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| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incision |
| Synonyms: | chip, chop, cleavage, cleft, dissection, fissure, furrow, gash, graze, groove, intersection, laceration, mark, nick, nip, notch, opening, passage, penetration, pierce, prick, rent, rip, sculpture, section, shave, slash, slit, slot, snip, stab, stroke, trench, trim, wound, carving, kerf, rabbet, scarification |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise |
| Synonyms: | amputate, behead, bisect, bite, carve, chip, chisel, cleave, clip, crop, curtail, dice, dispatch, dissect, divide, facet, fell, gash, guillotine, hack, hash, hew, intersect, lacerate, level, lop, massacre, mince, mow, nick, notch, part, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prune, puncture, quarter, raze, reap, rend, rip, saber, score, separate, shave, shear, slash, slaughter, slay, slice, slit, sliver, snip, chine, decussate, dissever, flitch, lay open, mow down, rabbet, rive, saw, scarify, scissor, scythe, sickle, skive |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reduction, diminution |
| Synonyms: | cutback, decrease, downsize, economy, fall, lessening, lowering, reduction, saving, decrement |
| Antonyms: | increase |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion of profit |
| Synonyms: | allotment, allowance, bite, chop*, division, kickback*, lot, member, moiety, part, percentage, piece, quota, section, segment, share, slice, partage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | style, shape of clothing |
| Synonyms: | configuration, construction, fashion, figure, form, look, mode |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult |
| Synonyms: | abuse, indignity, offense, hateful remark |
| Antonyms: | compliment, nicety, praise |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type, kind |
| Synonyms: | cast, description, feather, ilk, lot, mold, sort, stamp |
| Main Entry: | abridge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abstract, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, reduce, restrict, slash, snip*, summarize, trim, truncate, blue pencil, put in nutshell |
| Antonyms: | add, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adulterate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alter or debase, often for profit |
| Synonyms: | alloy, amalgamate, attenuate, blend, cheapen, commingle, contaminate, cook, corrupt, cut*, defile, degrade, depreciate, deteriorate, devalue, dilute, dissolve, doctor*, falsify, impair, infiltrate, irrigate, lace*, mingle, mix, plant*, pollute, shave*, spike*, taint, thin, vitiate, water down, weaken, denature, doctor up, intermix, make impure, phony up, transfuse |
| Antonyms: | clarify, clean, cleanse, distill, filter, free, purify, refine |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allocate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign; divide among |
| Synonyms: | allot, apportion, appropriate, budget, cut, designate, dish out*, earmark, give, mete, share, slice, admeasure, divvy, set aside |
| Notes: | to allocate something is to set it aside for a specific purpose; to allot something is to give it with an implied restriction and an understanding of sharing |
| Antonyms: | keep, keep together |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign; give portion |
| Synonyms: | allocate, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, budget, cut, designate, distribute, dole, earmark, mete, share, shell out*, slice, split up, admeasure, cut the pie, divvy, set aside |
| Antonyms: | disallow, keep, retain, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allotment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion assigned or given |
| Synonyms: | allocation, allowance, apportionment, appropriation, bite, chunk, cut, end, grant, lot, measure, part, piece, quota, ration, share, slice, split, stint*, cut of pie, piece of the action, rake off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aperture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hole |
| Synonyms: | breach, break, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cut, eye, fissure, gap, gash, interstice, opening, orifice, outlet, passage, puncture, rift, rupture, slash, slit, slot, space, vent, perforation, pinhole |
| Main Entry: | apportion |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide into shares |
| Synonyms: | accord, administer, allocate, allot, assign, bestow, cut, cut up, deal, dispense, distribute, divvy up, dole out, give, lot, measure, mete, parcel, part, partition, prorate, ration, slice, split, split up, admeasure, divvy, piece up |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, monopolize, withhold |
| Main Entry: | brush aside/brush off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ignore; refuse |
| Synonyms: | boycott, contradict, cut, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, disregard, get rid of, ostracize, override, rebuff, reject, repudiate, scorn, slight, snub, spurn, cold-shoulder*, have no time for, send away, sweep aside |
| Antonyms: | attend, see, pay attention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | castrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove sexual organs |
| Synonyms: | alter, change, cut, emasculate, fix, geld, mutilate, neuter, sterilize, asexualize, caponize, deprive of virility, desexualize, eunuchize, spay, unsex |
| Main Entry: | censor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | forbid; ban; selectively remove |
| Synonyms: | abridge, black out*, blacklist, bleach, conceal, control, cork*, criticize, cut, decontaminate, delete, edit, examine, excise, expurgate, inspect, launder*, narrow, oversee, purge, purify, repress, restrain, restrict, review, revile, sanitize, squelch, sterilize, strike out, suppress, withhold, bleep, blue-pencil*, bowdlerize, clean up, drop the iron curtain, exscind, prevent publication, put the lid on, refuse transmission, scissor out, supervise communications |
| Antonyms: | allow, approve, endorse, permit, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening |
| Synonyms: | aperture, cleft, crack, crevice, cut, fissure, gap, hole, rift, slit, slot, space |
| Main Entry: | compact disc |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recording of music or speech |
| Synonyms: | album, cut*, cylinder, disk, record, release, track, CD, demo, digital recording, laser disk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | condense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abridge |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, chop, coagulate, compact, compress, concentrate, constrict, contract, curtail, cut, cut down, digest, edit, encapsulate, epitomize, inventory, précis, precipitate, reduce, shorten, shrink, snip, solidify, sum, summarize, thicken, trim, blue pencil, boil down, decoct, densen, press together, put in a nutshell, summate, synopsize, telescope |
| Antonyms: | enlarge, expand, lengthen |
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