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Verb

  1. {{lb|en|mostly|transitive}} To [[incise]], to cut into the surface of something.
  2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
  3. {{lb|en|transitive|social}} ''To [[separate]], [[remove]], [[reject]] or [[reduce]].''
  4. {{lb|en|transitive|social}} To [[ignore]] as a social [[rebuff]] or [[snub]].
  5. {{lb|en|intransitive|cinema}} To make an abrupt transition from one [[scene]] or image to another.
  6. {{lb|en|transitive|film}} To [[edit]] a film by selecting [[takes]] from original [[footage]].
  7. {{lb|en|transitive|computing}} To [[remove]] (text, a picture, etc.) and place in [[memory]] in order to [[paste]] at a later time.
  8. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[enter]] a [[queue]] in the wrong place.
  9. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[intersect]] or [[cross]] in such a way as to [[divide]] in [[half]] or nearly so.
  10. {{lb|en|transitive|cricket}} To make the ball spin sideways by running one's [[finger]]s down the side of the ball while bowling it. {{rfex|en}}
  11. {{lb|en|transitive|cricket}} To [[deflect]] (a bowled ball) to the [[off]], with a chopping movement of the [[bat]].
  12. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To change [[direction]] suddenly.

Adjective

  1. {{lb|en|participial adjective}} Having been [[#Verb|cut]].
  2. [[reduce|Reduced]].
  3. {{lb|en|of a gem}} [[carve|Carve]]d into a [[shape]]; not [[raw]].
  4. {{rfc-sense|en}} {{lb|en|cricket|of a shot}} Played with a [[horizontal]] [[bat]] to hit the ball backward of [[point]].
  5. {{lb|en|bodybuilding}} Having muscular [[definition]] in which individual groups of [[muscle]] fibers stand out among larger muscles.
  6. {{lb|en|informal}} [[circumcised|Circumcised]] or having been the subject of [[female genital mutilation]].
  7. {{lb|en|Australia|NZ|slang}} [[upset|Upset]], [[angry]]; emotionally [[hurt]]. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
  8. {{sid|en|drunk}} {{lb|en|slang|NZ|formerly|_|UK}} [[intoxicated|Intoxicated]] as a result of [[drug]]s or [[alcohol]].<ref>{{R:Dictionary of Modern Slang|edition=5th|page=137}}</ref>

Noun

  1. {{sid|en|any act of cutting, literally or figuratively}} {{lb|en|literal|figurative}} The act of [[#Verb|cut]]ting.
  2. {{sid|en|any result of cutting, literally or figuratively}} {{lb|en|literal|figurative}} The [[result]] of [[#Verb|cut]]ting.

Interjection

  1. {{sid|en|interjection}} {{lb|en|film|and|TV}} {{n-g|An instruction to [[cease]] [[record]]ing.}}

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