cut1. present participle - cutting; verb
1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.)
2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.)
3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.)
4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.)
5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.)
6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.)
7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.)
8) (to divide (a pack of cards).)
9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!')
10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.)
11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.)
12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.)
13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.)
2. noun
1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) tăietură; întrerupere; reducere
2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) tăietură
3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) bucată
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3. adjective
(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) jignitor, ofensator; muşcător
4. adjective
(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.)