Cut (redirected from cut down)

cut (kt)

v.

1. To penetrate with a sharp edge; strike a narrow opening in.

2. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever.

3. To make an incision or a separation.

4. To have a new tooth grow through the gums.

5. To form or shape by severing or incising.

6. To separate from a body; detach.

7. To lessen the strength of; dilute.

n.

1. The act of cutting.

2. The result of cutting, especially an opening or wound made by a sharp edge.

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Cut

Separation of skin or other tissue made by a sharp edge, producing regular edges.

Mentioned in: Wounds

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cut

1. gelded; castrated.

2. of meat. The standard parts of a carcass of meat. Varies between countries. Includes sirloin, neck chops, silverside and so on.

3. incision made by any sharp edge.

4. yield of wool per head of sheep shorn.

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cut proud

a lay term and a lay operation used in horses. Intended to retain some stallion characteristics especially ramping and pseudo-aggression. The practice is to leave all of the spermatic cord and a little of the epididymis in the horse. There is no anatomical basis for the view that the practice has the desired effect, nor that the gelding that unintentionally has these characteristics loses them if the ends of his spermatic cords are further pruned.

speedy-cut

see speedy-cutting.