Main Entry: ¹cut

Pronunciation: \ˈkət\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): cut; cut·ting

transitive verb

1 a : to penetrate with or as if with an edged instrument b : to cut or operate on in surgery: as (1) : to subject (a domestic animal) to castration (2) : to perform lithotomy on c : to experience the emergence of (a tooth) through the gum
2 : to subject to trimming or paring <cut one's nails>

intransitive verb

1 : to function as or in the manner of an edged tool <a knife that cuts well>
2 : to cut in surgery : operate