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Well suited; appropriate; fit for a particular activity or purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- I'm not really cut out for camping outdoors. I'm allergic to mosquito bites.
- We've got our work cut out for us.
- Do you think he is cut out for the role of manager?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To sever from something larger, with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Cut out the letters and paste them on the poster.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Examples
- He had to cut out smoking in order to be prepared for the marathon.
- She kept clicking her heels. He told her to cut it out.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To remove; to omit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- If we cut out the middle-man, we will both have better profits.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To oust; to replace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To separate (an animal) from the herd.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- It was around then that the engine suddenly cut out.
- Can you say that again? You keep cutting out.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To leave suddenly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- He must have cut out of the party.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To arrange or prepare.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: usually passive voice
Examples
- He has his work cut out for him.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To intercept.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To take a ship out of a harbor etc. by getting between her and the shore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To serve time in prison as an alternative to paying fines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, intransitive, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To spend (money).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 14
having been cut out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the cut-out pieces of the dress
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
cease operating
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The pump suddenly cut out
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
delete or remove
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Cut out the extra text
- cut out the newspaper article
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with
Narrower terms: excise
intercept (a player)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cut down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back
cut off and stop
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The bicyclist was cut out by the van
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cut off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intercept, stop
strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- scratch out my name on that list
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scratch out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
form and create by cutting out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
Narrower terms: gouge out, rabbet, die, die out
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Danish:
være skabt til
— well suited for an activity
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Danish:
egne
— well suited for an activity
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Danish:
egne sig
— well suited for an activity
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German:
auf etwas zugeschnitten sein
— well suited for an activity
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German:
aus dem rechten Holz geschnitzt sein
— well suited for an activity
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Hungarian:
kitalál (in the phrase ki van találva)
— well suited for an activity
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Italian:
ritagliato
— well suited for an activity
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Italian:
adeguato
— well suited for an activity
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Italian:
idoneo
— well suited for an activity
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Spanish:
estar hecho para
— well suited for an activity
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Spanish:
servir para
— well suited for an activity
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Spanish:
tener talento para
— well suited for an activity
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Spanish:
tener madera de
— well suited for an activity
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Spanish:
ser apto para
— well suited for an activity
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Spanish:
tener madera para
— well suited for an activity
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Spanish:
tener capacidad como para
— well suited for an activity
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Esperanto:
altranĉi
— to separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever
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Finnish:
leikata pois
— to separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever
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Finnish:
irrottaa
— to separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever
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German:
ausschneiden
— to separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever
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Ancient Greek:
ἐκτέμνω
(ektémnō)
— to separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever
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Hungarian:
kivág
— to separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever
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Ingrian:
leikata
— to separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever
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Italian:
ritagliare
— to separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever
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Russian:
выреза́ть
(vyrezátʹ)
— to separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever
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Russian:
вы́резать
(výrezatʹ)
— to separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever
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Spanish:
recortar
— to separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever
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Spanish:
cortar
— to separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever
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Esperanto:
ĉesi
— refrain from (doing)
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Finnish:
pidättäytyä
— refrain from (doing)
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French:
arrêter de
— refrain from (doing)
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German:
unterlassen
— refrain from (doing)
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German:
aufhören
— refrain from (doing)
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Hungarian:
abbahagy
— refrain from (doing)
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Hungarian:
leszokik
— refrain from (doing)
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Italian:
smetterla
— refrain from (doing)
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Italian:
finirla
— refrain from (doing)
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Malagasy:
manajanona
— refrain from (doing)
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Norwegian:
kutte ut
— refrain from (doing)
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Russian:
возде́рживаться
(vozdérživatʹsja)
— refrain from (doing)
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Russian:
воздержа́ться
(vozderžátʹsja)
— refrain from (doing)
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Spanish:
dejar de
— refrain from (doing)
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Spanish:
dejar
— refrain from (doing)
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Finnish:
poistaa
— remove, omit
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Finnish:
eliminoida
— remove, omit
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French:
enlever
— remove, omit
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French:
supprimer
— remove, omit
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German:
weglassen
— remove, omit
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German:
übergehen
— remove, omit
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German:
überspringen
— remove, omit
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Hungarian:
kivesz
— remove, omit
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Hungarian:
kiiktat
— remove, omit
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Hungarian:
kiküszöböl
— remove, omit
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Italian:
rimuovere
— remove, omit
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Italian:
togliere
— remove, omit
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Italian:
levare
— remove, omit
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Italian:
tagliare
— remove, omit
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Malagasy:
manala
— remove, omit
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Russian:
убира́ть
(ubirátʹ)
— remove, omit
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Russian:
убра́ть
(ubrátʹ)
— remove, omit
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Spanish:
quitar
— remove, omit
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Spanish:
omitir
— remove, omit
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Spanish:
saltarse
— remove, omit
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Dutch:
uitvallen
— stop working, be disconnected
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Dutch:
afslaan
— stop working, be disconnected
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Dutch:
wegvallen
— stop working, be disconnected
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Finnish:
pysähtyä
— stop working, be disconnected
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Finnish:
sammua
— stop working, be disconnected
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Finnish:
katketa
— stop working, be disconnected
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French:
caler
— stop working, be disconnected
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German:
trennen
— stop working, be disconnected
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German:
ausfallen
— stop working, be disconnected
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Persian:
قطع شدن
(ġat' šodan)
— stop working, be disconnected
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Portuguese:
cortar
— stop working, be disconnected
