| contour | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. contour, contour line | a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height. |
| ~ isometric, isometric line | a line connecting isometric points. |
| ~ thalweg | a line following the lowest points of a valley. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape | any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline).; "he could barely make out their shapes" |
| ~ keenness, sharpness | thinness of edge or fineness of point. |
| ~ bluntness, dullness | without sharpness or clearness of edge or point.; "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible" |
| ~ spatial property, spatiality | any property relating to or occupying space. |
| ~ topography | the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features. |
| ~ lobularity | the property of having lobules. |
| ~ concaveness, concavity | the property possessed by a concave shape. |
| ~ convexity, convexness | the property possessed by a convex shape. |
| ~ angularity | the property possessed by a shape that has angles. |
| ~ narrowing | an instance of becoming narrow. |
| ~ curvature, curve | the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface. |
| ~ roundness | the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular. |
| ~ straightness | freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles. |
| ~ crookedness | having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles. |
| ~ stratification | a layered configuration. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. contour | a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure.; "the contours of the melody"; "it defines a major contour of this administration" |
| ~ characteristic, feature | a prominent attribute or aspect of something.; "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics" |
| v. (creation) | 4. contour | form the contours of. |
| ~ limn, delineate, outline | trace the shape of. |
| ~ streamline | contour economically or efficiently. |
| figure | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. fig, figure | a diagram or picture illustrating textual material.; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2" |
| ~ illustration | artwork that helps make something clear or attractive. |
| n. (body) | 2. anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma | alternative names for the body of a human being.; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ human, human being, homo, man | any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage. |
| ~ body, organic structure, physical structure | the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being).; "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" |
| ~ person | a human body (usually including the clothing).; "a weapon was hidden on his person" |
| ~ juvenile body | the body of a young person. |
| ~ adult body | the body of an adult human being. |
| ~ male body | the body of a male human being. |
| ~ female body | the body of a female human being. |
| n. (quantity) | 3. digit, figure | one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration.; "0 and 1 are digits" |
| ~ integer, whole number | any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero.; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction" |
| ~ binary digit | either 0 or 1 in binary notation. |
| ~ octal digit | a digit from 0 to 7 in octal notation. |
| ~ decimal digit | a digit from 0 to 9 in decimal notation. |
| ~ duodecimal digit | a digit from 0 to 11 in duodecimal notation. |
| ~ hexadecimal digit | a digit from 0 to 15 in hexadecimal notation. |
| ~ significant digit, significant figure | any digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value).; "he calculated the answer to four significant figures" |
| ~ 0, cypher, nought, cipher, zero | a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number. |
| ~ 1, ace, one, i, single, unity | the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number.; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one" |
| ~ 2, ii, two, deuce | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number. |
| ~ 3, deuce-ace, iii, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, leash, tierce, troika | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one. |
| ~ 4, four, iv, little joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad, foursome, quaternary | the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one. |
| ~ 5, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, little phoebe, pentad, phoebe, quint, quintuplet, quintet, v | the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one. |
| ~ 6, captain hicks, half a dozen, hexad, sestet, sextuplet, sise, six, sixer, vi, sextet | the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one. |
| ~ 7, heptad, septenary, septet, seven, sevener, vii | the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one. |
| ~ 8, eight, eighter, eighter from decatur, octad, octet, octonary, ogdoad, viii | the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one. |
| ~ 9, ennead, ix, nina from carolina, nine, niner | the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. figure | a model of a bodily form (especially of a person).; "he made a figure of Santa Claus" |
| ~ dummy | a figure representing the human form. |
| ~ figurehead | figure on the bow of some sailing vessels. |
| ~ figurine, statuette | a small carved or molded figure. |
| ~ simulation, model | representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale). |
| ~ marionette, puppet | a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer. |
| ~ snowman | a figure of a person made of packed snow. |
| ~ wooden horse, trojan horse | a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War. |
| n. (person) | 5. figure, name, public figure | a well-known or notable person.; "they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music" |
| ~ important person, influential person, personage | a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events. |
| n. (shape) | 6. figure | a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape. |
| ~ shape, form | the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance.; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" |
| ~ equilateral | a figure whose sides are all equal. |
| ~ pencil | a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point. |
| ~ plane figure, two-dimensional figure | a two-dimensional shape. |
| ~ solid figure, three-dimensional figure | a three-dimensional shape. |
| ~ subfigure | a figure that is a part of another figure. |
| ~ parallel | (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes).; "parallels never meet" |
| n. (possession) | 7. figure | an amount of money expressed numerically.; "a figure of $17 was suggested" |
| ~ amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money | a quantity of money.; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" |
| n. (attribute) | 8. figure | the impression produced by a person.; "he cut a fine figure"; "a heroic figure" |
| ~ effect, impression | an outward appearance.; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting" |
| n. (attribute) | 9. figure, number | the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals.; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand" |
| ~ amount | the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion.; "an adequate amount of food for four people" |
| ~ numerosity, numerousness, multiplicity | a large number. |
| ~ preponderance, prevalence | a superiority in numbers or amount.; "a preponderance of evidence against the defendant" |
| ~ countlessness, innumerableness | a number beyond counting. |
| ~ bulk, majority | the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part.; "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished" |
| ~ minority | being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts.; "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he held a minority position" |
| ~ fewness | the quality of being small in number. |
| ~ roundness | the quality of being round numbers.; "he gave us the results in round numbers, but their roundness didn't affect the point he was making" |
| n. (communication) | 10. figure, figure of speech, image, trope | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense. |
| ~ cakewalk | an easy accomplishment.; "winning the tournament was a cakewalk for him"; "invading Iraq won't be a cakewalk" |
| ~ blind alley | (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement.; "all the clues led the police into blind alleys"; "so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley" |
| ~ megahit, smash hit, blockbuster | an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel). |
| ~ sleeper | an unexpected hit.; "that movie was the sleeper of the summer" |
| ~ home run, bell ringer, bull's eye, mark | something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal.; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run" |
| ~ housecleaning | (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions.; "more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms"; "many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners" |
| ~ goldbrick | anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless. |
| ~ lens | (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood.; "the writer is the lens through which history can be seen" |
| ~ rhetorical device | a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance). |
| ~ conceit | an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things. |
| ~ irony | a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs. |
| ~ exaggeration, hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration. |
| ~ kenning | conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry. |
| ~ metaphor | a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity. |
| ~ metonymy | substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads'). |
| ~ oxymoron | conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence'). |
| ~ prosopopoeia, personification | representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature. |
| ~ simile | a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as'). |
| ~ synecdoche | substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa. |
| ~ zeugma | use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one.; "`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma" |
| ~ domino effect | the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall). |
| ~ flip side | a different aspect of something (especially the opposite aspect).; "the flip side of your positive qualities sometimes get out of control"; "on the flip side of partnerships he talked about their competition" |
| ~ period | the end or completion of something.; "death put a period to his endeavors"; "a change soon put a period to my tranquility" |
| ~ summer | the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty.; "the golden summer of his life" |
| ~ dawn | an opening time period.; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire" |
| ~ evening | a later concluding time period.; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire" |
| ~ rainy day | a (future) time of financial need.; "I am saving for a rainy day" |
| n. (cognition) | 11. figure | a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground. |
| ~ percept, perception, perceptual experience | the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept. |
| n. (artifact) | 12. design, figure, pattern | a decorative or artistic work.; "the coach had a design on the doors" |
| ~ argyle, argyll | a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland. |
| ~ bear claw | an incised design resembling the claw of a bear; used in Native American pottery. |
| ~ damascene | a design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel. |
| ~ decal, decalcomania | either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface. |
| ~ decoration, ornament, ornamentation | something used to beautify. |
| ~ device | any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery). |
| ~ emblem | special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.. |
| ~ herringbone pattern, herringbone | a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way; it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery. |
| ~ linocut | a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum. |
| ~ mandala | any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe; used chiefly in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation. |
| ~ mihrab | (Islam) a design in the shape of niche in a Muslim prayer rug; during worship the niche must be pointed toward Mecca. |
| ~ motif, motive | a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration. |
| ~ polka dot | design consisting of a pattern of regularly spaced circular spots. |
| ~ pyrograph | a design produced by pyrography. |
| ~ screen saver | (computer science) a moving design that appears on a computer screen when there has been no input for a specified period of time.; "screen savers prevent the damage that occurs when the same areas of light and dark are displayed too long" |
| ~ sunburst | a design consisting of a central disk resembling the sun and rays emanating from it. |
| ~ tattoo | a design on the skin made by tattooing. |
| ~ tetraskele, tetraskelion | a figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center. |
| ~ triskele, triskelion | a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center. |
| ~ weave | pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric. |
| ~ marking | a pattern of marks. |
| n. (act) | 13. figure | a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating.; "she made the best score on compulsory figures" |
| ~ maneuver, manoeuvre, play | a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill.; "he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop" |
| ~ figure eight | a skating figure that carves an 8 in the ice. |
| ~ spread eagle | a skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line. |
| v. (cognition) | 14. calculate, count on, estimate, figure, forecast, reckon | judge to be probable. |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ take into account, allow | allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something.; "I allow for this possibility"; "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash" |
| v. (stative) | 15. enter, figure | be or play a part of or in.; "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?" |
| ~ 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. (creation) | 16. envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize | imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind.; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" |
| ~ realize, see, understand, realise | perceive (an idea or situation) mentally.; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" |
| ~ visualise, visualize | form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract.; "Mathematicians often visualize" |
| ~ conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine | form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" |
| v. (cognition) | 17. calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out | make a mathematical calculation or computation. |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| ~ reason | think logically.; "The children must learn to reason" |
| ~ quantise, quantize | apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor.; "Quantize gravity" |
| ~ work out | be calculated.; "The fees work out to less than $1,000" |
| ~ extract | calculate the root of a number. |
| ~ process | perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information.; "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech" |
| ~ prorate | divide or assess proportionally.; "The rent was prorated for the rest of the month" |
| ~ miscalculate, misestimate | calculate incorrectly.; "I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding" |
| ~ recalculate | calculate anew.; "The costs had to be recalculated" |
| ~ average out, average | compute the average of. |
| ~ factor, factor in, factor out | resolve into factors.; "a quantum computer can factor the number 15" |
| ~ add together, add | make an addition by combining numbers.; "Add 27 and 49, please!" |
| ~ deduct, subtract, take off | make a subtraction.; "subtract this amount from my paycheck" |
| ~ multiply | combine by multiplication.; "multiply 10 by 15" |
| ~ fraction, divide | perform a division.; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" |
| ~ interpolate, extrapolate | estimate the value of. |
| ~ differentiate | calculate a derivative; take the derivative. |
| ~ integrate | calculate the integral of; calculate by integration. |
| ~ survey | plot a map of (land). |
| ~ estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time).; "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" |
| ~ budget | make a budget. |
| ~ capitalise, capitalize | compute the present value of a business or an income. |
| ~ solve, resolve | find the solution.; "solve an equation"; "solve for x" |
| v. (cognition) | 18. figure | understand.; "He didn't figure her" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ apprehend, comprehend, get the picture, grok, savvy, grasp, compass, dig | get the meaning of something.; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" |
| shape | | |
| n. (tops) | 1. form, shape | the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance.; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" |
| ~ attribute | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity. |
| ~ solid | a three-dimensional shape. |
| ~ plane, sheet | (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape.; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane" |
| ~ natural shape | a shape created by natural forces; not man-made. |
| ~ flare, flair | a shape that spreads outward.; "the skirt had a wide flare" |
| ~ figure | a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape. |
| ~ line | a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point. |
| ~ angular shape, angularity | a shape having one or more sharp angles. |
| ~ round shape | a shape that is curved and without sharp angles. |
| ~ distorted shape, distortion | a shape resulting from distortion. |
| ~ amorphous shape | an ill-defined or arbitrary shape. |
| ~ connexion, link, connection | a connecting shape. |
| ~ circle | something approximating the shape of a circle.; "the chairs were arranged in a circle" |
| ~ square | something approximating the shape of a square. |
| ~ triangle | something approximating the shape of a triangle.; "the coastline of Chile and Argentina and Brazil forms two legs of a triangle" |
| ~ pillar, tower, column | anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower.; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite" |
| ~ plume | anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness.; "a plume of smoke"; "grass with large plumes" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. embodiment, shape | a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept.; "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life" |
| ~ concrete representation, concretism | a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. cast, form, shape | the visual appearance of something or someone.; "the delicate cast of his features" |
| ~ appearance, visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing. |
| n. (state) | 4. condition, shape | the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape'). |
| ~ good health, healthiness | the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease. |
| ~ physical fitness, fitness | good physical condition; being in shape or in condition. |
| n. (group) | 5. shape, supreme headquarters allied powers europe | the supreme headquarters that advises NATO on military matters and oversees all aspects of the Allied Command Europe. |
| ~ nato, north atlantic treaty organization | an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security. |
| ~ high command, supreme headquarters | the highest leaders in an organization (e.g. the commander-in-chief and senior officers of the military). |
| n. (cognition) | 6. form, pattern, shape | a perceptual structure.; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them" |
| ~ structure | the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations.; "his lectures have no structure" |
| ~ percept, perception, perceptual experience | the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept. |
| ~ fractal | (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry. |
| ~ gestalt | a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts. |
| ~ grid | a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines. |
| ~ kaleidoscope | a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes. |
| ~ mosaic | a pattern resembling a mosaic. |
| ~ strand | a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole.; "he tried to pick up the strands of his former life"; "I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. determine, influence, mold, regulate, shape | shape or influence; give direction to.; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" |
| ~ dispose, incline | make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief.; "Their language inclines us to believe them" |
| ~ disincline, indispose | make unwilling. |
| ~ miscreate | shape or form or make badly.; "Our miscreated fantasies" |
| ~ carry weight | have influence to a specified degree.; "Her opinion carries a lot of weight" |
| ~ decide | influence or determine.; "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election" |
| ~ reshape | shape anew or differently.; "The new foreign minister reshaped the foreign policy of his country" |
| ~ time | set the speed, duration, or execution of.; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely" |
| ~ index | adjust through indexation.; "The government indexes wages and prices" |
| ~ pace | regulate or set the pace of.; "Pace your efforts" |
| ~ predetermine | determine beforehand. |
| ~ cause, do, make | give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" |
| v. (creation) | 8. forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work | make something, usually for a specific function.; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" |
| ~ carve | form by carving.; "Carve a flower from the ice" |
| ~ swage, upset | form metals with a swage. |
| ~ chip | form by chipping.; "They chipped their names in the stone" |
| ~ layer | make or form a layer.; "layer the different colored sands" |
| ~ cut out | form and create by cutting out.; "Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper" |
| ~ machine | turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery. |
| ~ grind | shape or form by grinding.; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras" |
| ~ stamp | form or cut out with a mold, form, or die.; "stamp needles" |
| ~ puddle | subject to puddling or form by puddling.; "puddle iron" |
| ~ beat | shape by beating.; "beat swords into ploughshares" |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
| ~ preform | form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand. |
| ~ preform | form into a shape resembling the final, desired one. |
| ~ mound | form into a rounded elevation.; "mound earth" |
| ~ hill | form into a hill. |
| ~ roughcast | shape roughly. |
| ~ remold, reshape | shape again or shape differently. |
| ~ sinter | cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting. |
| ~ mould, mold, cast | form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold.; "cast a bronze sculpture" |
| ~ throw | make on a potter's wheel.; "she threw a beautiful teapot" |
| ~ hand-build, handbuild, coil | make without a potter's wheel.; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels" |
| ~ work on, work, process | shape, form, or improve a material.; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal" |
| ~ sculpt, sculpture | create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material.; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice" |
| ~ mold, mould, model | form in clay, wax, etc.; "model a head with clay" |
| v. (change) | 9. form, shape | give shape or form to.; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ individuate | give individual shape or form to.; "Language that individuates his memories" |
| ~ tie | form a knot or bow in.; "tie a necktie" |
| ~ terrace | make into terraces as for cultivation.; "The Incas terraced their mountainous land" |
| ~ fork | shape like a fork.; "She forked her fingers" |
| ~ tabulate | shape or cut with a flat surface. |
| ~ dimension | shape or form to required dimensions. |
| ~ roll | shape by rolling.; "roll a cigarette" |
| ~ draw | flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching.; "draw steel" |
| ~ strike | cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp.; "strike an arc" |
| ~ crystallize, crystallise, crystalise, crystalize | cause to take on a definite and clear shape.; "He tried to crystallize his thoughts" |
| ~ twist | form into twists.; "Twist the strips of dough" |
| ~ sliver | form into slivers.; "sliver wood" |
| ~ ridge | form into a ridge. |
| ~ plume | form a plume.; "The chimneys were pluming the sky"; "The engine was pluming black smoke" |
| ~ round off, round, round out | make round.; "round the edges" |
| ~ scollop, scallop | shape or cut in scallops.; "scallop the hem of the dress" |
| ~ square, square up | make square.; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file" |
| ~ dish | make concave; shape like a dish. |
| ~ fit | make fit.; "fit a dress"; "He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out" |
| ~ flatten | make flat or flatter.; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises" |
| ~ deform, distort, strain | alter the shape of (something) by stress.; "His body was deformed by leprosy" |
| ~ blow | shape by blowing.; "Blow a glass vase" |
| ~ block | shape into a block or blocks.; "block the graphs so one can see the results clearly" |
| ~ block | shape by using a block.; "Block a hat"; "block a garment" |
| ~ cup | form into the shape of a cup.; "She cupped her hands" |
| ~ encircle, circle | form a circle around.; "encircle the errors" |
| ~ turn | shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel.; "turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel" |
| 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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