imp. & p. p. - of Cut
v. t. - To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide.
v. t. - To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.
v. t. - To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.
v. t. - To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.
v. t. - To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out.
v. t. - To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick.
v. t. - To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles.
v. t. - To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance.
v. t. - To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc.
v. i. - To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.
v. i. - To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
v. i. - To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument.
v. i. - To make a stroke with a whip.
v. i. - To interfere, as a horse.
v. i. - To move or make off quickly.
v. i. - To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the deal or trump, or to change the order of the cards to be dealt.
n. - An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.
n. - A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.
n. - 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.
n. - A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad.
n. - The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut.
n. - A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber.
n. - An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts.
n. - The act of dividing a pack cards.
n. - The right to divide; as, whose cut is it?
n. - Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment.
n. - A common work horse; a gelding.
n. - The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
n. - A skein of yarn.
a. - Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.
a. - Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved.
a. - Overcome by liquor; tipsy.
v. t. - To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
v. t. - To drive (an object ball) to either side by hitting it fine on the other side with the cue ball or another object ball.
v. t. - To strike (a ball) with the racket inclined or struck across the ball so as to put a certain spin on the ball.
v. t. - To drive (a ball) to one side by hitting with another ball.
n. - A slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin so given to the ball.
n. - A stroke on the off side between point and the wicket; also, one who plays this stroke.