cut
part of speech
verb (cut, cuts, cut, cutting); noun (a cut, cuts)
meaning for a pupil
1) To cut is to divide something or take a piece off with a knife or scissors. tree →
2) To cut is to make something shorter: «cut hair», «cut the grass». tree →
3) To cut down is to make less: «cut down on sugar». tree →
4) A cut is a small wound where the skin is opened. tree →
5) A cut is a piece or a part taken off, or a share of money: «my cut». tree →
6) A cut is a fall in an amount: «a price cut», «cuts to the budget». tree →
7) (casual) «Cut it out!» means stop it; «cut in» means push into a queue or interrupt; «didn't make the cut» means was not chosen. tree →
8) (rude) «Cut the crap» means stop talking nonsense; «cut» or «gutted» (UK) means very upset. tree →
9) (euphemism) «Job cuts» or «staff cuts» mean people lose their jobs. tree →
10) (formal) Exams say «divide into», «sever», «partition», «subdivide», «reduce» and «a reduction of». tree →
11) (informal) To cut someone loose means to set them free by cutting the ropes that tie them. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Cut includes cutting up an offering, and "cut off" means being removed from the people as a punishment. Interpretation: "Cut off" (karet) is understood by the rabbis as a serious heavenly punishment. Some explain it as early death or loss of the soul's place in the world to come. In the primary lessons: to take a piece away, or to make equal pieces: «cuts off D» takes D away; «cuts into K equal pieces» divides by K; in crafts we cut paper shapes; phrases: «cut off», «cut out», «cut into», «cut in half», «cut down», «short cut», «price cut»; in casual talk «cut it out», «cut in line», «what's my cut?»; in rough talk «cut the crap, how many did you take?»; in the exam voice «a rope is partitioned into 4 segments of equal length», «a reduction of 20 per cent»
examples
- And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces. (Torah LEV.1.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity. (Torah DEU.25.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- Whosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people. (Torah LEV.7.27, JPS 1917) tree →
- Or where were the upright cut off? (Writings JOB.4.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood. (Prophets 2KI.6.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- Waters flowed over my head; I said: 'I am cut off.' (Writings LAM.3.54, JPS 1917) tree →
- Ben cuts off 5 metres. tree →
- Mia cuts a 12-metre rope into 4 equal pieces. tree →
- Anna cut the cake into 8 slices. tree →
- Cut out the star shape carefully. tree →
- I cut my finger on the paper. tree →
- Cut the pizza in half. tree →
- We took a short cut through the field. tree →
- Cut it out, you two, or no TV! tree →
- Cut the crap, how many biscuits did you take? 3? tree →
- The shop cut its prices by 5 dollars. tree →
- A rope of a length of 12 metres is partitioned into 4 segments of equal length. Determine the length of each segment. tree →
- Many workers lost their jobs in the cuts. tree →
note
Past: cut (the same). «cuts off D» takes D away from the thing cut. «cuts into K equal pieces» divides the length by K. «partitioned into K equal segments» in an exam is the same. Trap: cutting a cake into 8 slices still means one cake. Trap: cutting a rope into K pieces needs K − 1 cuts. «a cut of 5 dollars» lowers the price by 5. Safety: carry scissors with the points down; tell an adult about a deep cut.
In the corpora
- Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereof, he shall be cut off from his people.'
- But ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim.
- And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces.
- Whosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
- And when the ram was cut into its pieces, Moses made the head, and the pieces, and the suet smoke.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «cut» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.