- cut
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 hole/opening made by cuttingADJECTIVE▪ clean, neat▪ little, small▪ long▪ straightVERB + CUT▪ make▪ give▪
a high-quality blade that gives a clean cut
PREPOSITION▪ cut in▪Using sharp scissors, make a small cut in the material.
2 woundADJECTIVE▪ bad, deep, nasty▪ little, small, tiny▪He has a small cut on his finger.
▪ minor, slight, superficial▪ clean▪ fresh, new▪ open▪ paperVERB + CUT▪ have▪ get, suffer▪She got a bad cut over her right eye.
▪ clean▪Clean the cut and cover it to prevent infection.
▪ bandage, cover, dress▪ healCUT + VERB▪ heal▪A clean cut heals quickly.
PREPOSITION▪ cut on▪a cut on her hand
▪ cut to▪One man was attacked and suffered cuts to his face.
PHRASES▪ cuts and bruises, cuts and scrapes3 act of cutting sb's hair; hairstyleADJECTIVE▪ hair (usually haircut)▪ short▪ buzz (AmE), crewVERB + CUT▪ have▪I've made an appointment to have a haircut.
▪ need▪ give sbPHRASES▪ cut and blow-dry4 reductionADJECTIVE▪ 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 cuts.
VERB + CUT▪ impose, make▪They are planning to make substantial cuts in the service.
▪ announce, propose▪proposed tax cuts
▪ face▪ accept, suffer, take▪The staff have all had to take a cut in salary.
▪ oppose, supportCUT + VERB▪ come into effect▪The cuts will come into effect next May.
PREPOSITION▪ cut in▪cuts in public spending
5 piece of meatADJECTIVE▪ choice, expensive, good, lean, prime▪ cheap▪ cold cuts (esp. AmE)PREPOSITION▪ cut of▪The recipe calls for a good lean cut of beef.
6 share in the profitsVERB + CUT▪ get, have, take▪By the time the organizers have had their cut, there won't be much left.
▪ want▪If there's money to be made from selling photos of her, she wants her cut.
PREPOSITION▪ cut of▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}He takes a cut of the profits.
verb1 with a knife, scissors, etc.ADVERB▪ thick▪Make sure you cut the bread nice and thick.
▪ thinly▪ cleanly, neatly▪Cut the stem cleanly, just beneath a leaf joint.
▪ easily▪Sandstone cuts easily.
▪ lengthways (esp. BrE), lengthwise▪Cut the carrots in half lengthwise.
▪ away, back, down, off, out▪Some trees had been cut down.
PREPOSITION▪ away▪They cut away all the dead branches from the tree.
▪ back▪ from▪ into▪She picked up the knife and cut into the meat.
▪He cut the bread into thin slices.
▪ off▪ out▪ through▪I can't cut through this wood.
PHRASES▪ cut and paste (computing)▪You can cut and paste between different programs.
▪ cut sb/sth free, cut sb/sth loose▪Two survivors were cut free after being trapped for twenty minutes.
▪ cut sb's hair short▪I told the stylist I wanted my hair cut short.
▪ cut sth into pieces▪Cut the cake into six pieces.
▪ cut sth in half, cut sth in two▪She cut the loaf in two and gave me one of the halves.
▪ cut sth open▪She fell and cut her head open.
▪ freshly cut▪freshly cut flowers
2 reduce sthADVERB▪ considerably, dramatically, drastically, sharply, significantly▪ short▪His career was cut short by injury.
VERB + CUT▪ try to▪ manage to▪We have managed to cut our costs drastically.
▪ be forced to, have toPREPOSITION▪ by▪The department has to cut its spending by 30%.
▪ from, to▪The price has been cut from €250 to €175.
PHRASAL VERBScut backADVERB▪ drastically, severely, significantly▪Social work services have been cut back drastically.
VERB + CUT BACK▪ be forced to, have toPREPOSITION▪ on▪Local authorities have been forced to cut back on expenditure.
▪ to▪We should cut back to previous levels of spending.
cut downADVERB▪ considerably, drastically▪ graduallyVERB + CUT DOWN▪ try to▪ manage to▪ advise sb toPREPOSITION▪ on▪I'm trying to cut down on fatty foods.
cut sb/sth off1 interrupt sb/sthADVERB▪ abruptly, suddenly▪His thoughts were abruptly cut off by a blinding flash of pain.
2 prevent sb/sth from leaving/reaching a placeADVERB▪ completely, totally▪ effectively, largely, virtuallyPREPOSITION▪ from▪They were completely cut off from the outside world.
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
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
