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cut
1. adj. (participial adjective) Having been cut.
2. adj. Reduced.
The pitcher threw a cut fastball that was slower than his usual pitch.
Cut brandy is a liquor made of brandy and hard grain liquor.
3. adj. Omitted from a literary or musical work.
My favourite song had been cut from the show.
4. adj. (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
5. adj. (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
6. adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
7. adj. (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation
8. adj. (Australia, NZ, slang) Emotionally hurt.
9. adj. Eliminated from consideration during a recruitment drive.
10. adj. Removed from a team roster.
11. adj. (NZ) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
12. n. An opening resulting from cutting.
Look at this cut on my finger!
13. n. The act of cutting.
He made a fine cut with his sword.
14. n. The result of cutting.
a smooth or clear cut
15. n. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
a cut for a railroad
16. n. (specifically) An artificial navigation as distinguished from a navigable river
17. n. A share or portion.
The lawyer took a cut of the profits.
18. n. (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
19. n. (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
20. n. (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
21. n. (golf) 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 entert
22. n. (theatre) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play.
The director asked the cast to note down the following cuts.
23. n. (cinema) A particular version or edit of a film.
24. n. 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.
25. n. The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.
I like the cut of that suit.
26. n. A slab, especially of meat.
That’s our finest cut of meat.
27. n. (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
28. n. A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
29. n. 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.
30. n. (archaeology) 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.
31. n. A haircut.
32. n. (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
33. n. A string of railway cars coupled together.
34. n. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
a book illustrated with fine cuts
35. n. (obsolete) A common workhorse; a gelding.
36. n. (slang) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
37. n. A skein of yarn.
38. n. (slang) That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
Don't buy his coke: it's full of cut.
39. n. (fashion) A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
40. n. (bodybuilding) A time period when one tries to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
41. v. (heading, transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
42. v. To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
43. v. To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
Would you please cut the cake?
44. v. To form or shape by cutting.
I have three diamonds to cut today.
45. v. (slang) To wound with a knife.
46. v. (intransitive) To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
The patient said she had been cutting since the age of thirteen.
47. v. To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
48. v. To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
Sarcasm cuts to the quick.
49. v. To castrate or geld.
to cut a horse
50. v. To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
51. v. (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
52. v. (transitive, heading, social) To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
53. v. To separate from prior association; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
Travis was cut from the team.
54. v. To abridge a piece of printed or written work.
55. v. To reduce, especially intentionally.
They're going to cut salaries by fifteen percent.
56. v. To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
I cut fifth period to hang out with Angela.
57. v. To ignore as a social snub.
After the incident at the dinner party, people started to cut him on the street.
58. v. (intransitive, cinema, audio, usually as imperative) To cease recording activities.
After the actors read their lines, the director yelled, "Cut!".
59. v. (intransitive, cinema) 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.
60. v. (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
61. v. (transitive, computing) To remove and place in memory for later use.
Select the text, cut it, and then paste it in the other application.
62. v. (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
One student kept trying to cut in front of the line.
63. v. (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
This road cuts right through downtown.
64. v. (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
65. v. (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
The football player cut to his left to evade a tackle.
66. v. (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
If you cut then I'll deal.
67. v. (transitive, slang) To write.
cut orders; cut a check
68. v. (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
torn
1. v. past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed).
tear
1. v. To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
He tore his coat on the nail.
2. v. To injure as if by pulling apart.
He has a torn ligament.
He tore some muscles in a weight-lifting accident.
3. v. To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
He was torn by conflicting emotions.
4. v. To make (an opening) with force or energy.
A piece of debris tore a tiny straight channel through the satellite.
His boss will tear him a new one when he finds out.
The artillery tore a gap in the line.
5. v. (transitive, often, with off, or out) To remove by tearing.
Tear the coupon out of the newspaper.
6. v. (transitive, of structures, with down) To demolish
The slums were torn down to make way for the new development.
7. v. (intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.
My dress has torn.
8. v. (intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
He went tearing down the hill at 90 miles per hour.
The tornado lingered, tearing through town, leaving nothing upright.
He tore into the backlog of complaints.
9. v. (intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.
The chain shot tore into the approaching line of infantry.
10. n. A hole or break caused by tearing.
A small tear is easy to mend, if it is on the seam.
11. n. (slang) A rampage.
to go on a tear
12. n. A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
There were big tears rolling down Lisa's cheeks.
Ryan wiped the tear from the paper he was crying on.
13. n. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
14. n. (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
15. n. That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
16. v. (intransitive) To produce tears.
Her eyes began to tear in the harsh wind.
into
1. prep. Going inside (of).
Mary danced into the house.
2. prep. Going to a geographic region.
We left the house and walked into the street.
The plane flew into the open air.
3. prep. Against, especially with force or violence.
The car crashed into the tree; I wasn't careful, and walked into a wall
4. prep. Producing, becoming; (indicates transition into another form or substance).
I carved the piece of driftwood into a sculpture of a whale. Right before our eyes, Jake turned into a wolf!
5. prep. After the start of.
About 20 minutes into the flight, the pilot reported a fire on board.
6. prep. (colloquial) Interested in or attracted to.
She's really into Shakespeare right now; I'm so into you!
7. prep. (mathematics) Taking distinct arguments to distinct values.
The exponential function maps the set of real numbers into itself.
8. prep. (UK, archaic, India, mathematics) Expressing the operation of multiplication.(R:OED Online)
Five into three is fifteen.
9. prep. (mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".
Three into two won't go.
24 goes into 48 how many times?
10. prep. Investigating the subject (of).
Call for research into pesticides blamed for vanishing bees.
narrow
1. adj. Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
a narrow hallway
2. adj. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
3. adj. (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
a narrow interpretation
4. adj. Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
a narrow mind
narrow views
5. adj. Having a small margin or degree.
a narrow escape
The Republicans won by a narrow majority.
6. adj. (dated) Limited as to means; straitened
narrow circumstances
7. adj. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
8. adj. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
9. adj. (phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
10. v. To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
We need to narrow the search.
11. v. (intransitive) To get narrower.
The road narrows.
12. v. (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
He stepped in front of me, narrowing his eyes to slits.
She wagged her finger in his face, and her eyes narrowed.
13. v. (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
14. n. (chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.
the Narrows of New York harbor
pieces
1. n. plural of piece
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of piece
piece
1. n. A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
I’d like another piece of pie.
2. n. A single item belonging to a class of similar items
a piece of machinery
a piece of software
A useful piece of advice
3. n. (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games.
4. n. A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
a sixpenny piece
5. n. An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
She played two beautiful pieces on the piano.
6. n. (military) An artillery gun.
7. n. (US, colloquial) A gun.
He's packin' a piece!
8. n. (US, Canada colloquial short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
The announcer is wearing a new piece.
9. n. (Scotland, Ireland, UK, US, dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
10. n. (US, colloquial vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail
I got a piece at lunchtime.
11. n. (US, colloquial mildly vulgar short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).
Ugh, my new computer is such a piece. I'm taking it back to the store tomorrow.
12. n. (US, slang) A cannabis pipe.
13. n. (baseball) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with got, and never used in the plura
he got a piece of that one; she got a piece of the ball...and it's going foul.
14. n. (dated, sometimes derogatory) An individual; a person.
15. n. (obsolete) A castle; a fortified building.
16. n. (US) A pacifier.
17. n. (colloquial) A distance.
a far piece
located a fair piece away from their camp
a fair piece off
18. v. (transitive usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
These clues allowed us to piece together the solution to the mystery.
19. v. To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
to piece a garment
20. v. (slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.

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