Found 1 hit - Term: to cut across, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cut \cut\ ku^t, v. i.
1. to do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or
gashing; as, a knife cuts well.
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2. to admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting
instrument.
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panels of white wood that cuts like cheese.
--holmes.
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3. to perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising,
intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument.
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he saved the lives of thousands by his manner of
cutting for the stone. --pope.
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4. to make a stroke with a whip.
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5. to interfere, as a horse.
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6. to move or make off quickly. colloq.
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7. to divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the
deal or trump, or to change the order of the cards to be
dealt.
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to cut across, to pass over or through in the most direct
way; as, to cut across a field.
to cut and run, to make off suddenly and quickly; -- from
the cutting of a ship's cable, when there is not time to
raise the anchor. colloq.
to cut in or to cut into, to interrupt; to join in
anything suddenly.
to cut up.
a to play pranks. colloq.
b to divide into portions well or ill; to have the
property left at one's death turn out well or poorly
when divided among heirs, legatees, etc. slang.
"when i die, may i cut up as well as morgan
pendennis." --thackeray.
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see also:
to cut across to cut and run to cut in to cut into to cut up
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