The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CUT
cut, shortened
(adjective) with parts removed; “the drastically cut film”
cut
(adjective) 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”
cut
(adjective) (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit; “the cut pages of the book”
cut
(adjective) fashioned or shaped by cutting; “a well-cut suit”; “cut diamonds”; “cut velvet”
cut, thinned, weakened
(adjective) mixed with water; “sold cut whiskey”; “a cup of thinned soup”
cut, slashed
(adjective) (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; “the slashed prices attracted buyers”
mown, cut
(adjective) (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; “the smell of newly mown hay”
cut, emasculated, gelded
(adjective) (of a male animal) having the testicles removed; “a cut horse”
trimmed, cut
(adjective) made neat and tidy by trimming; “his neatly trimmed hair”
cut
(noun) an unexcused absence from class; “he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class”
cut
(noun) the act of reducing the amount or number; “the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget”
cut, cutting, cutting off
(noun) the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends; “the barber gave him a good cut”
cut, cutting
(noun) the act of cutting something into parts; “his cuts were skillful”; “his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess”
cut, cutting
(noun) the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; “his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels”
cut, cutting
(noun) the division of a deck of cards before dealing; “he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal”; “the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual”
cut, undercut
(noun) (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball; “cuts do not bother a good tennis player”
snub, cut, cold shoulder
(noun) a refusal to recognize someone you know; “the snub was clearly intentional”
cut, gash
(noun) a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
cut
(noun) a canal made by erosion or excavation
cut
(noun) the style in which a garment is cut; “a dress of traditional cut”
deletion, excision, cut
(noun) the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; “an editor’s deletions frequently upset young authors”; “both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause”
cut, track
(noun) a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc; “he played the first cut on the cd”; “the title track of the album”
cut
(noun) (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next; “the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt”
stinger, cut
(noun) a remark capable of wounding mentally; “the unkindest cut of all”
cut, cut of meat
(noun) a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
cut
(noun) a share of the profits; “everyone got a cut of the earnings”
cut, gash, slash, slice
(noun) a wound made by cutting; “he put a bandage over the cut”
cut
(noun) a step on some scale; “he is a cut above the rest”
geld, cut
(verb) cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); “the vet gelded the young horse”
cut
(verb) have grow through the gums; “The baby cut a tooth”
edit, cut, edit out
(verb) cut and assemble the components of; “edit film”; “cut recording tape”
dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
(verb) lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; “cut bourbon”
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; “The manuscript must be shortened”
cut, cut off
(verb) cease, stop; “cut the noise”; “We had to cut short the conversation”
reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
(verb) cut down on; make a reduction in; “reduce your daily fat intake”; “The employer wants to cut back health benefits”
cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise
(verb) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; “We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet”
ignore, disregard, snub, cut
(verb) refuse to acknowledge; “She cut him dead at the meeting”
cut
(verb) hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction; “cut a Ping-Pong ball”
cut
(verb) separate with or as if with an instrument; “Cut the rope”
cut
(verb) divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult; “Wayne cut”; “She cut the deck for a long time”
cut, tailor
(verb) style and tailor in a certain fashion; “cut a dress”
cut
(verb) form by probing, penetrating, or digging; “cut a hole”; “cut trenches”; “The sweat cut little rivulets into her face”
cut, burn
(verb) create by duplicating data; “cut a disk”; “burn a CD”
cut
(verb) record a performance on (a medium); “cut a record”
cut
(verb) make a recording of; “cut the songs”; “She cut all of her major titles again”
cut
(verb) stop filming; “cut a movie scene”
cut
(verb) make an abrupt change of image or sound; “cut from one scene to another”
swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
(verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly; “The car cut to the left at the intersection”; “The motorbike veered to the right”
cut
(verb) give the appearance or impression of; “cut a nice figure”
hack, cut
(verb) be able to manage or manage successfully; “I can’t hack it anymore”; “she could not cut the long days in the office”
cut, skip
(verb) intentionally fail to attend; “cut class”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
cut (third-person singular simple present cuts, present participle cutting, simple past and past participle cut)
(heading, transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
To form or shape by cutting.
(slang) To wound with a knife.
(intransitive) To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
To castrate or geld.
To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
(intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
(transitive, heading, social) To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
To separate from prior association; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
To abridge a piece of printed or written work.
To reduce, especially intentionally.
To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
To ignore as a social snub.
(intransitive, cinema, audio, usually as imperative) To cease recording activities.
(intransitive, cinema) To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
(transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
(transitive, computing) To remove and place in memory for later use.
(intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
(intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
(transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
(transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
(intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
(transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
(transitive, slang) To write.
(transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
(transitive) To exhibit (a quality).
(transitive) To stop or disengage.
(sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
(bodybuilding) To lose body mass after bulking, aiming to keep the additional muscle but lose the fat.
To perform (a dancing movement etc.).
Synonyms
• See cut
Troponyms
• chop, hack, slice, trim
Adjective
cut (comparative more cut, superlative most cut)
(participial adjective) Having been cut.
Reduced.
Omitted from a literary, musical or other work.
(of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
(cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
(bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
(informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation
(Australia, NZ, slang) Emotionally hurt.
Eliminated from consideration during a recruitment drive.
Removed from a team roster.
(NZ) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
Synonyms
• (intoxicated): See drunk
Noun
cut (countable and uncountable, plural cuts)
The act of cutting.
The result of cutting.
An opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
An artificial navigation as distinguished from a navigable river
A share or portion.
(cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
(cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
(sports) In lawn tennis, etc, a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
(golf) In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
(theatre) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play.
(cinema) A particular version or edit of a film.
(card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
(card games) The card obtained by dividing the pack.
The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.
A slab, especially of meat.
(fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
An unkind act; a cruelty.
A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
(archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
A haircut.
(graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
(rail) A string of railway cars coupled together.
An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
(obsolete) A common workhorse; a gelding.
(slang, dated) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
A skein of yarn.
(slang, uncountable) That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
(fashion) A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
(bodybuilding) A time period when one tries to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
(slang) A hidden or secure place.
Anagrams
• TUC, UCT, UTC
Source: Wiktionary
Cut (kt), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cut; p.pr. & vb. n. Cutting.] Etym: [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach short, docked, cut a bobtail, piece, Ir. cut a short tail, cutach bobtailed. Cf. Coot.]
1. To sparate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide. You must cut this flesh from off his breast. Shak. Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way. Pope.
2. To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap. Thy servants can skill to cut timer. 2. Chron. ii. 8
3. To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.
4. To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.
5. To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out. Why should a man. whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster Shak. Loopholes cut through thickest shade. Milton.
6. To wound or hurt deeply the snsibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick. The man was cut to the heart. Addison.
7. To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles.
8. To refuse to recognize; to ignorre; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance. [Colloq.]
9. To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc. [Colloq.] An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop whenever he can do so with impunity. Thomas Hamilton. To cut a caper. See under Caper.
– To cut the cards, to divide a pack of cards into portions, in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change the cards to be dealt.
– To cut a dash or a figure, to make a display. [Colloq.] -- To cut down. (a) To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate. "Timber . . . cut down in the mountains of Cilicia." Knolles. (b) To put down; to abash; to humble, [Obs] "So great is his natural eloquence, that he cuts doun the finest orator." Addison (c) To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down expenses. (d) (Naut.) To raze; as, to cut down a frigate into a sloop.
– To cut the knot or the Gordian knot, to dispose of a difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary action, rather than by skill or patience.
– To cut lots, to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw lots.
– To cut off. (a) To sever; to separate. I would to God, . . . The king had cut off my brother's. Shak. (b) To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to destroy. "Irencut off by martyrdom." Addison. (c) To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut off (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam engine. (d) To intercept; as,, to cut off an enemy's retreat. (e) To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate.
– To cut out. (a) To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a piece from a board. (b) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment. " A large forest cut out into walks." Addison. (c) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out work for another day. "Every man had cut out a place for himself." Addison. (d) To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, to cut out a rival. [Colloq.] (e) To debar. "I am cut out from anything but common acknowledgments." Pope. (f) To seize and carry off (a vessel) from a harbor, or from under the guns of an enemy.
– To cut to pieces. (a) To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces. (b) To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces.
– To cut a play (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out passages, to adapt it for the stage.
– To cut rates (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for transportation below the rates established between competing lines.
– To cut short, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a sudden termination. "Achilles cut him short, and thus replied." Dryden.
– To cut stick, to make off clandestinely or precipitately. [Slang]
– To cut teeth, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce through the gum and appear.
– To have cut one's eyeteeth, to be sharp and knowing. [Colloq.] -- To cut one's wisdom teeth, to come to years of discretion.
– To cut under, to undersell; as, to cut under a competitor in trade.
– To cut up. (a) To cut to pieces; as, to cut up an animal, or bushes. (b) To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; as, to cut up a book or its author by severe criticism. "This doctrine cuts up all government by the roots." Locke. (c) To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
Cut (kt), v. i.
1. To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.
2. To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument. Panels of white wood that cuts like cheese. Holmes.
3. To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument. He saved the lives of thousands by manner of cutting for the stone. Pope.
4. To make a stroke with a whip.
5. To interfere, as a horse.
6. To move or make off quickly. [Colloq.]
7. To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the deal or trump, or to schange the order of the cards to be dealt. To cut across, to pass over or through in the most direct way; as, to cut across a field.
– To cut and run, to make off suddenly and quickly; -- from the cutting of a ship's cable, when there is not time to raise the anchor. [Colloq.] -- To cut in or into, to interrupt; to jont an anything suddenly.
– To cut up. (a) To play pranks. [Colloq.] (b) To divide into portions well or ill; to have the property left at one's death turn out well or poorly when divided among heirs, legatees, etc. [Slang.] "When I die, may I cut up as well as Morgan Pendennis." Thackeray.
Cut, n.
1. An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.
2. A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.
3. That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight. Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, snapped his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed. W. Irving.
4. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad. This great cut or ditch Secostris . . . purposed to have made a great deal wider and deeper. Knolles.
5. The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut.
6. A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber. It should be understood, moreover, . . . that the group are not arbitrary cuts, but natural groups or types. Dana.
7. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts.
8. (a) The act of dividing a pack cards. (b) The right to divide; as, whose cut is it
9. Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment. With eyes severe and beard of formal cut. Shak.
10. A common work horse; a gelding. [Obs.] He'll buy me a cut, forth for to ride. Beau. & Fl.
11. The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise. [College Cant]
12. A skein of yarn. Wright. A cut in rates (Railroad), a reduction in fare, freight charges, etc., below the established rates.
– A short cut, a cross route which shortens the way and cuts off a circuitous passage.
– The cut of one's jib, the general appearance of a person. [Colloq.] -- To draw cuts, to draw lots, as of paper, etc., cut unequal lengths. Now draweth cut . . . The which that hath the shortest shall begin. Chaucer.
Cut (kt), a.
1. Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.
2. Formed or shaped as by cuttting; carved.
3. Overcome by liquor; tipsy. [Slang] Cut and dried, prepered beforehand; not spontaneous.
– Cut glass, glass having a surface ground and polished in facets or figures.
– Cut nail, a nail cut by machinery from a rolled plate of iron, in distinction from a wrought nail.
– Cut stone, stone hewn or chiseled to shape after having been split from the quarry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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