cut

1. present participle - cutting; verb

1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.)

2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.)

3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.)

4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.)

5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.)

6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.)

7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.)

8) (to divide (a pack of cards).)

9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!')

10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.)

11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.)

12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.)

13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.)

2. noun

1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) rez; prekinitev; striženje; znižanje

2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) kroj

3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) kos

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- cutter

- cutting 3. adjective

(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) žaljiv

- cut glass

- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective

(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) neusmiljen

- a cut above

- cut and dried
- cut back
- cut both ways
- cut a dash
- cut down
- cut in
- cut it fine
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
- cut short

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I [kʌt]

noun

kroj, rez, izrez, vrez; reženj, kos, odrezek; znižanje, zmanjšanje, odtegnitev; privzdignjenje (kart); udarec (pri tenisu ipd.); ignoriranje, prezir; American predor, tunel; slang delež; kanal; grafika; gravura; American izostanek iz predavanja

a cut above — za stopnjo višji

that's a cut above me — tega ne razumem

to give s.o. the cut — pretrgati stike s kom

the cut of one's jib ( —ali rig) — obraz, zunanjost

cut and thrust — prerekanje

to draw cuts — žrebati

figuratively to make a cut in — zmanjšati, zreducirati

II [kʌt]

1.

transitive verb

(od)rezati, (od)sekati, (pri)striči, rezbariti, (po)kositi, (po)žeti; (na)brusiti; gravirati, vrezovati; (pri)krojiti; skopiti, kastrirati; zbosti, zbadati; prizadeti; tepsti, bičati; figuratively izogniti, izogibati se, ne pozdraviti; zmanjšati, znižati; odložiti; izpustiti, opustiti;

2.

intransitive verb

rezati, sekati; zbadati; žeti, kositi; slang zbežati, ucvreti, pobrisati jo; privzdigniti (karte)

to cut after s.o. — letati za kom

to cut at s.o. — udariti koga (z mečem); figuratively prizadeti koga

that cuts both ways — to govori za in proti

figuratively to cut one's cable — umreti

to cut capers ( —ali didoes) — prevračati kozolce; smešne uganjati, norce briti

to cut cards — privzdigniti karte

to cut s.o.'s claws — pristriči komu kremplje

to cut and come again — dvakrat si odrezati

to cut and contrive — varčno gospodariti

to cut (dead) — ne pozdraviti, ignorirati

to cut dirt, to cut it, to cut one's lucky ( —ali stick, sticks) — popihati jo

to cut a dash — zbujati pozornost

to cut a figure ( —ali splash, show, flash) — imeti vlogo, postavljati se na vidno mesto

to cut it fine — premalo časa si vzeti; natanko preračunati

figuratively to cut one's fingers — opeči se

to cut the ground under s.o.'s feet — pokvariti komu načrte

to cut free — osvoboditi

to cut to the heart — globoko prizadeti

slang to cut no ice — ne imeti vpliva

to cut it ( —ali the matter) short — na kratko, skratka

cut it! — molči(te)!

figuratively to cut the knot — odločno rešiti vprašanje

to cut a loss — odreči se, sprijazniti se z izgubo

to cut one's profits — žrtvovati svoj dobiček

to cut the painter — pretrgati stike

to cut the record — potolči rekord

to be cutting one's teeth — dobivati zobe

to cut one's own throat — samemu sebi škodovati

to cut to — usmeriti kam

to cut one's wisdom teeth ( —ali eyeteeth) — spametovati, izučiti se

to cut the price — znižati ceno

III [kʌt]

preterite & past participle

od cut

IV [kʌt]

adjective

narezan; skrajšan, zmanjšan, zreduciran; brušen; skopljen; ostrižen

cut and dried — pripravljen; dolgočasen, šablonski

cut (over the head) — pijan

cut out for s.th. — ustvarjen za kaj

to have one's work cut out — s trudom izvršiti; imeti mnogo dela