This meaning means to make something separate by using a knife or scissors. You can cut food, paper, or clothes. It often means to make parts smaller.
I cut the paper with scissors.
She cut the apple into small pieces.
Here, cut means to stop or make something shorter. It can be about time, speech, or a video. It means to end or reduce something before it is finished.
The teacher cut the lesson short today.
They cut the phone call by mistake.
This use means to remove a person from a group or team. It can mean firing someone at work or not allowing them to continue.
He was cut from the football team.
They cut her from the project group.
This means a version that is made shorter or changed from the original film or video. It often means the parts taken out or added by editors.
The movie has a new director’s cut.
I saw the cut of the TV show yesterday.
Cut means to make something less, like money or energy. It is used when lowering costs or saving resources.
They cut the price of the shoes.
We need to cut energy use at home.
To cut means to move in front of something or someone quickly, often suddenly. Drivers cut to pass other cars or people cut lines to go first.
The car cut in front of me fast.
Don’t cut the line in traffic.
A cut is the way hair is shaped or shortened by cutting in a hairdresser’s shop. It means your hairstyle after cutting.
I got a new cut yesterday.
His cut is short and neat.
