cuts

1. The act of cutting.

   He made a fine cut with his sword.

2. The result of cutting.

   a smooth or clear cut

3. An opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.

   Look at this cut on my finger!

4. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.

   a cut for a railroad

5. A share or portion.

   The lawyer took a cut of the profits.

6. A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
7. Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
8. In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
9. In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
10. A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play.

    The director asked the cast to note down the following cuts.

11. A particular version or edit of a film.
12. The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.

    The player next to the dealer makes a cut by placing the bottom half on top.

13. The card obtained by dividing the pack.
14. The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.

    I like the cut of that suit.

15. A slab, especially of meat.

    That’s our finest cut of meat.

16. An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
17. A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
18. An unkind act; a cruelty.
19. A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.

    The drummer on the last cut of their CD is not identified.

20. A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
21. A haircut.
22. The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
23. A string of railway cars coupled together.
24. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.

    a book illustrated with fine cuts

25. A common workhorse; a gelding.
26. The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
27. A skein of yarn.
28. That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.

    Don't buy his coke: it's full of cut.

29. A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
30. A time period when one tries to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
31. A hidden or secure place.

1. (heading) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
2. To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
3. (heading, social) To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
4. (audio, usually as imperative) To cease recording activities.

   After the actors read their lines, the director yelled, "Cut!"

5. To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.

   The camera then cut to the woman on the front row who was clearly overcome and crying tears of joy.

6. To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
7. To remove and place in memory for later use.

   Select the text, cut it, and then paste it in the other application.

8. To enter a queue in the wrong place.

   One student kept trying to cut in front of the line.

9. To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.

   This road cuts right through downtown.

10. To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
11. To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
12. To change direction suddenly.

    The football player cut to his left to evade a tackle.

13. To divide a pack of playing cards into two.

    If you cut then I'll deal.

14. To write.

    cut orders;  cut a check

15. To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.

    Drug dealers sometimes cut cocaine with lidocaine.

16. To exhibit (a quality).
17. To stop or disengage.

    Cut the engines when the plane comes to a halt!

18. To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
19. To lose body mass after bulking, aiming to keep the additional muscle but lose the fat.
20. To perform (a dancing movement etc.).

noun

(with "the") Corporal punishment at school.