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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | style, shape of clothing |
| Synonyms: | configuration, construction, fashion, figure, form, look, mode |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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