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1 to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)

I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass

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pierce,
stab

rend,
tear

2 to fail to attend

a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses

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3 to deliberately ignore or treat rudely

the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing

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isolate,
ostracize

4 to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument

when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet

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skive,
whittle

manicure,
mow

pinch,
stump

curtail,
shorten

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5 to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of

you need to cut the lawn very soon—before it becomes a jungle

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6 to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances

the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink

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load

doctor,
spike

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fertilize,
lard

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7 to depart abruptly from a straight line or course

cut towards the goal, eluding a defender

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skew,
slew
(also slue)

about-face,
pivot

weave,
zigzag

Antonyms for cut

straighten

8 to divide by passing through or across

a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half

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9 to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships

whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years

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cut

noun

Synonyms & Antonyms of cut (Entry 2 of 3)

1 a piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting

choose cuts of meat that have very little visible fat

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cutting,
slice

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chop,
cutlet

2 an individual part of a process, series, or ranking

one of the new recruits is a cut above the rest in intelligence

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3 something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group

received my cut of the profits from the garage sale

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lot,
ration

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piece of the action

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whole

4 a style or arrangement of hair

she decided she needed a new cut after wearing her hair the same way for years

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5 an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings

completely ignoring her was the unkindest cut of all

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torment,
torture

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adulation,
flattery

cut

adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms of cut (Entry 3 of 3)

1 as in reduced, diminished

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2 as in chiseled

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chiseled
(or chiselled)

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chubby,
corpulent,
fat,
fleshy,
full,
gross,
obese,
overweight,
plump,
podgy
[chiefly British],
portly,
pudgy,
roly-poly,
rotund,
round,
tubby

flabby,
soft

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“Cut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut. Accessed 18 Oct. 2021.

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