CUT


Meaning of CUT in English

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n.

wound made by smt. sharp

1) a clean; deep; superficial ~

reduction

2) to take a ~

3) a budget; pay; personnel; tax ~

4) a ~ in (we had to take a ~ in pay)

hair~

5) a crew ~

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v.

1) ('to gash') to ~ deeply

2) ( C ) ('to sever') ~ a slice of cake for me; or: ~ me a slice of cake

3) ( d ; intr. ) ('to go') to ~ across (to ~ across a field)

4) ( D ; tr. ) ('to sever') to ~ from (to ~ a branch from a tree; he was ~ from the team; she ~ a thin slice from the loaf)

5) ( d ; intr. ) ('to slice') to ~ into (she ~ into the cake)

6) ( D ; tr. ) ('to slice') to ~ into (he ~ the meat into small pieces)

7) ( D ; refl. ) ('to gash') to ~ on (she ~ herself on a knife)

8) ( D ; tr. ) ('to remove') to ~ out of (she was ~ out of the will)

9) ( d ; intr. ) ('to go') to ~ through (they ~ through the woods; let's ~ through this building)

10) ( D ; tr. ) ('to reduce') to ~ to (they ~ the budget to the minimum)

11) ( N ; used with an adjective) ('to trim') she ~ her hair short

12) ( misc. ) to ~ smb. short ('to interrupt smb.'); to ~ smb. to the quick ('to insult smb. deeply')

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.