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cut [kuht] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
cut [kuht]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: incision
Synonyms: carving, chip, chop, cleavage, cleft, dissection, fissure, furrow, gash, graze, groove, intersection, kerf, laceration, mark, nick, nip, notch, opening, passage, penetration, pierce, prick, rabbet, rent, rip, scarification, sculpture, section, shave, slash, slit, slot, snip, stab, stroke, trench, trim, wound
Main Entry: cut
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: portion of profit
Synonyms: allotment, allowance, bite, chop*, division, kickback, lot, member, moiety, part, partage, percentage, piece, quota, section, segment, share, slice
Main Entry: cut
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: style, shape of clothing
Synonyms: configuration, construction, fashion, figure, form, look, mode
Example Sentences
  • If enacted by lawmakers, the deal would cut the state's overall year-to-year spending for the first time in more than a decade.
  • Local authorities have certainly been squeezed and a rise in nominal expenditures is still a cut in real terms.
  • First cut through the folded side, then turn the card around and cut toward the fold.
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Main Entry: cut
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: insult
Synonyms: abuse, hateful remark, indignity, offense
Antonyms: compliment, nicety, praise
Main Entry: cut
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: type, kind
Synonyms: cast, description, feather, ilk, lot, mold, sort, stamp
Main Entry: cut
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise
Synonyms: amputate, behead, bisect, bite, carve, chine, chip, chisel, cleave, clip, crop, curtail, decussate, dice, dispatch, dissect, dissever, divide, facet, fell, flitch, gash, guillotine, hack, hash, hew, intersect, lacerate, lay open, level, lop, massacre, mince, mow, mow down, nick, notch, part, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prune, puncture, quarter, rabbet, raze, reap, rend, rip, rive, saber, saw, scarify, scissor, score, scythe, separate, shave, shear, sickle, skive, slash, slaughter, slay, slice, slit, sliver, snip
Main Entry: abbreviate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: shorten
Synonyms: abridge, abstract, boil down, clip, compress, condense, contract, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off, cut out, digest, encapsulate, get to the meat, pare, prune, put in a nutshell, reduce, summarize, take out, trim
Antonyms: amplify, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen
Main Entry: abridge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: shorten
Synonyms: abbreviate, abstract, blue pencil, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, put in nutshell, reduce, restrict, slash, snip, summarize, trim, truncate
Antonyms: add, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen
Main Entry: absence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: state of not being present
Synonyms: AWOL, French leave, absenteeism, cut*, hooky, no show, nonappearance, nonattendance, truancy, vacancy
Antonyms: existence, presence
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