scene
- cut short
- interrupt and curtail before the planned end time
The party was cut short because everything was getting broken.
- cut short
- Make shorter by cutting
- cut somebody some slack
- to be patient or lenient with somebody; to relax standards or expectations
Cut the new guy some slack. He's only been here for two days.
- cut someone some slack
- To make allowances for someone, and not treat a failure severely
- cut splice
- Two ropes spliced together to form an eye which lies shut when taut
- cut the cheese
- To flatulate
Hey, who cut the cheese?.
- cut the crap
- stop talking about irrelevant things
- cut the mustard
- To suffice; to be good or effective enough
Give me the bigger hammer. This little one just doesn't cut the mustard.
- cut the muster
- Mistaken form of cut the mustard
- cut the rug
- Alternative form of cut a rug
- cut through
- To make a detour across, as opposed to around
We had to cut through the park on our way to the mall.
- cut through
- To deal with something quickly in order to lessen the problem
Allies warned— the Communists today that they might cut through the prisoner exchange problem by releasing in South Korea 32000 North Koreans who do not want to go home.
- cut to black
- a film punctuation in which the picture is instantaneously darkened
- cut to the chase
- To get to the point; to get on with it; to state something directly
We don't have much time here. Could you cut to the chase?.
- cut to the quick
- To get to the most essential idea or point
Alfar's analysis cuts to the quick of the socioeconomic structures that underlie marriage, primogeniture, monarchy, and imperialism.
- cut to the quick
- To hurt a person deeply, especially emotionally
I was cut to the quick at the idea of having lost the inestimable privilege of listening to the gifted Kurtz.
- cut up
- To lacerate; to wound by multiple lacerations; to injure or damage by cutting, or as if by cutting
The attackers cut him up pretty bad.
- cut up
- To distress mentally or emotionally
And even Scrooge was not so dreadfully cut up by the sad event.
- cut up
- To cut into smaller pieces, parts, or sections
With a little practice, you can cut up a whole chicken yourself for frying.
- cut up
- Having been cut into smaller pieces
Put the cut up vegetables in the pot.
- cut up
- To severely criticize or censure; to subject to hostile criticism
The reviewer cut up the book mercilessly.
- cut up
- Emotionally upset; mentally distressed
She was seriously cut up over her dog disappearing.
- cut up
- To aggressively move in front of another vehicle while driving. US: cut off
One night coming home from work, I was driving through a quiet housing estate and had a driver cut me up. I had my window open, and mouthed some obscenity towards him.
- cut up
- To behave like a clown or jokester (a cut-up); to misbehave; to act in a playful, comical, boisterous, or unruly manner to elicit laughter, attention, etc
We need to talk about Johnny's tendency to cut up in class.
- cut up
- Wounded with multiple lacerations
He is cut up pretty bad.
- cut wind
- To pass gas; to break wind
- cut-and-paste
- pieced together from several sources
- cut-and-thrust
- A vehement argument
He never got used to the cut-and-thrust of political debate.
- cut-off
- Alternative spelling of cutoff
- cut-off
- Having had shirt sleeves or pantlegs shortened by cutting material from the end
- cut-out
- a railway cutting
- cut-out
- the separation of a group of cattle from a herd; the place where they are collected
- cut-out
- A trusted middleman, especially in espionage
- cut-out
- A space produced when something is removed by cutting; the piece so cut out
- cut-out
- A device that disconnects an electric circuit under certain dangerous circumstances
- cut-price
- That is offered for sale at less than the normal price
- cut-rate
- Offered for sale or rent at a lower than usual rate
- cut-throat razor
- A straight razor
- cut-throat razors
- plural form of cut-throat razor
- cut down
- If you cut down on something or cut down something, you use or do less of it. He cut down on coffee and cigarettes, and ate a balanced diet Car owners were asked to cut down travel If you spend more than your income, can you try to cut down?
- cut lunch
- {i} (Australia) box lunch, packed lunch, light afternoon meal packed to be eaten in a different location
- cut someone deep
- (Ev ile ilgili) Scar someone in an emotional way
- cut
- {v} to carve, hew, lop, shape, cross, divide, part
- cut
- {a} prepared for use, hewed, lopped, hurt
- cut
- {n} a cleft or wound with an edged tool, slice of meat lop, canal, picture, impression, fool
- cut a swath
- (deyim) 1. Attract a lot of interest or attention.2. Cause a lot of destruction, death, or harm in a particular place
1. The two beautiful sisters cut a wide swath through our little town, and every male wanted to take them out.
2. The new game is unusually inventive and has cut a wide swath in the video game market.
3. Violent thunderstorms cut a swath of destruction through the area, blowing down trees and damaging houses.
- cut in
- (MACHINE) if a part of a machine cuts in, it starts to operate when it is needed
- cut in on
- (MACHINE) if a part of a machine cuts in, it starts to operate when it is needed
- cut someone some slack
- (deyim) Allow someone some leeway in their conduct, give a break, cut someone a break
- cut the chase
- (deyim) Get to the point
- cut the umblical cord
- (deyim) (Cut the (umbilical) cord) Stop being too dependent on someone, especially your parents
- cut to the chase
- (deyim) "Let's cut to to the chase." is a phrase which means "Let's get straight to the issue, without wasting anymore time"
