cut

¹cut

verb \ˈkət\

cutcut·ting

Definition of CUT

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