"he cut his toe on a sharp stone"

• make a deliberate incision in (one's flesh), as a symptom of psychological or emotional distress

  "I started cutting myself when I was about 14 and continued for four years"

• castrate (an animal, especially a horse)
• circumcise (a boy or man)
• partially or totally remove the external genitalia of (a girl or woman) for non-medical reasons, as a practice traditional in some cultures

"cut the beef into thin slices"

• make divisions in (something)

  "the country was cut into three parts"

• separate (something) into two pieces; sever

  "they cut the rope before he choked"

• remove (something) from something larger by using a sharp implement

  "bacon was cut from the joints that hung from the ceiling"

"workmen cut a hole in the pipe"

• make or design (a garment) in a particular way

  "Madame Vionnet was the first to cut a dress on the bias, in 1927"

• make (a path, tunnel, or other route) by excavation, digging, or chopping

  "it took engineers a dozen years and the federal government $500 million to cut a road through the canyon"

• produce (a vinyl record) from a sound recording

  "quadraphonic LPs had to be cut at a lower volume level than conventional records"

"Ted was cutting the lawn"

"buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want"

• shorten (a text, film, or performance) by removing material

  "he had to cut unnecessary additions made to the opening scene"

• delete (part of a text or other display) so as to insert a copy of it elsewhere
• absent oneself from (something one should normally attend, especially school)

  "Robert was cutting class"

"we resolved to cut oil supplies to territories controlled by the rebels"

• switch off (an engine or a light)

  "Niall brought the car to a halt and cut the engine"

"mark the point where the line cuts the vertical axis"

"‘Cut’ shouted a voice, followed by ‘Could we do it again, please?’"

• move to another shot in a film

  "cut to a dentist's surgery"

• make (a film) into a coherent whole by removing parts or placing them in a different order

  "I like to watch the rushes at home before I start cutting the film"

"dealers cut the drugs to stretch their supply"

"Cook cut the ball back to him"

• slice (the ball)
• hit (the ball) to the off side with the bat held almost horizontally; play such a stroke against (the bowler)
• (of the ball) turn sharply on pitching

"let's cut for dealer"

"they cut her in public"

"he could skin an animal with a single cut of the knife"

• a haircut

  "his hair was in need of a cut"

• a reduction in amount or size

  "she took a 20% pay cut"

• a power cut

  "fortunately the cut happened at night and power was quickly restored"

• an act of cutting part of a book, play, etc.

  "they would not publish the book unless the author was willing to make cuts"

• an immediate transition from one scene to another in a film

  "instead of hard cuts, we used dissolves to give it a very dreamy character"

• the halfway point of a golf tournament, where half of the players are eliminated
• a stroke made with an abrupt, typically horizontal or downward action

  "Kellett was denied a century by edging a cut to wicketkeeper Burns"

"blood ran from a cut on his jaw"

• a long, narrow opening or incision made in a surface or piece of material

  "make a single cut along the top of each potato"

• a piece of meat cut from a carcass

  "a good lean cut of beef"

• a share of the profits from something

  "the directors are demanding their cut"

• a recording of a piece of music

  "a cut from his forthcoming album"

• a version of a film after editing

  "the final cut"

• a passage cut or dug out, as a railway cutting or a new channel made for a river or other waterway

  "the cut connected with the Harborough arm of the canal"

"his unkindest cut at Elizabeth was to call her heartless"

"the elegant cut of his dinner jacket"

"soak your cut potatoes in a large bowl of cold water"

• wounded by something sharp

  "she had a cut finger"

• (of a stone, especially a diamond) shaped by cutting

  "light fixtures that resemble cut diamonds"

• (of tobacco) cut into pieces or shredded

  "despite the growth in pipe tobacco, it was not enough to offset the decline in fine cut tobacco sales"

"a whole host of companies are beginning to offer some features for a cut price"

• (of a text, film, or performance) shortened by removing material

  "it is a heavy film, but it has much more coherence than the cut version"

"they pressed the cut cocaine into bricks"

• (of a girl or woman) having had her external genitalia partially or totally removed for non-medical reasons, as a practice traditional in some cultures

"he's incredibly cut, but not bulky"