cut

About 82.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Teutila Cuicatec.
2. verb 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.

   Would you please cut the cake?

3. verb To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
4. verb To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.

   Would you please cut the cake?

5. verb To form or shape by cutting.

   I have three diamonds to cut today.

6. verb To wound with a knife.
7. verb To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.

   The patient said she had been cutting since the age of thirteen.

8. verb To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.

Similar words

gash slit slitted incised perforated gashed pierced slashed perforate sliced

Often followed by

off the in out down into and to a

Word family

cuts cutting