cut

CEFRA1

/kʌt/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To divide or open something with a sharp tool.

  2. 02

    verb

    To reduce an amount or remove part of something.

Examples

  • I can't cut my nails and do the ironing at the same time!

  • She cut her finger on a piece of glass.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To incise, to cut into the surface of something.

  2. To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An injury or opening made by cutting.

More examples

In context

  • Cut, wash and dry, please.

  • I have three diamonds to cut today.

  • The patient said she had been cutting since the age of thirteen.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English cutten, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *kytja, *kutta, from Proto-Germanic *kutjaną, *kuttaną (“to cut”), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *kwetwą (“meat, flesh”) (compare Old Norse kvett (“meat”)). Sometimes instead compared to French couteau, itself from Latin culter (“knife”). Compare Scots kut, kit (“to cut”)); also akin to Middle Swedish kotta (“to cut or carve with a knife”) (compare dialectal Swedish kåta, kuta (“to cut or chip with a knife”), Swedish kuta, kytti (“a knife”)), Norwegian Bokmål kutte (“to cut”), Norwegian Nynorsk kutte (“to cut”), Icelandic kuta (“to cut with a knife”), Old Norse kuti (“small knife”), Norwegian kytte...