cut

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   with parts removed

   the drastically cut film

2. 2
   adj

   separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument

   the cut surface was mottled

3. 3
   adj

   (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit

   the cut pages of the book

4. 4
   adj

   fashioned or shaped by cutting

   a well-cut suit

5. 5
   adj

   mixed with water

   sold cut whiskey

6. 6
   adj

   a male animal, whose testicles are removed

   The cut horse was more docile.

7. 7
   noun

   an unexcused absence from class

   I was punished for taking too many cuts in my math class.

8. 8
   noun

   the act of reducing the amount or number

   the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget

Etymology

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”),…