n. an unexcused absence from class; "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"

n. the act of reducing the amount or number; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"

n. the act of cutting something into parts; "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"

n. the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"

n. 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"

n. a canal made by erosion or excavation

n. the style in which a garment is cut; "a dress of traditional cut"

n. a remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all"

n. a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass

n. a share of the profits; "everyone got a cut of the earnings"

n. a step on some scale; "he is a cut above the rest"

n. a function that removes data electronically and writes them elsewhere

v. cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"

v. shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of; "cut my hair"

v. divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult; "Wayne cut"; "She cut the deck for a long time"

v. make an abrupt change of image or sound; "cut from one scene to another"

v. style and tailor in a certain fashion; "cut a dress"

v. form or shape by cutting or incising; "cut paper dolls"

v. move (one's fist); "his opponent cut upward toward his chin"

v. stop filming; "cut a movie scene"

v. create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"

v. intentionally fail to attend; "cut class"

adj. with parts removed; "the drastically cut film"

adj. 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"

adj. (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit; "the cut pages of the book"

adj. fashioned or shaped by cutting; "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet"

adj. (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the slashed prices attracted buyers"

adj. (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of newly mown hay"

adj. made neat and tidy by trimming; "his neatly trimmed hair"