The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cut \Cut\ (k[u^]t), v. i.
To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.
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To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
Panels of white wood that cuts like cheese.
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To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument.
He saved the lives of thousands by his manner of cutting for the stone.
--Pope. To make a stroke with a whip.
To interfere, as a horse.
To move or make off quickly. [Colloq.]
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To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the deal or trump, or to change the order of the cards to be dealt. To cut across, to pass over or through in the most direct way; as, to cut across a field. To cut and run, to make off suddenly and quickly; -- from the cutting of a ship's cable, when there is not time to raise the anchor. [Colloq.] To cut in or To cut into, to interrupt; to join in anything suddenly. To cut up.
To play pranks. [Colloq.]
To divide into portions well or ill; to have the property left at one's death turn out well or poorly when divided among heirs, legatees, etc. [Slang.] ``When I die, may I cut up as well as Morgan Pendennis.''
--Thackeray.
Usage examples of "to cut in".
But expect to cut in on a national chain like Big C by firing a warehouse?
I didn't know her too well then, and I didn't think I ought to cut in on her date.
Rachel slowed, leaving enough space for the impatient driver to cut in ahead of her.
Disthene: Also known as kyanite, disthene is an abundant ornamental stone that is easily cleaved, but difficult to cut in facets without unintended splitting occurring.
Finally, about midmorning, he managed to cut in between the two women during a canter and was next to Alisande when they slowed to a walk.
If we can keep these pizdi creeping in on us for another four to five hours, she will be able to cut in behind them.