I.
noun
1 hole/opening made by cutting
ADJECTIVE
▪ clean , neat
▪ little , small
▪ long
▪ straight
VERB + CUT
▪ make
▪ give
▪
a high-quality blade that gives a clean ~
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
▪
Using sharp scissors, make a small ~ in the material.
2 wound
ADJECTIVE
▪ bad , deep , nasty
▪ little , small , tiny
▪
He has a small ~ on his finger.
▪ minor , slight , superficial
▪ clean
▪ fresh , new
▪ open
▪ paper
VERB + CUT
▪ have
▪ get , suffer
▪
She got a bad ~ over her right eye.
▪ clean
▪
Clean the ~ and cover it to prevent infection.
▪ bandage , cover , dress
▪ heal
CUT + VERB
▪ heal
▪
A clean ~ heals quickly.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ on
▪
a ~ on her hand
▪ ~ to
▪
One man was attacked and suffered ~s to his face.
PHRASES
▪ ~s and bruises , ~s and scrapes
3 act of cutting sb's hair; hairstyle
ADJECTIVE
▪ hair (usually haircut )
▪ short
▪ buzz ( AmE ), crew
VERB + CUT
▪ have
▪
I've made an appointment to have a haircut.
▪ need
▪ give sb
PHRASES
▪ ~ and blow-dry
4 reduction
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , deep , large , major , severe , sharp , significant , substantial
▪ draconian , dramatic , drastic , huge , massive , savage ( BrE )
▪ across-the-board , swingeing ( BrE )
▪ small
▪ federal , government
▪ income ( esp. AmE ), pay , salary , wage ( esp. BrE )
▪ expenditure , financial ( BrE ), spending
▪ benefit , budget , defence/defense , education , funding , job , service , staff
▪ cost , interest-rate , price , rate ( esp. AmE ), tax
▪ proposed
… OF CUTS
▪ round
▪
The company has announced a new round of job ~s.
VERB + CUT
▪ impose , make
▪
They are planning to make substantial ~s in the service.
▪ announce , propose
▪
proposed tax ~s
▪ face
▪ accept , suffer , take
▪
The staff have all had to take a ~ in salary.
▪ oppose , support
CUT + VERB
▪ come into effect
▪
The ~s will come into effect next May.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
▪
~s in public spending
5 piece of meat
ADJECTIVE
▪ choice , expensive , good , lean , prime
▪ cheap
▪ cold ~s ( esp. AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
The recipe calls for a good lean ~ of beef.
6 share in the profits
VERB + CUT
▪ get , have , take
▪
By the time the organizers have had their ~, there won't be much left.
▪ want
▪
If there's money to be made from selling photos of her, she wants her ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
He takes a ~ of the profits.
II.
verb
1 with a knife, scissors, etc.
ADVERB
▪ thick
▪
Make sure you ~ the bread nice and thick.
▪ thinly
▪ cleanly , neatly
▪
Cut the stem cleanly, just beneath a leaf joint.
▪ easily
▪
Sandstone ~s easily.
▪ lengthways ( esp. BrE ), lengthwise
▪
Cut the carrots in half lengthwise.
▪ away , back , down , off , out
▪
Some trees had been ~ down.
PREPOSITION
▪ away
▪
They ~ away all the dead branches from the tree.
▪ back
▪ from
▪ into
▪
She picked up the knife and ~ into the meat.
▪
He ~ the bread into thin slices.
▪ off
▪ out
▪ through
▪
I can't ~ through this wood.
PHRASES
▪ ~ and paste ( computing )
▪
You can ~ and paste between different programs.
▪ ~ sb/sth free , ~ sb/sth loose
▪
Two survivors were ~ free after being trapped for twenty minutes.
▪ ~ sb's hair short
▪
I told the stylist I wanted my hair ~ short.
▪ ~ sth into pieces
▪
Cut the cake into six pieces.
▪ ~ sth in half , ~ sth in two
▪
She ~ the loaf in two and gave me one of the halves.
▪ ~ sth open
▪
She fell and ~ her head open.
▪ freshly ~
▪
freshly ~ flowers
2 reduce sth
ADVERB
▪ considerably , dramatically , drastically , sharply , significantly
▪ short
▪
His career was ~ short by injury.
VERB + CUT
▪ try to
▪ manage to
▪
We have managed to ~ our costs drastically.
▪ be forced to , have to
PREPOSITION
▪ by
▪
The department has to ~ its spending by 30%.
▪ from , to
▪
The price has been ~ from €250 to €175.
PHRASAL VERBS
cut back
ADVERB
▪ drastically , severely , significantly
▪
Social work services have been ~ back drastically.
VERB + CUT BACK
▪ be forced to , have to
PREPOSITION
▪ on
▪
Local authorities have been forced to ~ back on expenditure.
▪ to
▪
We should ~ back to previous levels of spending.
cut down
ADVERB
▪ considerably , drastically
▪ gradually
VERB + CUT DOWN
▪ try to
▪ manage to
▪ advise sb to
PREPOSITION
▪ on
▪
I'm trying to ~ down on fatty foods.
cut sb/sth off
1 interrupt sb/sth
ADVERB
▪ abruptly , suddenly
▪
His thoughts were abruptly ~ off by a blinding flash of pain.
2 prevent sb/sth from leaving/reaching a place
ADVERB
▪ completely , totally
▪ effectively , largely , virtually
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
They were completely ~ off from the outside world.
Cut is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ knife , ↑ scissors
Cut is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ aid , ↑ allocation , ↑ barley , ↑ beard , ↑ beef , ↑ benefit , ↑ bill , ↑ branch , ↑ bread , ↑ budget , ↑ bureaucracy , ↑ cake , ↑ calorie , ↑ card , ↑ cardboard , ↑ cheese , ↑ class , ↑ cord , ↑ corn , ↑ cost , ↑ crime , ↑ deal , ↑ deficit , ↑ diamond , ↑ dividend , ↑ duty , ↑ emission , ↑ end , ↑ engine , ↑ excise , ↑ expenditure , ↑ expense , ↑ fabric , ↑ fare , ↑ fat , ↑ figure , ↑ film , ↑ finger , ↑ fingernail , ↑ flesh , ↑ flex , ↑ flow , ↑ food , ↑ fringe , ↑ funding , ↑ gash , ↑ grant , ↑ grass , ↑ groove , ↑ hair , ↑ hay , ↑ hole , ↑ import , ↑ intake , ↑ investment , ↑ job , ↑ lawn , ↑ length , ↑ link , ↑ loaf , ↑ loss , ↑ margin , ↑ meat , ↑ nail , ↑ number , ↑ opening , ↑ pack , ↑ pastry , ↑ pay , ↑ pension , ↑ pepper , ↑ per cent , ↑ pollution , ↑ premium , ↑ price , ↑ production , ↑ rate , ↑ ration , ↑ record , ↑ red tape , ↑ ribbon , ↑ risk , ↑ rope , ↑ salary , ↑ service , ↑ slice , ↑ spending , ↑ stake , ↑ stem , ↑ stone , ↑ subsidy , ↑ support , ↑ takings , ↑ tariff , ↑ tax , ↑ taxation , ↑ text , ↑ thread , ↑ throat , ↑ tie , ↑ timber , ↑ toenail , ↑ tooth , ↑ track , ↑ traffic , ↑ truancy , ↑ turf , ↑ umbilical cord , ↑ unemployment , ↑ vegetables , ↑ vein , ↑ wage , ↑ waste , ↑ way , ↑ wheat , ↑ wire , ↑ wood , ↑ workforce