| pure | | |
| adj. | 1. pure | free of extraneous elements of any kind.; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen" |
| ~ clean | ritually clean or pure. |
| ~ axenic | (used of cultures of microorganisms) completely free from other organisms.; "an axenic culture" |
| ~ clean, fresh | free from impurities.; "clean water"; "fresh air" |
| ~ unclouded, clean, clear, light | (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims.; "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell" |
| ~ fine | free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity.; "gold 21 carats fine" |
| ~ native | as found in nature in the elemental form.; "native copper" |
| ~ unmingled, unmixed, sheer, plain | not mixed with extraneous elements.; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" |
| ~ pristine | completely free from dirt or contamination.; "pristine mountain snow" |
| ~ sublimate | made pure. |
| ~ unadulterated | not mixed with impurities.; "unadulterated maple syrup" |
| ~ unalloyed | free from admixture.; "unalloyed metal"; "unalloyed pleasure" |
| ~ unpolluted, uncontaminated | free from admixture with noxious elements; clean.; "unpolluted streams"; "a contaminated lake" |
| ~ virginal | untouched or undefiled.; "nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage" |
| ~ processed | prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process.; "processed ores" |
| adj. | 2. arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter | without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" |
| ~ unmitigated | not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier.; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie" |
| adj. | 3. pure, saturated | (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black. |
| ~ intense, vivid | (of color) having the highest saturation.; "vivid green"; "intense blue" |
| adj. | 4. pure | free from discordant qualities. |
| ~ harmonious | musically pleasing. |
| adj. | 5. pure | concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied.; "pure science" |
| ~ theoretical | concerned with theories rather than their practical applications.; "theoretical physics" |
| adj. | 6. pure | (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless.; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"; "pure as the driven snow" |
| ~ chaste | morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse).; "a holy woman innocent and chaste" |
| ~ undefiled, immaculate | free from stain or blemish. |
| ~ white | free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied.; "in shining white armor" |
| adj. | 7. pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous | in a state of sexual virginity.; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal" |
| ~ chaste | morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse).; "a holy woman innocent and chaste" |
| virgin | | |
| n. (person) | 1. virgin | a person who has never had sex. |
| ~ inexperienced person, innocent | a person who lacks knowledge of evil. |
| n. (person) | 2. virgin, virgo | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo. |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ astrology, star divination | a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon. |
| n. (location) | 3. virgin, virgo, virgo the virgin | the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22. |
| ~ mansion, planetary house, sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, house | (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided. |
| adj. | 4. virgin | being used or worked for the first time.; "virgin wool" |
| ~ new | not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered.; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World" |
| amputate | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. amputate, cut off | remove surgically.; "amputate limbs" |
| ~ practice of medicine, medicine | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries.; "he studied medicine at Harvard" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ slough off | separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion. |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| cut | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. cut | a share of the profits.; "everyone got a cut of the earnings" |
| ~ booty, dirty money, loot, pillage, plunder, prize, swag | goods or money obtained illegally. |
| ~ share, percentage, portion, part | assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.; "he wanted his share in cash" |
| ~ rake-off, vigorish | a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster. |
| n. (communication) | 2. cut | (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next.; "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt" |
| ~ transition | a passage that connects a topic to one that follows. |
| ~ jump cut | an immediate transition from one scene to another. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. cut, gash | a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation. |
| ~ furrow | a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow). |
| n. (state) | 4. cut | a step on some scale.; "he is a cut above the rest" |
| ~ gradation, step | relative position in a graded series.; "always a step behind"; "subtle gradations in color"; "keep in step with the fashions" |
| n. (state) | 5. cut, gash, slash, slice | a wound made by cutting.; "he put a bandage over the cut" |
| ~ wound, lesion | an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin). |
| n. (food) | 6. cut, cut of meat | a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass. |
| ~ roast, joint | a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion. |
| ~ confit | a piece of meat (especially a duck) cooked slowly in its own fat. |
| ~ meat | the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food. |
| ~ chop | a small cut of meat including part of a rib. |
| ~ chine | cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone. |
| ~ leg | the limb of an animal used for food. |
| ~ side of meat, side | a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food. |
| ~ forequarter | the front half of a side of meat. |
| ~ hindquarter | the back half of a side of meat. |
| ~ cut of beef | cut of meat from beef cattle. |
| ~ rib | cut of meat including one or more ribs. |
| ~ entrecote | cut of meat taken from between the ribs. |
| ~ shank | a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg. |
| ~ shin bone, shin | a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg. |
| ~ brisket | a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef. |
| ~ steak | a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish. |
| ~ loin | a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump. |
| ~ sirloin | the portion of the loin (especially of beef) just in front of the rump. |
| ~ tenderloin, undercut | the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column. |
| ~ neck | a cut of meat from the neck of an animal. |
| ~ shoulder | a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg. |
| ~ cut of veal | cut of meat from a calf. |
| ~ cut of mutton | cut of meat from a mature sheep. |
| ~ cut of lamb | cut of meat from a lamb. |
| ~ saddle | cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins. |
| ~ rack | rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton. |
| ~ cut of pork | cut of meat from a hog or pig. |
| n. (communication) | 7. cut, stinger | a remark capable of wounding mentally.; "the unkindest cut of all" |
| ~ contumely, insult, revilement, abuse, vilification | a rude expression intended to offend or hurt.; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team" |
| n. (communication) | 8. cut, track | a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc.; "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album" |
| ~ excerpt, excerption, extract, selection | a passage selected from a larger work.; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" |
| n. (communication) | 9. cut, deletion, excision | the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage.; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause" |
| ~ editing, redaction | putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form. |
| n. (cognition) | 10. cut | the style in which a garment is cut.; "a dress of traditional cut" |
| ~ fashion | the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior. |
| n. (artifact) | 11. cut | a canal made by erosion or excavation. |
| ~ canal | long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation. |
| n. (act) | 12. cold shoulder, cut, snub | a refusal to recognize someone you know.; "the snub was clearly intentional" |
| ~ rebuff, slight | a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval). |
| n. (act) | 13. baseball swing, cut, swing | in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball.; "he took a vicious cut at the ball" |
| ~ stroke, shot | (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand.; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot" |
| n. (act) | 14. cut, undercut | (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball.; "cuts do not bother a good tennis player" |
| ~ squash rackets, squash racquets, squash | a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets. |
| ~ badminton | a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net. |
| ~ lawn tennis, tennis | a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court. |
| ~ stroke, shot | (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand.; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot" |
| n. (act) | 15. cut, cutting | the division of a deck of cards before dealing.; "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"; "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual" |
| ~ division | the act or process of dividing. |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| n. (act) | 16. cut, cutting | the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge.; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels" |
| ~ opening | becoming open or being made open.; "the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for" |
| ~ snick, nick, notch | a small cut. |
| ~ gash, slash | a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument. |
| ~ surgical incision, incision, section | the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation). |
| n. (act) | 17. cut, cutting | the act of cutting something into parts.; "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess" |
| ~ severing, severance | the act of severing. |
| ~ division | the act or process of dividing. |
| ~ dissection | cutting so as to separate into pieces. |
| ~ scission | the act of dividing by cutting or splitting. |
| ~ slicing | the act of cutting into slices. |
| ~ undercut | a cut made underneath to remove material. |
| n. (act) | 18. cut, cutting, cutting off | the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends.; "the barber gave him a good cut" |
| ~ shortening | act of decreasing in length.; "the dress needs shortening" |
| ~ snip, clipping, clip | the act of clipping or snipping. |
| ~ haircut | the act of cutting the hair. |
| ~ clipping, trimming, trim | cutting down to the desired size or shape. |
| ~ shearing | removing by cutting off or clipping. |
| n. (act) | 19. cut | the act of reducing the amount or number.; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget" |
| ~ reduction, step-down, diminution, decrease | the act of decreasing or reducing something. |
| ~ budget cut | the act of reducing budgeted expenditures. |
| ~ pay cut, salary cut | the act of reducing a salary. |
| ~ cost cutting | the act of cutting costs. |
| ~ price cut, price cutting | cutting the price of merchandise to one lower than the usual or advertised price. |
| ~ spending cut | the act of reducing spending. |
| ~ tax cut | the act of reducing taxation.; "the new administration's large tax cut was highly controversial" |
| n. (act) | 20. cut | an unexcused absence from class.; "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class" |
| ~ absence | failure to be present. |
| v. (contact) | 21. cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| ~ manicure | trim carefully and neatly.; "manicure fingernails" |
| ~ scissor | cut with or as if with scissors. |
| ~ plane, shave | cut or remove with or as if with a plane.; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood" |
| ~ slice up, slice | cut into slices.; "Slice the salami, please" |
| ~ pink | cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing. |
| ~ jag | cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge. |
| ~ cut up, carve | cut to pieces.; "Father carved the ham" |
| ~ carve | form by carving.; "Carve a flower from the ice" |
| ~ chip at, carve | engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface.; "carve one's name into the bark" |
| ~ dice, cube | cut into cubes.; "cube the cheese" |
| ~ julienne | cut into long thin strips.; "julienne the potatoes" |
| ~ hack, chop | cut with a hacking tool. |
| ~ undercut | cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall. |
| ~ hack | cut away.; "he hacked his way through the forest" |
| ~ chop, chop up | cut into pieces.; "Chop wood"; "chop meat" |
| ~ fell, strike down, cut down, drop | cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow.; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" |
| ~ chip, nick | cut a nick into. |
| ~ nick, snick | cut slightly, with a razor.; "The barber's knife nicked his cheek" |
| ~ knap, break off, chip, cut off | break a small piece off from.; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" |
| ~ trim, pare | remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size.; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber" |
| ~ circumcise | cut the skin over the clitoris. |
| ~ chamfer, furrow, chase | cut a furrow into a columns. |
| ~ indent | cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication.; "indent the documents" |
| ~ mortice, mortise | cut a hole for a tenon in. |
| ~ mow, cut down | cut with a blade or mower.; "mow the grass" |
| ~ shear | cut or cut through with shears.; "shear the wool off the lamb" |
| ~ gash, slash | cut open.; "she slashed her wrists" |
| ~ slash, cut down | cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete. |
| ~ tap | cut a female screw thread with a tap. |
| ~ hob | cut with a hob. |
| ~ drill, bore | make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool.; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall" |
| ~ clip, nip off, snip, snip off, nip | sever or remove by pinching or snipping.; "nip off the flowers" |
| ~ dissect | cut open or cut apart.; "dissect the bodies for analysis" |
| ~ bisect | cut in half or cut in two.; "bisect a line" |
| ~ transect | cut across or divide transversely.; "the trails transect the property" |
| ~ trisect | cut in three.; "trisect a line" |
| ~ whittle, pare | cut small bits or pare shavings from.; "whittle a piece of wood" |
| ~ chatter | cut unevenly with a chattering tool. |
| ~ cut away | remove by cutting off or away.; "cut away the branch that sticks out" |
| ~ tomahawk | cut with a tomahawk. |
| ~ saber, sabre | cut or injure with a saber. |
| ~ rebate | cut a rebate in (timber or stone). |
| ~ cradle | cut grain with a cradle scythe. |
| ~ incise | make an incision into by carving or cutting. |
| ~ trench | cut or carve deeply into.; "letters trenched into the stone" |
| ~ tail, bob, dock | remove or shorten the tail of an animal. |
| ~ disunite, separate, part, divide | force, take, or pull apart.; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" |
| ~ slice, slit | make a clean cut through.; "slit her throat" |
| ~ saw | cut with a saw.; "saw wood for the fireplace" |
| ~ lop, discerp, sever | cut off from a whole.; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body" |
| ~ chase | cut a groove into.; "chase silver" |
| ~ bevel, chamfer | cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel.; "bevel the surface" |
| ~ crosscut, cut across | cut using a diagonal line. |
| ~ rip | cut (wood) along the grain. |
| v. (change) | 22. bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down | cut down on; make a reduction in.; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
| ~ shorten | make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration.; "He shortened his trip due to illness" |
| ~ spill | reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail). |
| ~ quench | reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance. |
| ~ cut | have a reducing effect.; "This cuts into my earnings" |
| ~ retrench | make a reduction, as in one's workforce.; "The company had to retrench" |
| ~ slash | cut drastically.; "Prices were slashed" |
| ~ thin out | make sparse.; "thin out the young plants" |
| ~ thin | make thin or thinner.; "Thin the solution" |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| ~ detract, take away | take away a part from; diminish.; "His bad manners detract from his good character" |
| ~ deflate | reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices.; "deflate the currency" |
| ~ inflate | increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value.; "inflate the currency" |
| ~ downsize | reduce in size or number.; "the company downsized its research staff" |
| ~ subtract | take off or away.; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French" |
| ~ knock off, shave | cut the price of. |
| v. (motion) | 23. curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer | turn sharply; change direction abruptly.; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" |
| ~ turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" |
| ~ peel off | leave a formation. |
| ~ yaw | swerve off course momentarily.; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it" |
| v. (contact) | 24. cut | make an incision or separation.; "cut along the dotted line" |
| ~ cut | allow incision or separation.; "This bread cuts easily" |
| v. (social) | 25. cut | discharge from a group.; "The coach cut two players from the team" |
| ~ discharge, free | free from obligations or duties. |
| v. (creation) | 26. cut | form by probing, penetrating, or digging.; "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ cut | form or shape by cutting or incising.; "cut paper dolls" |
| ~ blast | make with or as if with an explosion.; "blast a tunnel through the Alps" |
| v. (creation) | 27. cut, tailor | style and tailor in a certain fashion.; "cut a dress" |
| ~ fashion | the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior. |
| ~ gore | cut into gores.; "gore a skirt" |
| ~ design | create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner.; "Chanel designed the famous suit" |
| v. (contact) | 28. cut | hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction.; "cut a Ping-Pong ball" |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ hit | deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument.; "He hit her hard in the face" |
| v. (communication) | 29. cut, issue, make out, write out | make out and issue.; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me" |
| ~ write | communicate or express by writing.; "Please write to me every week" |
| ~ check | write out a check on a bank account. |
| v. (change) | 30. cut, edit, edit out | cut and assemble the components of.; "edit film"; "cut recording tape" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.; "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| v. (stative) | 31. cut, skip | intentionally fail to attend.; "cut class" |
| ~ miss | fail to attend an event or activity.; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week" |
| ~ bunk off, play hooky | play truant from work or school.; "The boy often plays hooky" |
| v. (social) | 32. cut, hack | be able to manage or manage successfully.; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" |
| ~ cope, get by, grapple, make do, manage, contend, deal, make out | come to terms with.; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" |
| v. (perception) | 33. cut | give the appearance or impression of.; "cut a nice figure" |
| ~ appear, seem, look | give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" |
| v. (motion) | 34. cut | move (one's fist).; "his opponent cut upward toward his chin" |
| ~ boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs | fighting with the fists. |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (motion) | 35. cut | pass directly and often in haste.; "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner" |
| ~ cut | pass through or across.; "The boat cut the water" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| v. (motion) | 36. cut | pass through or across.; "The boat cut the water" |
| ~ move through, pass across, pass through, transit, pass over | make a passage or journey from one place to another.; "The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;"; "Some travelers pass through the desert" |
| ~ cut | pass directly and often in haste.; "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner" |
| v. (motion) | 37. cut | make an abrupt change of image or sound.; "cut from one scene to another" |
| ~ switch, change, shift | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another.; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" |
| ~ cut | stop filming.; "cut a movie scene" |
| ~ cut away | move quickly to another scene or focus when filming.; "`cut away now!' the director shouted" |
| v. (motion) | 38. cut | stop filming.; "cut a movie scene" |
| ~ stop | cause to stop.; "stop a car"; "stop the thief" |
| ~ cut | make an abrupt change of image or sound.; "cut from one scene to another" |
| v. (creation) | 39. cut | make a recording of.; "cut the songs"; "She cut all of her major titles again" |
| ~ record, tape | register electronically.; "They recorded her singing" |
| ~ cut | record a performance on (a medium).; "cut a record" |
| v. (creation) | 40. cut | record a performance on (a medium).; "cut a record" |
| ~ record, tape | register electronically.; "They recorded her singing" |
| ~ burn, cut | create by duplicating data.; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" |
| ~ cut | make a recording of.; "cut the songs"; "She cut all of her major titles again" |
| v. (creation) | 41. burn, cut | create by duplicating data.; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" |
| ~ produce, create, make | create or manufacture a man-made product.; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" |
| ~ cut | record a performance on (a medium).; "cut a record" |
| v. (creation) | 42. cut | form or shape by cutting or incising.; "cut paper dolls" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ cut | form by probing, penetrating, or digging.; "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face" |
| v. (creation) | 43. cut | perform or carry out.; "cut a caper" |
| ~ perform, do, execute | carry out or perform an action.; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" |
| v. (contact) | 44. cut | function as a cutting instrument.; "This knife cuts well" |
| ~ function, operate, work, run, go | perform as expected when applied.; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore" |
| v. (contact) | 45. cut | allow incision or separation.; "This bread cuts easily" |
| ~ cut | make an incision or separation.; "cut along the dotted line" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (contact) | 46. cut | divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult.; "Wayne cut"; "She cut the deck for a long time" |
| ~ shuffle, mix, ruffle | mix so as to make a random order or arrangement.; "shuffle the cards" |
| v. (contact) | 47. cut, switch off, turn off, turn out | cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch.; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights" |
| ~ kill | cause to cease operating.; "kill the engine" |
| ~ flip, switch, throw | cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation.; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever" |
| v. (contact) | 48. cut | reap or harvest.; "cut grain" |
| ~ glean, harvest, reap | gather, as of natural products.; "harvest the grapes" |
| v. (contact) | 49. cut | fell by sawing; hew.; "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia" |
| ~ fell, strike down, cut down, drop | cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow.; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" |
| v. (contact) | 50. cut | penetrate injuriously.; "The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead" |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| v. (communication) | 51. cut, disregard, ignore, snub | refuse to acknowledge.; "She cut him dead at the meeting" |
| ~ do by, treat, handle | interact in a certain way.; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently" |
| v. (change) | 52. cut | shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of.; "cut my hair" |
| ~ shorten | make short or shorter.; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches" |
| ~ shave, trim | cut closely.; "trim my beard" |
| ~ french | cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking.; "French the potatoes" |
| ~ crop | cut short.; "She wanted her hair cropped short" |
| v. (change) | 53. cut, prune, rationalise, rationalize | weed out unwanted or unnecessary things.; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" |
| ~ do away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish | terminate, end, or take out.; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" |
| v. (change) | 54. cut | dissolve by breaking down the fat of.; "soap cuts grease" |
| ~ dissolve, break up, resolve | cause to go into a solution.; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" |
| v. (change) | 55. cut | have a reducing effect.; "This cuts into my earnings" |
| ~ cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down | cut down on; make a reduction in.; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| v. (change) | 56. cut, cut off | cease, stop.; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation" |
| ~ cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up | make a break in.; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
| v. (change) | 57. abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.; "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| ~ bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, castrate, shorten | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.; "bowdlerize a novel" |
| ~ edit out, edit, cut | cut and assemble the components of.; "edit film"; "cut recording tape" |
| ~ condense, concentrate, digest | make more concise.; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| v. (change) | 58. cut, dilute, reduce, thin, thin out | lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture.; "cut bourbon" |
| ~ weaken | lessen the strength of.; "The fever weakened his body" |
| ~ water down | make less strong or intense.; "water down the mixture" |
| v. (body) | 59. cut | have grow through the gums.; "The baby cut a tooth" |
| ~ acquire, develop, produce, grow, get | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).; "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" |
| ~ cut | grow through the gums.; "The new tooth is cutting" |
| v. (body) | 60. cut | grow through the gums.; "The new tooth is cutting" |
| ~ cut | have grow through the gums.; "The baby cut a tooth" |
| ~ grow | increase in size by natural process.; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore" |
| v. (body) | 61. cut, geld | cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses).; "the vet gelded the young horse" |
| ~ demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate, castrate | remove the testicles of a male animal. |
| adj. | 62. cut | separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument.; "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists" |
| ~ chopped, shredded, sliced | prepared by cutting.; "sliced tomatoes"; "sliced ham"; "chopped clams"; "chopped meat"; "shredded cabbage" |
| ~ cut up | cut into pieces. |
| ~ incised | cut into with a sharp instrument. |
| ~ perforated | having a number or series of holes.; "a perforated steel plate"; "perforated cancellation"; "perforated stamp" |
| ~ perforate, perforated, pierced, punctured | having a hole cut through.; "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon" |
| ~ cut off, severed | detached by cutting.; "cut flowers"; "a severed head"; "an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm" |
| ~ split | (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain.; "we bought split logs for the fireplace" |
| adj. | 63. cut | fashioned or shaped by cutting.; "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet" |
| ~ cut out | having been cut out.; "the cut-out pieces of the dress" |
| ~ hand-hewn, hewn | cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel.; "a house built of hewn logs"; "rough-hewn stone"; "a path hewn through the underbrush" |
| ~ sheared | (used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length.; "a coat of sheared lamb" |
| ~ slashed | having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric.; "a slashed doublet"; "slashed cuffs showing the scarlet lining" |
| adj. | 64. cut, shortened | with parts removed.; "the drastically cut film" |
| ~ abridged | (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting.; "an abridged version" |
| adj. | 65. cut, trimmed | made neat and tidy by trimming.; "his neatly trimmed hair" |
| ~ clipped | cut or trimmed by clipping.; "a handsome man with a clipped moustache"; "clipped hedges"; "close-clipped lawns"; "a clipped poodle" |
| adj. | 66. cut, mown | (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine.; "the smell of newly mown hay" |
| ~ botany, flora, vegetation | all the plant life in a particular region or period.; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" |
| ~ new-mown | newly mown. |
| adj. | 67. cut | (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit.; "the cut pages of the book" |
| adj. | 68. cut, emasculated, gelded | (of a male animal) having the testicles removed.; "a cut horse" |
| ~ castrated, unsexed | deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes. |
| adj. | 69. cut, slashed | (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply.; "the slashed prices attracted buyers" |
| ~ decreased, reduced | made less in size or amount or degree. |
| adj. | 70. cut, thinned, weakened | mixed with water.; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup" |
| ~ dilute, diluted | reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity.; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid" |
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| v. (contact) | 1. break up, sever | set or keep apart.; "sever a relationship" |
| ~ disunite, separate, part, divide | force, take, or pull apart.; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" |
| ~ lop, discerp, sever | cut off from a whole.; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body" |
| v. (contact) | 2. discerp, lop, sever | cut off from a whole.; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| ~ sever, break up | set or keep apart.; "sever a relationship" |
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