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Cut

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A stroke on the off side between point and the wicket; also, one who plays this stroke.

(2):

(n.) A skein of yarn.

(3):

(n.) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.

(4):

(v. t.) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.

(5):

(a.) Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.

(6):

(n.) A slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin so given to the ball.

(7):

(n.) An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.

(8):

(n.) A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.

(9):

(v. t.) To drive (a ball) to one side by hitting with another ball.

(10):

(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.

(11):

(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.

(12):

(a.) Overcome by liquor; tipsy.

(13):

(a.) Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved.

(14):

(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.

(15):

(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.

(16):

(v. t.) To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick.

(17):

(n.) The right to divide; as, whose cut is it?

(18):

(n.) Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment.

(19):

(n.) A common work horse; a gelding.

(20):

(n.) A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad.

(21):

(n.) The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut.

(22):

(n.) A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber.

(23):

(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.

(24):

(v. t.) To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.

(25):

(v. t.) To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.

(26):

(v. t.) To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.

(27):

(imp. & p. p.) of Cut

(28):

(v. t.) To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out.

(29):

(n.) The act of dividing a pack cards.

(30):

(v. i.) To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument.

(31):

(v. i.) To make a stroke with a whip.

(32):

(v. t.) To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles.

(33):

(v. i.) To move or make off quickly.

(34):

(v. i.) To interfere, as a horse.

(35):

(v. t.) To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance.

(36):

(v. i.) To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.

(37):

(n.) An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts.

(38):

(v. i.) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.

(39):

(v. t.) To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc.