cut

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A reduction in the amount, number, or size of something.

   The mayor announced deep cuts in the city budget.

2. 2
   adj

   Opened or divided using a knife or other sharp tool.

   The cut apple turned brown after a few minutes.

3. 3
   adj

   Shaped or styled by cutting.

   He wore a beautifully cut suit to the wedding.

4. 4
   adj

   Having parts removed to make it shorter.

   We watched the cut version of the film on TV.

Common collocations

• cut hair Verb + noun
• cutting board Adjective + noun
• cut down a tree Verb + noun
• cut a key Verb + noun

From Middle English cutten, kitten, kytten, ketten (“to cut”) (compare Scots kut, kit (“to cut”)), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *kytja, *kutta, from Proto-Germanic *kutjaną, *kuttaną (“to cut”), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *kwetwą (“meat, flesh”) (compare Old Norse kvett (“meat”)). Akin to Middle Swedish kotta (“to cut or carve with a knife”) (compare dialectal Swedish kåta, kuta (“to cut or chip with a knife”), Swedish kuta, kytti (“a knife”)), Norwegian Bokmål kutte (“to cut”), Norwegian Nynorsk kutte (“to cut”), Icelandic kuta (“to cut with a knife”),…

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