cut
1: separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument; "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists" [ant: {unc...
cut across
1: travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" [syn: {traverse}, {track}, {cover}, {cross}, {pass over}, {get over}, {get across}, {cut through}] 2: be contrary to ordi...
cut away
1: move quickly to another scene or focus when filming; "`cut away now!' the director shouted" 2: remove by cutting off or away; "cut away the branch that sticks out"
cut back
1: return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story" [syn: {flash back}] 2: cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health ...
cut corners
1: do something the cheapest or easiest way; "Cut corners to make a cheaper product"
cut down
1: cut down; "the tree is down" [syn: {cut}, {down}] v 1: cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" [syn: {reduce}, {cut back},...
cut glass
1: glass decorated by cutting or grinding facets
cut in
1: allow someone to have a share or profit 2: drive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to maneuver comfortably 3: break into a conversation; "her husband always chim...
cut into
1: turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" [syn: {dig}, {delve}, {turn over}]
cut of meat
1: a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass [syn: {cut}]
cut off
1: detached by cutting; "cut flowers"; "a severed head"; "an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm" [syn: {severed}] v 1: make a break in; "We interr...
cut out
1: having been cut out; "the cut-out pieces of the dress" v 1: delete or remove; "Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the newspaper article" 2: form and create by cutting out; "Picasso cut out a piece o...
cut price
1: a price below the standard price [syn: {bargain rate}, {cheapness}, {cut rate}]
cut rate
1: a price below the standard price [syn: {bargain rate}, {cheapness}, {cut price}]
cut short
1: interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation" [syn: {break short}, {break off}] 2: cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer sho...
cut through
1: travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" [syn: {traverse}, {track}, {cover}, {cross}, {pass over}, {get over}, {get across}, {cut across}]
cut to
1: move to another scene when filming; "The camera cut to the sky"
cut to ribbons
1: defeat totally; "We must cut the other team to ribbons!"
cut up
1: cut into pieces v 1: cut to pieces; "Father carved the ham" [syn: {carve}] 2: destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work" [syn: {mutilate}, {mangle}] 3: separate into isolated compa...
cut-and-dried
1: according to ordinary expectations [syn: {cut-and-dry}]
cut-and-dry
1: according to ordinary expectations [syn: {cut-and-dried}]
cut-and-thrust
1: fighting with knives [syn: {knife fight}, {snickersnee}]
cut-in
1: (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program [syn: {insert}] 2: (film) a still picture that is inserted and that interrupts the action of a film [syn: {insert}]
cut-price
1: costing less than standard price; "buying bargain-priced clothes for the children"; "cut-rate goods" [syn: {bargain-priced}, {cut-rate}]
cut-rate
1: costing less than standard price; "buying bargain-priced clothes for the children"; "cut-rate goods" [syn: {bargain-priced}, {cut-price}]
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cut-rate sale
1: an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"; "I got some great bargains at their annual sale" [syn: {sale}, {sales event}]
cut-up
1: someone who plays practical jokes on others [syn: {prankster}, {trickster}, {tricker}, {hoaxer}, {practical joker}]
cutaneal
1: relating to or existing on or affecting the skin; "cutaneous nerves"; "a cutaneous infection" [syn: {cutaneous}]
cutaneous
1: relating to or existing on or affecting the skin; "cutaneous nerves"; "a cutaneous infection" [syn: {cutaneal}]
cutaneous anthrax
1: a form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and breaks with a discharge of toxins; symptoms of septicemia are severe with vomiting and high fever and profuse sweating; ...
cutaneous leishmaniasis
1: leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions [syn: {Old World leishmaniasis}, {oriental sore}, {tropical sore}, {Delhi boil}, {Aleppo boil}]
cutaneous sensation
1: a sensation localized on the skin [syn: {haptic sensation}, {skin sensation}]
cutaneous senses
1: the faculty of touch; "only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us" [syn: {touch}, {sense of touch}, {skin senses}, {touch modality}]
cutaneous vein
1: one of a number of veins in the subcutaneous tissue that empty into deep veins [syn: {vena cutanea}]
cutaway
1: a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts [syn: {cutaway drawing}, {cutaway model}] 2: a man's coat cut diagonally from the waist to...
cutaway drawing
1: a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts [syn: {cutaway}, {cutaway model}]
cutaway model
1: a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts [syn: {cutaway}, {cutaway drawing}]
cutback
1: a reduction in quantity or rate
cutch
1: tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas [syn: {kutch}]
cute
1: attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" [syn: {cunning}] 2: obviously con...
cutely
1: in an attractive manner; "how cunningly the olive-green dress with its underskirt of rose-brocade fitted her perfect figure" [syn: {cunningly}]
cuteness
1: the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman) [syn: {prettiness}]
Cuterebra
1: type genus of the Cuterebridae [syn: {genus Cuterebra}]
Cuterebridae
1: New World botflies [syn: {family Cuterebridae}]
cuticle
1: the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates [syn: {epidermis}] 2: hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles [syn: {carapace},...
cuticula
1: the outer body wall of an insect [also: {cuticulae} (pl)]
cuticular
1: of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula [syn: {epidermal}, {epidermic}, {dermal}]
cutis
1: a natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" [syn: {skin}, {tegument}] [also: {cutes} (pl)]
cutlas
1: a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors [syn: {cutlass}]
cutlass
1: a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors [syn: {cutlas}]
cutlassfish
1: long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel [syn: {frost fish}, {hairtail}]
cutleaved coneflower
1: tall leafy plant with erect branches ending in large yellow flower heads with downward-arching rays; grow in Rocky Mountains south to Arizona and east to the Atlantic coast [syn: {Rudbeckia lacinia...
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